Integration Architect

At HUB International, we are a team of entrepreneurs. We believe in empowering our clients, and we do so by protecting businesses and individuals in our local communities. We help businesses evaluate their risks and develop solutions tailored to their needs. We believe in empowering our employees. As a global firm, we offer employees resources in both technology and industry expertise, but we still maintain the local flavor of our offices. Our structure enables our teams to maintain their own unique, regional culture while leveraging support and resources from our corporate centers of excellence.

HUB is the 5th largest global insurance and employee benefits broker, providing a boundaryless array of property, casualty, risk management, life and health, employee benefits, investment and wealth management products and services. With over 17,000 employees in more than 550 offices throughout North America, HUB has grown substantially, in part due to our industry leading success in mergers and acquisitions.

About the Role

In this role, you will work with designing, developing, and integrating technology patterns that are focused on technology stacks brought to Hub International through Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). This role will provide day-to-day solution architecture strategic assessments, guidance, and operational assistance to the M&A Integrations (MAI) team in the development of sustainable technology answers for newly acquired agencies.

Objectives of this Role

Develop and create MAI standard patterns for systems integrations.

Evaluate incoming M&A technology and assess degree of difficulty to integrate.

Evaluate incoming M&A technology against organizational capabilities to perform maintenance, support, enhancements, and upgrades.

Make recommendations to MAI and Enterprise Architecture leadership on how to proceed with acquired technologies.

Identify potential technical issues and engineer possible solutions to MAI technical hurdles.

Identify low value, yet high risk MAI technology that is being acquired.

Engage with MAI and Enterprise Architecture leadership regularly with reports on project status, activities, and achievements.

Perform and contribute to “Technical Archeology” (Platform and System Decomposition) for acquired systems and business applications that are in production.

Develop solutions by understanding and studying systems flows, data usage and work processes.

Contribute to the expansion, growth, and maturity of Enterprise Architecture.

Develop and communicate acquired technology system narratives.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

Communicate with stakeholders to assist in the identification of business, technical, and operational requirements.

Assist and conduct application stack and systems decomposition research and engineering tasks.

Assist in maintaining the current EA platform and business application catalogs, service maps, and application narratives.

Be responsible for analysis and recommendation of acquired technology “on-boarding.”

Review technical specifications from clients and vendors to confirm adequacy, accuracy, and functionality of proposed solutions.

Assist in developing support channels and channel documentation for acquired technology.

Collaborate and communicate with Enterprise IT operational groups on status of MnA technical events.

Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in technology or applicable experience.

10+ Years of experience with / of programming languages (PowerShell, python, shell scripting) and operating systems (Windows Server 2008-2019); current system performance-monitoring tools, application tracing tools, process tracing tools, active directory, virtualization, MSSQL, application / content delivery

3+years of experience with AWS infrastructure as a service

3+years of experience with Azure infrastructure and O365 services and technology

Networking (Firewall / Switching / Wi-Fi) and Enterprise EFP experience is a bonus (BGP, OSPF, HSRP, STP, SNMP, NetFlow, NBar, Packet Tracing, measures vs metrics vs observables, etc.)

Collaboration, prioritization, and adaptability skills

Experience in project management, systems design, and integration.

Expertise in analyzing and documenting large-scale distributed systems.

Desire to continuously develop your skills and knowledge.

An ability to diagnose and resolve problems quickly and efficiently.

Thorough knowledge of layered systems architectures and layered solutions and designs

Consultative skills, including the ability to understand and assist in applying customer requirements, including drawing out unforeseen implications and making recommendations for design, the ability to define design reasoning, understanding potential impacts of design requirements.

Location: Although hybrid to Chicago is preferred, this position is open to remote candidates.

Travel Requirements: 10%

About HUB International

Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, HUB International Limited (HUB) is a leading full-service global insurance broker providing property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services. From offices located throughout North America, HUB’s vast network of specialists provides peace of mind on what matters most by protecting clients through unrelenting advocacy and tailored insurance solutions. For more information, please visit hubinternational.com.

Disclosure required under applicable municipal regulations in NY and NJ, as well as the law in Colorado: The expected salary range for this position is $135K to $145K and will be impacted by factors such as the successful candidate’s skills, experience and working location, as well as the specific position’s business line, scope and level. HUB International is proud to offer comprehensive benefit and total compensation packages which could include health/dental/vision/life/disability insurance, FSA, HSA and 401(k) accounts, paid-time-off benefits, and eligible bonuses, equity and commissions for some positions.