Role Description The Domain Managing Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the Digital domains. This role leverages enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, and tools to ensure that technology solutions align with the long-term best interests of Horace Mann. Key Responsibilities - Develop and maintain current, future, and transitional state architectures. - Create conceptual, logical, and physical architecture models and diagrams. - Formulate and review high-level design documents. - Define, document, and govern architectural decisions across programs and projects. - Develop and enforce architecture policies, standards, and processes in partnership with the Chief Architect and CIO. - Identify and establish new enterprise building blocks and reusable architectural patterns. - Establish AI governance frameworks including model risk management, explainability, fairness, and compliance. - Lead and approve Enterprise Architecture Assessments, including AI-enabled and cloud migration solutions. - Ensure alignment with enterprise standards, security, data, privacy, and responsible AI expectations. - Provide best-practice guidance in evaluating and selecting vendor products and technology platforms. - Partner with Solution Delivery teams, architects, and technical leads to maintain current, target, and transition architectures. - Facilitate consensus across diverse technical and business teams. - Lead modernization efforts including legacy rationalization, decommissioning, and adoption of cloud-native and AI-ready platforms. - Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to executive and non-technical audiences. - Identify and mitigate architecture risks and technical debt. Qualifications - 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in architecture leadership roles. - Proven experience leading cloud transformation and legacy modernization programs at enterprise scale. - Exceptional communication and leadership skills in both technical and business contexts. - Brings broad cross-domain knowledge spanning enterprise and solution architecture, data platforms, integration, infrastructure, networking, and security to design scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise solutions. - Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture framework (e.g., TOGAF). - Fluency in modern architecture practices, including cloud-native, microservices, event-driven, and AI-enabled architectures. - Proven experience leading legacy modernization and enterprise cloud transformation initiatives across complex technology landscapes. - Ability to define and govern enterprise architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps aligned with business strategy. - Expertise in creating architecture artifacts and diagrams (e.g., Visio, draw.io). - Collaborate with business leaders, IT leadership, and engineering organizations to translate strategic objectives into scalable technology solutions. - Experience in risk management and executive-level presentations. - Demonstrated ability to lead across organizational boundaries and drive consensus. - Experience with digital transformation. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in the insurance industry is highly preferred. - Experience in the Customer, Distribution, and Producer/Agent business domains. - Experience implementing AI governance frameworks in regulated environments. - Exposure to Agentic AI and Generative AI (LLMs, RAG, vector databases). - Certifications in cloud platforms (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, AWS SA). Benefits - Pay Range: $124,200.00 - $175,800.00. - Salary is commensurate to experience, location, etc. Company Description Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we’ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow. We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we’re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets. We’re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children’s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators. EOE/Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For applicants that are California residents, please review our California Consumer Privacy Notice. All applicants should review our Horace Mann Privacy Policy.

• Architect and govern the design of APIs and integrations, defining contracts (OpenAPI Spec), versioning standards, and REST, webhook and event-driven flows across teams. • Define the organization’s API Gateway strategy, evaluating and operating solutions such as KrakenD and Kong based on trade-offs in performance, security, and cost. • Establish the security model for integrations, designing authentication and authorization policies using OAuth2, OIDC, JWT and mTLS under zero-trust principles. • Design event-driven architectures with Kafka and messaging systems, ensuring reliable and traceable flows in both synchronous and asynchronous scenarios. • Ensure resilience and scalability of integrations by applying patterns such as caching, rate limiting and circuit breakers, anticipating availability risks. • Lead technical response to critical integration incidents in distributed environments, performing advanced troubleshooting and documenting lessons learned. • Deploy and evolve the APIs observability strategy, ensuring end-to-end visibility into service performance and behavior.

Role Description We are seeking an experienced Salesforce Architect to define, design, and govern scalable, secure, and high-performing Salesforce solutions. The Salesforce Architect will play a critical role in shaping platform strategy, translating complex business requirements into robust technical architectures, and ensuring alignment with Salesforce best practices and enterprise standards across implementations. Key Responsibilities - Architecture & Solution Design - Own end-to-end Salesforce solution architecture across clouds (Sales, Service, Experience, CPQ, etc.). - Design scalable data models, integration architectures, and security frameworks. - Define system boundaries, integration patterns, and deployment strategies. - Ensure solutions align with Salesforce platform capabilities and long-term roadmap. - Salesforce Platform Governance - Establish and enforce architecture standards, best practices, and design principles. - Govern customization vs configuration decisions. - Review technical designs, code, and integrations to ensure quality and scalability. - Manage technical debt and guide platform modernization initiatives. - Integration & Data Architecture - Design and oversee integrations using REST/SOAP APIs, middleware, and event-driven patterns. - Define data synchronization, master data, and data quality strategies. - Ensure reliable, secure, and performant data flows across systems. - Security & Compliance - Architect robust security and access models (profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, FLS). - Ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and industry standards. - Design audit, logging, and monitoring strategies. - Delivery & Leadership - Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, and delivery teams to translate requirements into technical solutions. - Provide technical leadership to developers, admins, and analysts. - Support Agile delivery through design reviews, sprint planning, and release readiness. - Assist with estimation, risk identification, and dependency management. - DevOps & Release Strategy - Define environment strategy and CI/CD pipelines using SFDX and DevOps tools. - Ensure smooth deployments across environments with minimal risk. - Guide release governance and rollback strategies. Qualifications - 10+ years of Salesforce experience with deep hands-on architecture expertise - Strong knowledge of Salesforce data model, security model, and governor limits - Experience across multiple Salesforce clouds (Sales, Service, Experience, CPQ preferred) - Strong understanding of Apex, LWC, Flows, and declarative capabilities - Proven experience designing enterprise integrations and data architectures - Experience defining scalable, high-availability, and secure Salesforce architectures - Ability to evaluate trade-offs and make design decisions aligned with business goals - Strong documentation skills for architecture diagrams and solution designs - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills - Ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences - Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities Preferred Qualifications - Salesforce certifications such as System Architect, Application Architect - Experience with DevOps tools (Copado, Gearset, GitHub Actions) - Background in enterprise CRM, digital transformation, or cloud architecture - Experience in regulated industries (BFS, Insurance, Healthcare) Benefits - Diversity Inclusion: At Exavalu, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications for employment from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other status protected by applicable law. - We nurture a culture that embraces all individuals and promotes diverse perspectives, where you can make an impact and grow your career. - Exavalu also promotes flexibility depending on the needs of employees, customers, and the business. It might be part-time work, working outside normal 9-5 business hours, or working remotely. - We also have a welcome back program to help people get back to mainstream after a long break due to health or family reasons.

Role Description We are hiring an Infrastructure Architect, Staff with strong foundational infrastructure experience and the ability to grow into a broader architecture and cross-functional role. This position is ideal for someone who is hands-on, adaptable, and capable of learning new systems quickly, rather than someone with experience in a specific set of tools. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and business-focused systems and will focus on supporting upgrades, integrations, and platform alignment, while partnering closely with both IT and business stakeholders. This is a hands-on technical role where the individual will actively participate in and execute upgrades, integrations, and system improvements. Qualifications - 5–12 years of experience in infrastructure, systems engineering, or related roles - Broad experience in enterprise IT environments (not limited to a single system or tool) - Exposure to core infrastructure areas such as: - Identity and access management (e.g., Active Directory or similar) - Server environments (Windows and/or Linux) - Application or platform support - Experience participating in system upgrades, migrations, or integrations - Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly - Strong communication and interpersonal skills - Proven ability to produce clear documentation with attention to detail - Exposure to Microsoft environments (Active Directory, Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange) preferred - Experience with virtualization (e.g., VMware) preferred - Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure) preferred - Exposure to CMDB or service management tools preferred - Experience working alongside ERP or business systems teams preferred - Any experience with platform ownership or application support preferred Requirements - Partner with IT and business teams to understand system requirements and dependencies - Assist in designing and executing system upgrades, integrations, and improvements - Support a variety of enterprise platforms (ownership will expand over time) - Help ensure systems are scalable, stable, and aligned with enterprise standards - Identify issues, risks, and inefficiencies and help drive improvements - Maintain clear documentation for systems, integrations, and processes - Contribute to a more proactive, structured infrastructure approach Benefits - Paid Time Off - 401K with Employer Match and Profit Sharing - Health and Wellness Benefits - Learning and Development Opportunities - Referral Program - Competitive Pay - Recognition - Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Inclusive & Supportive Culture