Architect
About The Position
The IT Architect supports technology due diligence, application portfolio management, application rationalization, and post-merger integration activities across the Optum Financial Services enterprise. The role works with Enterprise Architecture, business stakeholders, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to assess technology assets, document findings, identify integration opportunities, and assist with technology modernization and decommission initiatives. The architect evaluates acquired technologies, maintains application portfolio health, supports integration activities, and ensures alignment with enterprise architecture standards. The position also contributes to architecture governance and creates and maintains architecture diagrams, application inventories, integration maps, and technical documentation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 4+ years of experience in Application Architecture, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Application Portfolio Management.
- 4+ years of experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, or technology integration projects.
- 4+ years of experience with application rationalization or technology modernization initiatives.
- Experience analyzing enterprise applications and technology environments.
- Experience with system integrations, file integrations, events, APIs, middleware, or cloud-based technologies.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with ServiceNow APM, LeanIX, Ardoq, or similar portfolio management tools.
- Understanding of software architecture principles and technology governance.
- Experience creating technical documentation and architecture diagrams.
- Working knowledge of Azure, AWS, or other cloud platforms.
- Understanding of cybersecurity and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Experience within healthcare, financial services, or other regulated industries.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Responsibilities
- Participate in technology due diligence activities for acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures.
- Assess application portfolios, integrations, infrastructure environments, data platforms, and technology capabilities of acquired organizations.
- Analyze technology risks, gaps, technical debt, and integration challenges.
- Document current-state and target-state architecture recommendations.
- Support development of Day 1, Day 100, and long-term integration plans.
- Collaborate with IT, architecture, security, infrastructure, and business teams to gather and validate technology information.
- Assist in preparing technology assessments and recommendations for leadership review.
- Maintain and update application inventory and portfolio information within enterprise repositories.
- Evaluate applications for business alignment, technical health, lifecycle status, and supportability.
- Support planning and execution of application retirement initiatives.
- Perform dependency analysis for applications identified for decommissioning.
- Support integration of acquired technologies into the enterprise environment.
- Perform application mapping between acquired and existing systems.
- Participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes and architecture governance activities.
- Create and maintain architecture diagrams, application inventories, integration maps, and technical documentation.
- Partner with business and technology teams to gather requirements and understand application usage.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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Job Type
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