Architect - Remote
About The Position
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Architect for the Optum De identified Data Workspace (ODDW) is responsible for leading the architecture, modernization, and evolution of a secure, compliance first analytics platform that enables internal and external users to access and analyze Optum’s de identified real world data assets. This role provides end to end solution and platform architecture leadership across ODDW modernization initiatives, external data access enablement, platform scalability, security, and cost efficiency, while ensuring alignment with Optum enterprise architecture and compliance standards. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years software engineering experience
- 5+ years cloud architecture experience
- 3+ years senior level technical contributor owning architecture decisions across multiple teams or initiative
- 2+ years AI Architecture background
Nice To Haves
- Cloud Certifications
- AI certifications
- Health industry experience
- Proven solid written and verbal skills
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture design for the ODDW platform, including data access layers, analytics environments, portals, and supporting services
- Define target state architecture to support scalable, modular, and cost efficient de identified data access
- Drive architectural decisions for single tenant secure workspaces, analytics tooling, and client project isolation
- Centralized data lake access to reduce data duplication and ingestion cost
- Self service onboarding of artifacts and analytics tools
- Zero downtime deployments and automated configuration changes
- Improve platform flexibility to reduce custom engineering effort for new data products and clients
- Define secure patterns for external client access to de identified datasets via ODDW
- Architect ingress/egress mechanisms with built in compliance review and approval workflows
- Support multiple data access methods while aligning to emerging enterprise standards for external data access
- Ensure platform architecture adheres to de identification, privacy, and regulatory requirements
- Partner with security, privacy, and risk teams to support threat modeling, access controls, audit logging, and identity integration
- Maintain compliance first architecture while balancing usability, performance, and cost
- Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams throughout design and implementation
- Communicate architectural vision, trade offs, and risks to product, engineering, and leadership stakeholders
- Influence decisions across teams without direct authority
Benefits
- comprehensive benefits package
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
