Configuration Architect for Clinical Systems (Guiding Care)
About The Position
The Configuration Architect serves as the strategic design authority and subject matter expert for assigned configuration domains within Medica's core systems ecosystem. This role is responsible for defining configuration architecture, establishing solution standards, evaluating business and system impacts, and guiding the design of complex configuration solutions that support organizational objectives. The role translates business strategy and operational requirements into scalable, sustainable configuration designs while ensuring alignment across business processes, application capabilities, and enterprise goals. Acting as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, technology partners, and Configuration Delivery teams, the Configuration Architect provides expertise throughout project intake, discovery, solution design, implementation planning, and production support activities. The Configuration Architect operates with broad autonomy and significant influence, making decisions that affect configuration standards, implementation approaches, operational effectiveness, and long-term system sustainability. The role also provides consultation, mentoring, and technical leadership to configuration teams while driving innovation, governance, and continuous improvement across the configuration practice. Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- 7+ years of advanced configuration experience supporting complex business processes and enterprise systems
- Experience leading solution design, architectural reviews, or strategic configuration initiatives
Nice To Haves
- HealthRules Payor Certifications
- CBAP
- PMP
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt
- TOGAF or related architecture certification
- Deep expertise in healthcare payer operations and configuration principles
- Advanced knowledge of HealthRules Payor and related ecosystem applications
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions
- Strong understanding of benefits, claims, provider, enrollment, billing, health services, and service operations concepts
- Experience performing impact analysis, solution assessment, and implementation planning
- Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to influence decisions across business and technical teams without direct authority
- Experience developing standards, governance practices, and operational frameworks
- Enterprise architecture, business architecture, or solution architecture experience
- Experience supporting large-scale transformation, modernization, or migration initiatives
- Agile delivery experience
- Lean Six Sigma certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
- HealthRules Payor certifications
- Experience mentoring senior analysts and leading configuration communities of practice
Responsibilities
- Define architecture and configuration strategies for assigned business domains
- Translate complex business objectives into scalable configuration solutions
- Evaluate cross-functional impacts of design decisions across systems, processes, and operations
- Establish solution patterns that promote consistency, maintainability, and operational efficiency
- Act as the primary decision-maker for complex configuration design and system capability questions
- Provide guidance regarding platform functionality, business rule design, and configuration approaches
- Evaluate risks, dependencies, and downstream impacts of proposed solutions
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and strategic objectives
- Participate in initiative intake, discovery sessions, and solution assessment activities
- Provide configuration estimates, impact assessments, and implementation recommendations
- Identify architectural risks, constraints, and dependencies early in project lifecycles
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define solution direction and delivery approaches
- Support Configuration Delivery teams with complex configuration analysis and issue resolution
- Guide analysts through challenging business scenarios and design decisions
- Review solution quality and ensure adherence to configuration standards
- Serve as an escalation point for highly complex configuration issues
- Evaluate emerging capabilities and opportunities to improve configuration effectiveness
- Develop and maintain configuration standards, governance processes, and best practices
- Promote automation, simplification, and operational efficiencies
- Lead efforts to improve documentation, knowledge management, and architectural consistency across the organization
Benefits
- competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
