Domain Architect

Blue Cross of Idaho • Bozeman, MT

1d • $106,762 - $197,311

About The Position

The Functional Domain Architect plays a key role in the enterprise data division, acts as internal source of knowledge by bringing deep subject matter knowledge in one or more Healthcare Payor functional areas (Ex: Claims, Clinical, Product, etc.), researches business rules, defines conceptual/logical data models, builds specifications in support of building of well defined data structures and use cases and partners with stakeholders & IT. Stays on top of BCI’s growing data needs, understands and tracks industry trends to ensure data assets are maintained accordingly. You will partner with engineering, data science, and business teams to bi-directionally exchange knowledge. This role requires an outstanding blend of business insight and a good understanding of data systems. It also needs deeper knowledge in the functional area and a passion for using data to solve complex healthcare challenges.

Requirements

• Required Education: Bachelor’s Degree in relevant technical field of study or equivalent work experience (Two years’ relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college)
• Required Experience: 5-7/+ years in a healthcare payer organization with exposure across multiple business domains and departments; experience should also span:
• Technical team experience: Has worked on or alongside technical/data teams; comfortable with SQL, data concepts, and technical conversations.
• Facilitation & leadership: Track record of leading meetings, driving cross-functional conversations, and following up until answers are complete.
• Domain knowledge: Deep enough in healthcare payer business processes to identify when a business rule is wrong or incomplete.
• Documentation: Strong written communication — produces clear, detailed, well-structured documentation. This skill translates directly to specification writing.

Responsibilities

• Business rule research & spec co-authorship — Work with business SMEs to validate legacy logic, resolve ambiguity, and draft the business-rule sections of domain specifications that the architecture team models against.
• Collaborator facilitation & meeting leadership — Identify the right people independently. Schedule and lead working sessions. Drive conversations to the detail needed for data modeling decisions.
• Institutional navigation — Know (or quickly learn) who holds domain knowledge across the organization, which documentation is current vs. outdated, and where tribal knowledge has never been captured.
• Documentation & knowledge stewardship — Maintain and extend the project's business rule references, domain glossaries, and process documentation to a standard that supports both human onboarding and AI-assisted development workflows.
• Architecture support & growth — Participate in architecture reviews with business context; grow toward increasing technical contribution over time (spec design, modeling concepts) with mentorship from the team.

Benefits

• We offer a robust package of benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, community service and self-care days, medical/dental/vision/pharmacy insurance, 401(k) matching and non-contributory plan, life insurance, short and long term disability, education reimbursement, employee assistance plan (EAP), adoption assistance program and paid family leave program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level