Enterprise Architect Principal

Elevance Health•Wallingford, CT

2d•$173,120 - $311,616•Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Architect Principal partners with business and technology stakeholders to build end-to-end processes that align the overall business perspective with strategic objectives. The role establishes the enterprise systems and business architecture vision, develops and maintains architectural blueprints and evolutionary roadmaps, and recommends solutions covering how services are delivered to members, providers, and other stakeholders. It develops an integrated view of processes, data flows, and connection points to establish a foundation for business and technology initiatives. The position leads initiatives and governance for new and changing processes, communicates business-model needs to IT and business stakeholders, and aligns data requirements, constraints, workflows, automation, service delivery, and benefit structures across end-to-end processes. It supports migrations guided by enterprise data roadmaps, leads IT business transformation architecture strategy with IT, provides consulting and direction on projects, champions architectural standards and frameworks, and works with IT to define architectures for strategic initiatives. The role is hybrid, requiring associates to work in an office one to two days per week. Ideal candidates can commute to an office in Atlanta, Georgia; Wallingford, Connecticut; New York, New York; Norfolk, Virginia; Mason, Ohio; or Indianapolis, Indiana. Alternate locations may be considered for candidates within commuting distance of an office. Candidates outside reasonable commuting distance will not be considered unless an accommodation is required by law. The position is not eligible for current or future visa sponsorship. The listed shift is first shift.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, and at least 10 years of experience in architecture/design, business processes, strategic design, or relevant disciplines; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong communication and documentation skills and ability to work at many different organizational levels.
No current or future visa sponsorship is available.
Ability to work in a hybrid arrangement and commute to a company office, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.

Nice To Haves

Experience modeling business strategies into practical execution roadmaps as an architecture visionary.
Experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines in healthcare.
Experience as a Domain Architect or equivalent experience in Domain or Enterprise Architecture.
In-depth knowledge of healthcare, Federal Employee Program (FEP) business, and healthcare systems.
Experience developing architecture strategies, blueprints, and architecture models.
Cross-functional experience, such as strategy, change management, or business process management.
Experience developing complex, high-performance enterprise software.
Positive outlook, passion for architecture, and ability to work as part of a team.
Sense of urgency and ability to get started quickly with minimal direction.
Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture tools and frameworks.
Experience investigating new technologies, authoring white papers, and delivering presentations to senior leadership.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and change.
Strong visualization and executive-level presentation capabilities.
Extremely strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

Establish the overall systems architecture vision and ensure components are appropriately designed and leveraged, driving the holistic enterprise architecture vision.
Develop and maintain architectural blueprints and evolutionary roadmaps that communicate strategic architectural direction in support of business and technical strategies.
Recommend solutions and processes for delivering services to members, providers, and key stakeholders, considering data and process flows, whether automated or manual.
Develop an integrated view and make recommendations for processes, data flows, and connection points.
Partner with company leadership to design processes that shape and build the foundation.
Lead initiatives and own governance for establishing new processes and changing existing processes.
Establish the overall business architecture vision and ensure components are appropriately designed and leveraged.
Communicate business-model needs to IT and key business stakeholders.
Align end-to-end processes by considering data, data requirements and constraints, business processes and workflows, automation, service delivery, and benefit structure.
Help deliver and drive migrations based on roadmaps defined by enterprise data roadmaps.
Work with IT to lead IT business transformation architecture strategy and vision.
Provide ongoing consulting services and direction on projects.
Champion business architecture standards, guidelines, principles, frameworks, and reference models.
Work with IT to define architectures for new strategic initiatives.