Principal Architect

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

8d•$134,600 - $230,800

About The Position

Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges. Your contributions here have the potential to change lives. Ready to build the next breakthrough? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. Optum is seeking an experienced Technical Solutions Architect to own the technical architecture and AI-accelerated proposal engineering behind State Medicaid RFP and RFI responses. This role designs the cloud, data, application, and integration architecture that supports the solution the pursuit team is proposing, builds the supporting technical artifacts (diagrams, integration patterns, technical cost inputs), and uses modern AI tooling to speed up and improve the quality of that technical work. You'll work as the technical right hand to the pursuit's Solution Lead and business development team, not as the owner of the overall customer solution, but as the person who makes sure the technology underneath it is sound, buildable, and well-articulated.

Requirements

Bachelor's or graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
10+ years of experience in solution architecture, technical pre-sales, or technical consulting roles
8+ years of experience providing technical architecture for large-scale RFP/RFI responses, particularly in state or government domains
8+ years expertise in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP etc), enterprise architecture design, and integration, data, or application modernization

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI, generative AI solutions, or AI/ML-based architectures
Experience providing technical cost estimation inputs for financial modeling and solution pricing owned by others
Knowledge of healthcare or public sector systems (e.g., Medicaid, eligibility systems, claims platforms) and frameworks such as MITA and CMS guidelines
Solid understanding of security, compliance, and regulatory considerations in government health IT
Familiarity with GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted development tools

Responsibilities

Design the technical architecture for State Medicaid RFP/RFI responses, cloud, data, application, and integration layers, that supports the solution approach set by the pursuit's Solution Lead
Translate RFP/RFI technical requirements into feasible architecture options, flagging technical risks, dependencies, and differentiators for the Solution Lead and pursuit team
Develop technical artifacts: architecture diagrams, solution matrices, integration patterns, and technical cost/estimate inputs that feed the overall pricing model owned by the pursuit team
Ensure technical designs align with enterprise standards, regulatory requirements, and Medicaid domain frameworks (e.g., MITA, CMS guidelines) across claims, eligibility, provider management, and Data and Analytics
Use AI tools (e.g., Azure OpenAI, GitHub Copilot) to accelerate technical solution drafting, documentation, and architecture diagramming
Generate technical narrative content, reusable technical assets, and compliance-ready technical response sections
Design AI-enabled architectures leveraging generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and automation where they improve the client's proposed solution
Act as the technical subject matter expert supporting the Solution Lead, business development, and delivery teams during solutioning, not as the owner of the overall solution narrative or customer relationship
Participate in technical deep-dive sessions, client technical Q&A, and proposal technical response reviews
Escalate technical feasibility concerns or architecture trade-offs to the Solution Lead for resolution within the broader solution strategy
Drive adoption of AI tools and frameworks across the technical RFP development process
Build reusable technical accelerators, architecture templates, and knowledge assets for the broader engineering and pursuit teams
Stay current on emerging AI, cloud, and digital technologies relevant to public sector health programs