Solutions Architect with GCP & PBM

Codetech • Hartford, CT

7h

About The Position

The Principal Solution Architect is accountable for business solution designs for key strategic initiatives within the Pharmacy Services Segment (PSS) IT tower. The role develops architectures spanning business, applications and integration, data, infrastructure, platform, and security. It serves as the chief subject matter expert architect for strategic initiatives, applying enterprise architecture experience and hands-on solution delivery to achieve business outcomes. The architect anticipates emerging technologies and advises senior leadership on the tower’s strategic technical vision, while advancing PSS IT modernization in alignment with Enterprise IT strategy.

The role provides end-to-end solution leadership for strategic initiatives in a proprietary domain, guiding engineers and application architects and ensuring solutions follow Pharmacy Services Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets. It contributes to architecture reviews, reference architecture development, portfolio rationalization, technology proofs of concept, technical troubleshooting, and cost optimization. The position also mentors and develops organizational talent and collaborates with business, portfolio, application development, technology services, and enterprise architecture teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of design and development experience.
• At least 2 years of hands-on cloud implementation experience.
• Best-in-class technical subject matter expertise and healthcare domain knowledge.
• SME-level understanding of cloud design and architecture for one or more public cloud providers (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including large-scale distributed solutions across the enterprise stack.
• SME-level technical skills in Agentic AI, application and integration architecture, security, and automation, with working knowledge of IT operations.
• In-depth knowledge of Domain Driven Design.
• Experience with technologies connecting modern applications and legacy infrastructure, including streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams to deliver solutions.
• Experience with enterprise development tools and methodologies, including XP, Agile, DevSecOps, and DataOps.
• Hands-on technology experience and coding skills, with proficiency in modern technology stacks such as cloud, Agentic AI, DevSecOps, and Kafka to develop prototypes and proofs of concept.
• Ability to solve business problems using AI/ML, including generative AI, and Robotic Process Automation.
• Understanding of SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Demonstrable hands-on experience.
• Ability to teach and upskill talent within the organization.
• Thought leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Deep collaboration skills, including teamwork, seeking alignment, and influencing business outcomes.
• Experience in the PBM industry.

Nice To Haves

• GCP or Azure cloud architect certification.

Responsibilities

• Lead business solution design and architecture for strategic initiatives across business, applications and integration, data, infrastructure, platform, and security.
• Provide cradle-to-grave solution leadership and oversight for strategic initiatives in a proprietary domain.
• Guide engineers and application architects and ensure solutions adhere to Pharmacy Services Architecture Guiding Principles and standards while maximizing reuse of technology assets.
• Perform buy-versus-build analyses using qualitative and quantitative assessment and provide recommendations with rationale.
• Lead and participate in architecture and design reviews, identify gaps, recommend design changes, and advance PBM technology modernization opportunities.
• Lead architecture community participation and collaboration to identify modernization opportunities within the complex IT landscape.
• Guide App Dev, Technology Services and Solutions, and Enterprise Architecture teams in developing or assembling PBM-applicable reference architectures for cloud-native applications targeted for refactoring and optimization.
• Rationalize the portfolio at the value-pool level with value-pool leaders and the Portfolio Management Team.
• Lead proofs of concept and technology deep-dives related to partner technologies.
• Advise and assist application development teams in resolving technical roadblocks, including solution performance challenges.
• Work with stakeholders to identify or assess cost-efficiency opportunities focused on simplicity, configurability, and reducing or eliminating technical debt in Pharmacy Services applications.
• Facilitate adoption of cloud-native and cloud-first architectures.
• Teach, upskill, mentor, and provide thought leadership to organizational talent.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and technical teams to align on solutions and influence business outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed