Senior Solution Architect

CVS Health • Hartford, CT

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About The Position

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. Position Summary The Senior Solution Architect is accountable for the business solution designs for key strategic initiatives including (but not limited to) developing architectures that represent business, applications/integration, data, infrastructure, platform, and security architectures. In this role you will create solution architecture for key strategic initiatives including developing architectures and runways that represent business, application/integration, data, infrastructure, platform, and security architectures, partnering within Data, Digital, Analytics, and Technology teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of design/development experience
• 1+ years of hands-on cloud implementation experience
• Technical subject matter expertise and domain knowledge
• Hands on understanding of cloud design and architecture for one or more public cloud service provider (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc) to deliver large-scale distributed solutions across the full enterprise stack.
• Hands on technical skills in the following areas: application, data, integration and security architecture/design
• Hands on understanding of APIs (Rest, GraphQL, gRPC. Etc.) and microservices-based architecture is a must.
• Experience working with technologies that work as glue between modern applications and legacy infrastructure leveraging streaming platforms like Kafka.
• Ability to collaborate with Aetna Tech, Enterprise Architecture, Operations, and Security to deliver solutions.
• Experience in enterprise development tools and methodologies (XP, Agile) including DevSecOps and DataOps
• Hands-on technologists with coding skills and proficiency in modern technology stacks (Cloud, DevOps, Kafka etc.)
• Understanding of both SQL and NoSQL database technologies as well as Cloud database technologies. Demonstrable hands-on experience is a must
• Facilitates adoption of cloud-native/cloud-first architecture.
• Experience integrating with legacy mainframe/mid-range applications including developing roadmaps for modernization of the applications.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the Healthcare Payor Industry is a plus.
• AWS/GCP/Azure Architect cloud certification is preferred.
• Architectural/technical understanding of Gen AI (RAG/chain frameworks, Vector DB searches and embeddings, Agentic AI, etc.)

Responsibilities

• End to End Solution Architecture: Drives solutions from cradle to grave for a given enterprise-grade system or systems.
• Buy vs Build Analysis: Experience in performing Buy vs Build analysis based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis across the available options to provide a final recommendation based on the rationale.
• Architecture and design reviews: Contributor role in architecture design reviews within the Architecture community to drive modernization opportunities for the advancement of Aetna technology while keeping in mind the complexities of our IT landscape.
• Trusted advisor: Act as a trusted advisor to application, security, and platform teams, driving alignment on strategies and patterns.
• Application profile identification: Leverage technical expertise and domain knowledge to identify Aetna apps targeted for refactor and optimization for cloud.
• Proof of concept technology support: Contribute towards proofs-of-concept and technology deep-dives specific to partner technologies.
• “Whatever it takes” attitude to help clear technical roadblocks: Advise and assist Application development teams with technical roadblocks such as performance challenges within a solution.
• Cost optimization identification: Engage with appropriate stakeholders to recommend or assess opportunities to drive cost efficiencies aimed at simplicity, configurability and eventual elimination of technical debt associated with Aetna applications.
• Tech Debt: Manage tech debt within a given portfolio and develop solution proposals to reduce them.
• Soft Skills: Thought leadership and mentoring Excellent communication Deep collaboration skills. Ability to work as a team player seeking alignment and being able to influence outcomes through hands-on demonstration of cloud capabilities.

Benefits

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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