Senior Solutions Architect

Capital Blue Cross • Harrisburg, PA

24d • $102,310 - $190,015

About The Position

The Senior Solutions Architect proactively and holistically leads and supports enterprise architecture activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions, including projects, products, systems, shared infrastructure services, and shared application services. The role applies knowledge of business goals, objectives, outcomes, capabilities, value streams, and processes to develop technology solutions that meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards. It creates deliverables for managing the organization's current and future-state solutions to enable targeted business outcomes.

The architect translates business and technical needs into documented solution designs and analysis; evaluates technology options; leads solution architecture design and implementation; establishes principles, guidelines, standards, and patterns; and consults with agile development teams. The role also collaborates with product owners, product managers, developers, and other architects to align solutions with enterprise strategy, technology roadmaps, and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of IT experience, including at least 4 years in a solution architecture role developing architecture blueprints, strategies, and roadmaps.
• Experience designing, implementing, and integrating high-performance, scalable, reusable enterprise applications using WebSphere Open Liberty, Spring Boot, HCL Portal, database technologies such as Oracle and SQL Server, and API technologies.
• Knowledge of development languages and frameworks such as Java, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSF, and Angular.
• Proficiency designing and implementing integration architecture, including event-driven architecture, SOAP web services, RESTful APIs, HL7 FHIR standards, and technologies such as Apache Kafka.
• Strong knowledge of Salesforce and its associated technology stack.
• Understanding of at least one cloud computing platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience architecting and implementing secure CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins and Maven for continuous integration and delivery.
• Strong domain knowledge of healthcare payer operations, including claims, eligibility, benefits, provider networks, and care management.
• Proven analytical, planning, organizational, and technical skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence, guide, and facilitate stakeholders and peers in decision-making.
• Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Azure is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Translate business and technical needs into architectural plans and document solution design work and analysis.
• Collaborate with product owners to understand business drivers, current capabilities, future requirements, and change requirements, and create enterprise solution designs.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools, and platforms to support business goals.
• Analyze the business-IT environment to identify critical deficiencies, legacy systems, and technical debt, and recommend improvements.
• Support product managers’ end-of-life decisions to maintain, refresh, or retire services and systems.
• Lead evaluation, design, and analysis for implementing solution architecture across business applications and technologies, aligned with enterprise strategy, requirements, standards, and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.
• Create architectural designs and artifacts, including solution blueprints, data flow diagrams, and integration patterns, to guide solution development.
• Collaborate with other architects to align designs across projects, products, and initiatives.
• Define principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns that align solution decisions with the enterprise future-state architecture vision.
• Coordinate with development teams to identify needs and maintain a roadmap of design changes resulting from changes in the enterprise technology landscape.
• Provide consulting support and subject matter expertise to agile development teams, advising on opportunities, impacts, and risks while considering technical and architectural debt and enterprise architecture standards.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Volunteer time off
• Incentive plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Flexible work environment
• Training and continuing education

What This Job Offers

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