Software Architect

UnitedHealth Group•Minnetonka, MN

8d•$72,800 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Software Architect at Optum Serve, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies. In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting on in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a strong influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in .NET and Angular frameworks
5+ years of experience with the following design patterns: specifically Domain-Driven-Design, Event-Driven-Architecture, Clean Architecture, and Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS)
5+ years of experience with microservice application design
5+ years of experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
2+ years of experience with Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and messaging systems
United States Citizenship
If you are offered this position, you will be required to provide extensive personal information to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance as a condition of your employment

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
3+ years of experience with NIST and SOC security frameworks
3+ years of networking principles in Cloud environments
2+ years of monitoring tools such as Elastic Search, Prometheus, and Open Telemetry
2+ years of experience with broker systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
2+ years of modernizing legacy systems
2+ years of experience integrating with various technologies and third party systems
Experience with cloud-native architectures and Microsoft Azure
Understanding of SOLID principles

Responsibilities

Design and develop software architectures using modern design patterns such as SOLID principles and Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
Collaborate with development teams to create high-quality, maintainable code using .NET and Angular
Provide technical guidance to the engineering team regarding the software design, promoting best practices and continuous improvement
Conduct architectural reviews and ensure alignment with business goals and technical requirements
Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies, and apply them to improve our software solutions
Work closely with stakeholders and the Business Architects (BAA) to understand and translate their needs into technical solutions