Software Architect

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

6d•Remote

About The Position

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. As a Software Architect at Optum Serve, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and high-performance software solutions. You will work closely with the Business Architecture Analyst to break down conceptual designs into Software Architecture Diagrams, then work with cross-functional teams to ensure that our applications meet the highest standards of quality and performance. Your expertise in modern design patterns, cloud-native architectures, and Microsoft Azure will be crucial in driving our projects to success. Specific Metrics: This role will work with the Business Architect Analysts to take high level designs and break them into EPICs and deliver a software architecture diagram to the teams to help them more rapidly understand the requirements so that they can quickly refine into features and PBIs. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Primary 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 You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Requirements

5 + years of proven experience as a Software Architect or similar role, with a solid background in software development, software design, and software architect
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)
5+ years developing and/or architecting solutions for agencies within the Department of Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs
United States citizenship is required for this position
Must be able to obtain and maintain a suitability or determination of eligibility for a Confidential/Secret or Top Secret security clearance

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