Description

Responsibilities

The Senior Solutions Architect works with user groups to solve business problems with available technology including hardware, software, databases, and peripherals. Translates business needs into technical systems solutions. Integrates hardware, software and network interfaces to form a system. Recommends products that will evolve the organization's technical infrastructure. Develops specifications for new products/services, applications and service offerings. Assesses the compatibility and integration of products/services proposed as standards in order to ensure an integrated architecture across interdependent applications. Participates in all remaining phases of product development to verify that the design is installed, configured and documented correctly.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

70% Product Solution Design

• Designing, describing, and managing the solution engineering in relation to specific business problems
• Finding the best tech solution among all possible to solve the existing business problems
• Describing the structure, characteristics, behavior, and other aspects of software to project stakeholders
• Defining features, phases, and solution requirements
• Providing specifications according to which the solution is defined, managed, and delivered
• Create solution prototype
• Analyze enterprise specifics needs
• Ensure new products aligned to customer journey needs and business motivation model

30% Product Development Support

• Identify opportunities for improvement by continually reviewing the performance of the product and scanning the ecosystem for benchmarking against similar products within or other industries
• Partner with Operations, Infrastructure, Security, and Business development teams to manage the product life cycle needs
• Other product development support

This role description in no way states or implies that the key accountabilities above are the only ones being performed by the individual(s) with this role description. The individual(s) may be called upon and required to follow other instructions or perform other duties and tasks requested by his or her supervisor, consistent with the purpose of the position, department and/or company objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 6-8 years of information technology experience with a significant portion related to Architecture, Design and Development
• 3 or more years of experience in Software Architecture Design
• Cloud Development and Product Development experience
• Technical Business Analysis experience (Business Savvy Technologist, how the technology play a role in the business)
• Ability to work well in an agile team development setting
• Experience with Microsoft Office products and/or similar tools to include Azure DevOps
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Established ability to successfully lead a cross-functional team and work well with other architects/leaders/teams
• Passionate about understanding customer problems
• Proven ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-changing environment; be nimble and adaptable, handle ambiguity
• Demonstrated experience problem solving and consultation within complex environments
• Our Department of Defense Contract requires U.S. citizenship for this position
• Successfully receive interim approval for government security clearance (eQIP - Electronic Questionnaire for Investigation Processing)

Work at Home/Remote Requirements

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle and Agile Development Methodologies
• Experience working with outside vendors, managing those relationships and delivering tangible value
• Prior experience in Product Management
• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree
• Prior experience working in the healthcare industry
• Experience in TRICARE or other federally regulated healthcare programs

Additional Information

As part of our hiring process, we will be using an exciting interviewing technology provided by Modern Hire, a third-party vendor. This technology provides our team of recruiters and hiring managers an enhanced method for decision-making.

If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you will receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice Interview and/or an SMS Text Messaging interview. If participating in a pre-recorded interview, you will respond to a set of interview questions via your phone. You should anticipate this interview to take approximately 10-15 minutes.

If participating in a SMS Text interview, you will be asked a series of questions to which you will be using your cell phone or computer to answer the questions provided. Expect this type of interview to last anywhere from 5-10 minutes. Your recorded interview(s) via text and/or pre-recorded voice will be reviewed and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40