Principal IT Architect

Labcorp is currently seeking Principal IT Architect for our Solutions Architecture practice.

At Labcorp we are passionate about using technology to accelerate change and help realize the company’s mission to improve health and improve lives by delivering world-class diagnostic solutions, bringing innovative medicines to patients faster, and using technology to improve the delivery of care. Labcorp continues to invest in people and technology to support the delivery of the company vision in which architecture plays a critical role.

Labcorp is looking for dynamic leaders to join our Architecture practice who will bring thought leader-level knowledge and a proven record of success directing efforts in executing various aspects of architecture such as business, enterprise & solutions design. This leader will have an opportunity to work on a truly enterprise team that engages with leaders across all divisions and will be directly involved in helping enable our CIO's vision of a more agile and business outcomes focused IT organization.

Applicants who live within 35 miles of either the Burlington, NC or Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in-office days per week at an assigned location, either Burlington or Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Engaging with our business partners to lead/assist and design End to End solutions that integrate one or many of cloud, COTS, systems integration, AI, automation, IoT, API and other multi-vendor capabilities and become their trusted advisor and co-create and design innovative solutions 
• Strong communication skills to engage with senior leaders at a business unit as well as functional & industry leaders within Labcorp 
• Establish strong working relationships with business and technology leaders in order to drive investment planning, portfolio planning and execution.
• Define the reference and implementation architectures for solutions and accelerators
• Collaborating with Platform, Solution, Application and Data Architects towards creating industry leading approaches, architecture design and solutions in a rapidly evolving development environment
• Be known as an influencer and a recognized thought leader, with proven track record translating business problems into patterns that combine one or many capabilities that solve the problem 
• Acts as a trusted advisor for the business implementations to ensure architecture and design principles are upheld
• Leading design thinking workshops and build and test new technologies
• Work across IT to drive capability-led investment planning decisions
• Stay current with industry technology trends and introduce best practices to our Company's IT
• Drive the notion of reusable architecture assets & standards such as current-state business/technology capability maps as well as future state planning roadmaps across all of IT.
• Partner with architects and capability owners in the other business units to re-use the best available technologies and processes to power the business
• Apply risk-based decision making to complex problems and consult with relevant subject matter advisors as needed to inform the decision
• Prepare and deliver executive level briefings and communicate complex topics effectively to a diverse executive audience.

REQUIREMENTS

• 8+ years prior experience in Enterprise, Business, Information, Systems & Application, Solution Architectures.
• 1+ years in a management role
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders and navigate across conflicting priorities to balance critical tactical and strategic needs.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills - able to effectively communicate complex concepts in simple ways.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and communicate with a variety of audiences and stakeholders including executive management, business leaders, IT peers, and colleagues worldwide.
• Strategic thinker, with demonstrated ability to work in a broad and top-down manner with a fair amount of ambiguity at the center.
• Results-orientation with the proven ability and reputation for developing plans and implementing them successfully.
• Demonstrated leadership in achieving shared objectives in a matrix organization, managing cross-divisional initiatives, and cross-functional teams in an extremely dynamic environment.
• Self-directed, self-motivated, driven leader who with little direction can fill in the gaps as to what is needed, and drive expected results.
• Demonstrated ability to envision the future and rally the organization / people towards a common goal

Technical:

• Preferred – Lab systems \ Pharma \ Heavily regulated systems
• System integration methodologies \ design - ESB, API, REST, etc.
• Performance \ Scale \ Availability  design and troubleshooting
• Modern security technologies for authentication \ authorization and securing data
• Web-based systems architecture, service-based architecture including microservices, enterprise application architecture as well as experience managing expectations when balancing alternatives against business and financial constraints;
• Current agile methodologies, specifically Scrum
• Web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap framework, AngularJS, Spring, Nodejs, jQuery
• Data architecture, data modeling and data management across relational, columnar and noSQL technologies like SQL, Oracler, MongoDB
• Big data technologies like Hadoop (Hortwonworks, Cloudera) Spark, Kafka, Elasticsearch and others
• Service design, creation and orchestration using ESBs like Mulesoft, Talend; TIBCO, MQ
• Cloud based components implementation \ integrations \ migrations  Azure, Google Cloud, AWS (preferred)

Application Window closes 2/9/2026

Pay Range: $165-185k annual salary

All job offers will be based on a candidate’s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data.  The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan. Bonuses are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers.

Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work a 7 on 7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please click here. 

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law. 

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