Senior Application Architect

You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world.  As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.
 

Position Purpose:

Designs, developments, and deployments of the Payment Integrity and Accuracy software systems. Defines system solutions based on user/client needs, cost, and required integration with existing applications, systems, or platforms. Researches, identifies, selects, and tests technology products required for solution delivery. Establishes, implements, and documents the technology integration or migration strategies.

• Leads application architecture vision for services using AWS Serverless technology stacks with a core focus on security, resiliency, scalability, supportability, and performance

• Defines requirements and architecture necessary to meet business objectives

• Promotes, adopts, design, and implements event driven architecture with internal applications and third-party integrations

• Responsible for taking proposed solutions through detailed security reviews and assessments to adhere to all Centene security policies and standards.

• Responsible for designing and documenting the detailed disaster recovery plan for all solutions – including the fully automated CI/CD deployment pipelines that adhere to Centene technology standards.

• Investigates and advises on third-party integrations to develop requirements and architecture associated with external interfaces, protocols, and interoperability with other applications

• Collaborates with product and engineering teams to design and build services that meet key product and infrastructure requirements

• Delivers both high-level and detailed design for platform and product services

• Authors clean, scalable, modular, secure, well-structured, and testable code as needed

• Designs and implements microservices with thoughtfully defined APIs

• Ensures deployed software can run safely with the proper level of instrumentation and telemetry

• Owns designed software/service components from ideation through delivery

• Delivers and communicates architecture decisions, roadblocks, and timelines to stakeholders

• Reviews system(s) code and provides feedback to engineering teams

• Provides mentoring, coaching and skill development to engineering teams

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and Requires 4 – 6 years of related experience.
Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.
Technical Skills:

• One or more of the following skills are desired.

• Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS)

• Experience with AWS Serverless and managed services (ex. Step-functions, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, etc)

• Experience with Infrastructure As Code (IaC)

• Experience with JSON and Python

• Experience with Other: GitHub or similar CI/CD technologies

• Experience with Other: documenting software architecture and building frameworks for development teams

Soft Skills:

• Intermediate - Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

• Intermediate - Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Intermediate - Ability to work independently

• Intermediate - Demonstrated analytical skills

• Intermediate - Demonstrated project management skills

• Intermediate - Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

• Intermediate - Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

License/Certification:

• AWS Certified Solution Architect Upon Hire preferred

• Other AWS Certifications as applicable

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules.  Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status.  Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act