Solution Architect
Responsible for establishing strategic technology direction and creating solution architecture for large complex initiatives/projects. Responsible for the strategic design of technical solutions for complex business problems that are in line with established and emerging technology standards, patterns, and best practices. Primary accountability for architecture work takes place during the lifecycle of major transformation/modernization Initiatives/projects, from planning through implementation. Provides technical oversight and strategic direction to IT project teams in order to deliver key solutions to business problems.
Essential Functions:
- Translate business strategy into solution architecture
- Lead solutions design and analysis
- Orchestrate solution delivery
- Facilitate and collaborate to drive business value
- Maintain industry and technology expertise
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
Education Details: Computer Science, IT related field
Experience: 10 years experience as an infrastructure architect
In Lieu of Education: In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
Preferred Qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):
- Strong development and integration technology experience
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Expert ability to lead, coordinate, and manage complex projects
- Solution architecture and integration architecture design experience
- Deep understanding of emerging technologies, including cloud, big data, BPM, AI/ML, or robotics etc
Additional Skills:
- Proficiency in innovating ideas and solutions resulting in tangible and measurable business outcomes.
- Mastery in creating architecture solutions within the enterprise architecture future state for technological acceleration of value outcomes, and effectively present and persuade key decision makers to invest in this acceleration.
- Must have recent solution/domain architecture experience with Facets G6 real-time and batch claims processing, pre-adjudication validation, EDI-based transaction data management, claim editing engines, and third-party integrations with partner organizations that provide these services.
- Must have experiential knowledge on how to apply interoperability and integration best practices between Facets G6 and all data producers and data consumers within the enterprise ecosystem surrounding Facets G6.
- Must have experience with enterprise level architecture refactoring to resolve the following for Facets G6 claims processing: architectural simplification and modernization, strengthening controls and resiliency in high-risk processes, reducing unnecessary complexity and integration hops, provider data improvements and rationalization, legacy platform runout and retirement planning.
- Must have experience working with claims processing, enrollment, billing & payments, underwriting, partner programs, business operations, and benefit management business functions either in a commercial or government area (both preferred).
- Additional architecture experience in one or more technology platforms (Salesforce Health Cloud/Data Cloud, other Healthcare specific platforms, MuleSoft, Kafka, Azure Fabric).
- Expertise with two or more architecture domains (enterprise architecture, solution architecture, software development, data, integration, interoperability, cloud, artificial intelligence) and their associated architecture frameworks, standards/patterns, methods and tools.
- Experience overseeing and driving third-party solution architecture engagements and outcomes.
- Knowledge of healthcare data standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR, X12) and regulatory requirements (HIPAA, CMS, NCQA).
- Experience contributing to portfolio rationalization and/or technical debt remediation initiatives at an enterprise level.
- Ability to motivate and influence others so that architecture objectives are met in a timely and consistent manner.
- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to develop high quality, architecture solutions and technical designs based on approved standards.
- Ability to coach peers and team members across multiple business and technology disciplines.
- Ability to provide solution architectural consulting to business leaders, program leaders, product owners, and delivery teams.
- Ability to set architectural solutions across multiple initiatives or domains aligned to platform/product roadmaps and facilitate implementation of approved solution.
- Effective organizational/interpersonal/relationship management, analytical/systems thinking, communications (written and verbal) and collaboration across multiple business and IT teams.
- Recent payer or provider healthcare experience a plus.
Talteam Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.