Company Description Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Transformation.
Position: Principal Solution Architect – Pharmacy/PBM
Type: 6 months Contract-to-Hire Location: Reston, VA (100% Remote)
Position Overview
We are seeking a Principal Solution Architect with deep expertise in Pharmacy/PBM architecture, healthcare payer environments, and integration/interoperability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Pharmacy Benefits Administration and PBM operations and will be responsible for architecting the integration of a PBM provider with existing healthcare payer and core systems.
This role requires a senior technical leader who can define solution architecture, lead other architects, and collaborate closely with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Data, and other domain architecture teams.
Key Responsibilities
Lead solution architecture for Pharmacy/PBM platforms and integrations within a healthcare payer environment.
Design end-to-end solutions supporting the Pharmacy Benefit lifecycle and PBM operations.
Define integration strategies between PBM platforms and healthcare payer/core systems.
Architect real-time, batch, file-based, API, and event-driven integrations.
Provide technical leadership to architects and cross-functional engineering teams.
Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Data, Enterprise Architecture, and other domain teams.
Ensure solutions align with healthcare interoperability, security, scalability, and enterprise architecture standards.
Translate business and pharmacy requirements into scalable technical architecture.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of Solution Architecture experience in relevant healthcare/PBM specialization.
Approximately 10 years of cumulative PBM/Pharmacy Benefits Administration experience; experience does not need to be consecutive.
Strong Healthcare Payer/PBM industry experience.
Deep understanding of:
PBM models and Pharmacy operations
End-to-end Pharmacy Benefit lifecycle
Formulary and drug list management
Prior authorization
Quantity limits
Accumulator management
Strong integration and interoperability architecture experience.
Hands-on architectural knowledge of:
HL7 FHIR
X12 / HIPAA EDI
APIs
Event-driven integrations
Real-time integrations
Batch/file-based integrations
834 and 837 EDI transactions are mandatory.
Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor other architects and drive enterprise-level architecture decisions.
Preferred Qualifications
Facets G6 experience is highly desired.
Experience integrating with Facets.
Experience with Edifecs.
Experience working with healthcare payer core systems and PBM providers.
Lumen Solutions Group Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Baltimore, MD (Remote)
Skills
Administrative Skillsunmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Architectural Servicesunmatched
Blueprintsunmatched
Business Processesunmatched
Business Strategyunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Compensation and Benefitsunmatched
Consultingunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)unmatched
Enterprise Architectureunmatched
Formularyunmatched
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)unmatched
HL7 (Health Level 7)unmatched
Healthcareunmatched
Healthcare Providersunmatched
Information Technology Consultingunmatched
Internet Securityunmatched
Interoperabilityunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Mentoringunmatched
Pharmacyunmatched
Professional Servicesunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical Recruitingunmatched
Technical Supportunmatched
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