Lead Solutions Architect

About the position

The position involves managing and driving activities related to the development and delivery of the Solutions Architecture domain. The role requires collaboration with IT and Business leadership, as well as cross-functional IT teams, to drive Enterprise Architecture principles that enable business growth and agility. The individual will provide solution architecture services to support the enterprise project delivery methodology.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other solution architects (including from vendors) to define end to end solutions, detail design elements & proof of concepts and evaluation of the enterprise technologies.
• Provide technical leadership to the team throughout the project lifecycle and regularly communicate new features & benefits to partners, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional IT areas to drive project planning for activities related to solution ideation & solution design.
• Work closely with project management teams to successfully monitor & status reporting.
• Drive the architectural aspects of all application projects in peer IT portfolios.
• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of architecture governance structures & methodologies.
• Ensure coordinated technology delivery with enterprise strategies & roadmaps are integrated and aligned with the business strategy & business agility.
• Responsible for the application rationalization roadmap focusing on SOA enabling technologies.
• Drive standardization of common business objects and ensure infrastructure solutions are architected for reusability.
• Provide architectural guidance for application, information management and infrastructure development projects.
• Research current & emerging technologies and propose changes where needed.
• Assist in project production implementation planning.
• Perform other duties as directed or required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field required.
• TOGAF or similar Enterprise Architecture certification required.
• PMP or advanced project/program management certification preferred.
• 10+ years of IT experience with a progression towards higher levels of responsibility, including 5 years of architecture/infrastructure development and five years in information architecture strategy and solutions delivery required.
• Technically creative and open-minded required.
• In-depth understanding of various coding languages, sound knowledge of various operating systems, databases, Cloud infrastructure, etc. required.
• In-depth expertise in TriZetto Facets Suite of products and good understanding of all other platform architecture & technology required.
• Effective at applying multiple solutions to solve business challenges, drive growth and efficiencies required.
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to operate in a core and cross-functional team environments required.
• Excellent analytical and technical vision skills required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills required.
• Knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes required.
• Ability to balance the long-term ('big picture') and short-term implications of individual decisions required.
• Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies and business value-add proposition required.
• Proven ability to perform holistic problem analysis, recognize dependencies across and within systems required.
• Proven ability to interface/communicate with all levels of the organization, lead, participate & negotiate effectively in a cross-functional environment required.
• Must take an enterprise architectural approach to solutioning.
• Must represent/champion Enterprise architectural principles when solutioning within an IT domain.
• Ability to clearly present multiple solution options, benefits, and associated costs to all constituents required.
• Clear understanding of difference between operational and analytical needs of data & systems required.
• Experience and ability to conduct assessments and develop product recommendations required.
• Experience with Relational DB, Cloud, Big Data repository, DBA, ETL Development, BI Development preferred.
• Technical working experience with API, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Java/.NET, Big Data, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure preferred.
• Experience applying modern Enterprise integration patterns to solve real world business problems required.
• Experience with Enterprise Data management systems (MDM, Data Lake, data retention) required.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk) and system health reporting required.
• Flexible in a fast-paced dynamic environment with shifting roles and responsibilities required.
• Experience leading the work of outsource partners (multi-supplier environment) preferred.