Senior Solution Architect
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina6 days ago
Durham, NC, USASenior
Base Salary
$119k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop solution architectures, roadmaps, technical designs, and enterprise technology strategies.
- Serve as a senior architect for complex initiatives and provide guidance to business, technology, vendor, and delivery stakeholders.
- Design scalable data architectures supporting data quality, governance, metadata management, analytics, compliance, and business requirements.
- Develop solutions involving cloud platforms, data and analytics, integrations, APIs, event-driven architectures, databases, and application development.
- Apply and contribute to architecture standards, design patterns, governance processes, and security requirements.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and participate in proofs of concept and technology modernization efforts.
- Identify technical risks, architecture gaps, dependencies, and design considerations related to performance, reliability, scalability, resiliency, and security.
- Provide architecture guidance throughout the SDLC, mentor engineers, and communicate architectural recommendations and trade-offs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree where required, or 7+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of experience in a related field.
- Experience developing enterprise technology strategies and leading large-scale architecture initiatives is preferred.
- Deep expertise in at least two areas such as Data & Analytics, Cloud, Software Development, Integration, Infrastructure, or Security Architecture is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, solution design, software development methodologies, and SDLC practices is preferred.
- Experience designing and governing enterprise-scale data platforms, analytics solutions, and data governance capabilities is preferred.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, modern integration patterns, APIs, and platform engineering practices is preferred.
- Experience evaluating emerging technologies and delivering AI-enabled business solutions is preferred.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, leadership, mentoring, and change management capabilities are preferred.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with health and wellness programs.
- Parental leave and adoption and surrogacy assistance.
- Career development programs and tuition reimbursement.
- 401(k) match with an annual company contribution.
- Work-life balance, flexibility, and autonomy.
- Hybrid Flex work with at least two days per week in the office, or Remote Flex work with a few in-office visits each year depending on role and location.
- Candidates outside the local area and in listed states may be considered; onsite expectations are discussed during the interview process.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is a not-for-profit health insurer that designs and administers commercial and government health plans for individuals, employers, and seniors across North Carolina. It offers ACA marketplace and employer plans, Medicare options, and care management and digital tools, generating revenue from premiums and administrative services. Founded in 1933 and headquartered in Durham, it is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving over 4.3 million members.