Solution Architect

Solution Architect

Contract to Hire

Remote

From recent interview feedback:

health care domain experience is a must have

• Team's Need: Seeking someone "more involved in the nuts and bolts" for application building, enhancement, and engineering collaboration.

Notes from the qualification call:

Key Traits

• Go-getter mindset: The most common interview shortfall is candidates complaining about low-level tasks. This role requires someone proactive, solution-oriented, and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Leadership focus: This is a Solution Architecture leadership role, not hands-on coding. The candidate should influence technical direction and guide teams.

Core Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership:
  • Shape technical solution direction across multiple interoperability products.
  • Provide guidance and advice to implementation teams-answer questions, ensure adherence to design.
  • Lead 5 6 architects in a highly collaborative environment with weekly review meetings.
• Strategic Integration:
  • Integrate with diverse applications: legacy systems, cloud-based apps, and vendor solutions.
  • Work with AI agents for integration and modernization.
• Cloud Enablement:
  • Build capabilities inside Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform).
  • Design microservices to integrate healthcare data.
• Product Orientation:
  • Work across multiple products in the interoperability space.
  • Understand the broader landscape and help shape enterprise-level architecture.

Technical Focus Areas

• Cloud Awareness:
  • Google Cloud Platform preferred (certifications are a big plus), AWS/Azure acceptable.
• Core Technologies:
  • REST APIs, Microservices
  • Java, Python, Spring Boot, Spring Batch
• Healthcare Standards:
  • FHIR APIs (nice to have).
• Data Domain:
  • Primarily healthcare coverage data.
• Enterprise Architecture:
  • Must have verifiable experience designing large-scale, enterprise-level solutions.

Additional Context

• Role Nature:
  • Advisory, not hands-on coding.
  • Heavy collaboration with architects and stakeholders.
• Integration Complexity:
  • Mix of legacy, cloud, and vendor-based systems.
• Innovation:
  • Exposure to AI-driven integration and modernization initiatives.

Requisition Job Description

The Lead Solution Architect is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining efficient and scalable Application architecture within an organization. They collaborate with various stakeholders to understand technical requirements, create robust solutions, and ensure the integrity, security, and performance of the application infrastructure. This includes having the strong ability to look around the corner at emerging technologies and advise senior leadership around the strategic technical vision for the domain. The Lead Architect role is crucial for organizations aiming to leverage effectively for strategic decision-making and operational efficiency.

*This position can sit in multiple CVS locations to include remote.

Accountabilities include:

• Define and execute architectural strategies aligned with project objectives.
• Lead and supervise architectural initiatives within assigned projects or areas.
• Develop architectural designs and solutions, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices
• Mentor and guide junior and senior architects in project-related tasks and skill development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver effective architectural solutions.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with stakeholders, including business analysts, data engineers, IT teams, and management, to understand needs and drive alignment with business and development teams.
• Technology Evaluation and Implementation: Assess new technologies, tools, and methodologies to enhance application processes and recommend their adoption where applicable.
• Architecture and design reviews: Play a key leadership role in architecture design reviews and identify gaps and recommend design changes. Actively lead and participate in the

Architecture community to drive modernization opportunities for Healthcare Business Unit while keeping in mind the complexities of our IT landscape.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and architecture roles (technical lead, solution architect, enterprise architect)
• Strong experience in understanding non-functional requirements (SLA, response time, real time, near real time, multi-threading) and ability to create designs that meet the non-functional requirements.
• Strong experience in interoperability FHIR HL7 standards
• 5+ years of full stack development experience
• 5+ years of SQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, Redis and any relevant database experience
• 5+ years in cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform/AWS), microservices, and API design.
• Experience with DevOps tools (Kubernetes, Jenkins, Docker, Git) and Kafka.
• experience in Java, Python, Spring Boot, and front-end frameworks (Angular/JavaScript).
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies, especially Generative AI and LLMs.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage stakeholder expectations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Interoperability enterprise solutions is a plus
• Experience/certification in one or more cloud platform (Salesforce, Google Cloud Platform, Azure & AWS) is preferred.
• Experience in large scale migration efforts from legacy technology/Asset to a modern/new Asset is preferred

Education

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, information systems or related field or equivalent experience required
• Masters Degree in Computer Science, information systems or related field or equivalent experience preferred