Solution Architect- Application Transformation

Solution Architect

Title: Solution Architect
Client Industry: Healthcare/ Pharmacy
Duration: 1 year
Location: Fully Remote
Rate:85/hr W2 or 95/hr C2C

Solution Architect - Contractor
Purpose:
This role will be a member of the client Central Solution Architecture Team. The main function of the Solution Architect is to develop and deliver pragmatic business solutions that fulfill
specific business objectives and service level agreements. This is while balancing important concerns such as adherence to established practices, alignment with enterprise strategy,
accountability to client's financial objectives, and working in a collaborative team environment. The Solution Architect will potentially be involved with one or more key initiatives for client and some with accelerated timelines. The Solution Architect role is key for defining and aligning the go-forward architecture.

Daily Responsibilities/Job Description:

• Lead creation of conceptual and logical specifications for all layers of solution (people, process, technology, and information) through collaboration with business, enterprise, application, security, and infrastructure architects.
• Develop architectures to include software, hardware, and communications to support initial requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional

requirements and interfaces.

• Ensures these systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for client IT architecture, and profiles of standards as they apply to the implementation of developed architectures and specific to the solution for the platform, integration with other systems and any external interfaces.

Responsible for collaborating with enterprise architecture to develop enterprise artifacts for reuse by subsequent projects.

Interaction level with Management/Team Members:

• It is important to interact with IT and business management about the initiatives assigned. High interaction and collaboration with Team Members is a must and must be comfortable in engaging in both technical and business discussions.
• Engage in and assist with technology spikes to evaluate new technology additions or existing technology expansion.

Skills
Required:

5+ years of service-oriented solution architecture experience working on Applications, Data, Services and API initiatives.

Experience defining a variety of solution types, such as new system builds, legacy enhancements, build vs. buy analysis, integrating COTS software packages, Software-as- a-Service or Platform-as-a-Service components of the solution.

Ability to apply fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures to technical assignments.

Direct experience with Agile Lean Architecture.

Strong collaborator with business and technical colleagues, adept at building rapport.

Additional Qualifications/years of experience:

• 10+ years of work experience in IT, including 5 years in software development or application architecture.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• Experience as a Solution Architecture, Application Architecture, with Architecture Patterns.
• Experience with broad technology delivery, including custom development using various development languages; Event Driven Architecture and Mesh Architecture.
• Experience with driving technical planning and solutions for software portfolio, including authoring or managing the development of software designs, managing vendor evaluations, and justifying technical recommendations.
• Experience with providing technical leadership, mentoring on software engineering design, development, and frameworks, analyzing alternatives, and presenting technical options to leads

Preferred:

• Experience in the Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and/or Health Care domain.
• Experience working with Claims Adjudication.
• Experience working with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or similar Agile Processes.

Knowledge - Technology & Practices:

• Cloud Architecture - specifically AWS and Google Cloud Platform
• Agile Architecture, SAFe, TOGAF
• Microservices
• Security Principles & Implementations
• Modern Web Development: Java, Angular, React, CICD (Jenkins), Test Driven Development, Git
• Databases: Relational, PostgreSQL
• APIs (REST/SOAP/GraphQL) and API Design, XML/JSON
• Docker and Kubernetes, Kafka
• Event Driven Architecture and clients.

Soft Skills Needed:

• Strong business skills and communication skills

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

About Genesis10:
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
Behavioral Health Platform
Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account
Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
Voluntary Term Life Insurance
401K
Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF)

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