Lead Solutions Architect

Lead Solutions Architect

Humana is looking for a Lead Solutions Architect to join our Fortune #40, Best Places to Work company and help us make a difference as we help our members achieve their best health!

The Lead Solutions Architect works with user groups to solve business problems with available technology including hardware, software, databases, and peripherals. The Lead Solutions Architect works on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial.

As Lead Solution Architect, you will be the senior individual contributor within a team responsible for Humana's interoperability portfolio. This portfolio encompasses the integration of data with external entities using industry interoperability standards such as FHIR and HL7. It also includes the system of record for all medical records, with data supporting critical initiatives such as HEDIS, risk adjustment, and enterprise AI across a variety of use cases. In this role, you will own the architectural vision for complex, multi-system projects, influence technology decision-making processes, and bridge the gap between business strategy, engineering execution, and adherence to enterprise standards. Your leadership will help ensure Humana's interoperability solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with organizational goals and industry best practices.

As Lead Solution Architect, you will oversee solution design for initiatives within the interoperability portfolio, translating complex requirements—including CMS interoperability compliance regulations—into cohesive and scalable architectural frameworks. You will collaborate closely with engineering leads, product managers, interoperability and clinical stakeholders, as well as vendor partners, to ensure that technical decisions support desired business outcomes and are aligned with long-term strategic objectives. In addition, you will represent the architecture function in governance forums and executive reviews, articulating design rationale and ensuring adherence to enterprise standards. Your responsibilities also include converting high-level architectural blueprints into detailed designs that serve as actionable guides for engineering teams to implement robust and compliant solutions. Lead solution architect is also responsible for continuous collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Information Protection, Data Governance and other domains to make sure that interoperability solutions are align with enterprise IT strategy.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 12+ years total of progressive IT systems delivery experience
• 5+ years of application development experience
• 5+ years of application architecture / leadership experience
• 8+ years of large program delivery experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in solutions architecture around API based integrations.
• Proven track record of large-scale applications modernization / technology transformation program deliveries inclusive of on-prem, public cloud, private cloud and/or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions
• Technical experience must include use of NoSQL databases, microservices, service mesh, data modeling, data architecture (document, relational and graph), Databricks, API Management Platforms, high availability/resilience design.
• Architecture, designing, development, and maintaining end to end data integration, operational data store, data analytics solutions.
• In-depth knowledge and experience on integration patterns, data analysis, emerging ELT/ETL tools on cloud platforms and event driven architecture around data
• Cloud certification Azure/GCP
• Experience working in Scrum/Agile setup

Preferred Qualifications

• Kubernetes, Containerization skills
• Kafka - event driven solution development skills
• Experience in designing data solutions, integrations for handling large volumes of data
• Good understanding of healthcare data e.g., member, provider, claims and clinical data
• Experience and understanding of data governance practices around healthcare data
• Experience on CI/CD, DevOps tools
• Knowledge on HL7 FHIR standards
• Knowledge on FHIR standard based interoperability for payers, CMS compliance around interoperability.
• Experience in payer, provider data exchange with EHR and other third-party integrators.

Location/Work Style: Hybrid Office in Humana Facility (ie: Louisville, Dallas, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Ft Lauderdale, Nashville, New York, District of Columbia or Tampa)

Why Humana? At Humana, we know your well-being is important to you, and it's important to us too. That's why we're committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life.

• Work-Life Balance
• Generous PTO package
• Health benefits effective day 1
• Annual Incentive Plan
• 401K - Excellent company match
• Well-being program
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Student Loan Refinancing

If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.

Work at Home Guidance To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:

• At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
• Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership
• Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
• Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
• Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Scheduled Weekly Hours 40

Pay Range The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

$142,300 - $195,700 per year This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

About Us Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.

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