Sr Architect - Cloud Infrastructure(Remote)
Company: Highmark Health
Location: Saint Paul
Posted on: March 17, 2023
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Job Description:
**Company :** HM Health Solutions **Job Description :** **JOB
SUMMARY** This job takes a lead role, within area of
responsibility, and (application, solution, information,
technology, business) designs, develops, implements, supports, and
optimizes more complex architecture strategy to meet business
capabilities and needs. Takes a lead role to ensure completeness of
more complex architecture by adequately addressing all the
pertinent concerns of its stakeholders. Ensures integrity of more
complex architecture by connecting various views of stakeholders,
reconciling conflicting concerns, and showing the trade-offs made
in so doing. Considers practicality and fitness for purpose in
determining architecture to develop. Leverages business and
technology knowledge to enable and/or alter business processes,
practices, organizations and systems. Maintains knowledge of
emerging technologies and best in class industry business trends
and practices. May take on role of Project Lead for special
assignments. May mentor less experienced team members. **ESSENTIAL
RESPONSIBILITIES** + Take a lead role to provide strategic
consultation to customers in defining or designing Cloud-based
solutions, as well as in researching, identifying and internally
marketing enabling technologies based on customer capability
requirements. Facilitate development of Cloud-based solutions that
combine knowledge of particular business processes and issues,
general technological options, and process facilitation techniques.
Participate in more complex enterprise strategy development,
including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value
cases and business innovation portfolio development. + Take a lead
role to specify and design large or more complex systems,
solutions, networks, infrastructure elements, or processes. Select
appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure that
they are applied effectively. Review others' system design to
ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of
resources and integration of multiple systems and technology.
Establish policy for selection of more complex architecture
components. Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on more complex
major design options. Ensure that the system architecture balances
functional, service quality and systems management requirements. +
Use appropriate tools, including models of components and
interfaces, to contribute to the development of more complex
architectures. Take a lead role to produce detailed component
requirements, specifications and translates these into detailed
solutions/designs for implementation using selected products.
Provide advice on technical aspects of system development,
integration (including requests for changes, deviations from
specifications, etc.) and processes. Ensure that relevant technical
and business strategies, policies, standards and practices are
applied correctly. + Select and use more complex tools and methods
to establish, clarify, and communicate the functional and
non-functional requirements of system users, their characteristics,
and tasks. Take a lead role to identify the technical,
organizational, and physical environment in which more complex
products or systems will operate. Identify, propose, initiate, and
lead significant improvement programs, taking responsibility for
the quality and appropriateness of the work performed and the
realization of measurable business benefits. Modify existing
process improvement approaches and/or develop new approaches to
achieve improvement. + Take a lead role to ensure the resolution of
a variety of more complex architecture and business problems and
serve as a technical or business lead for highly complex project
initiatives. + Communicate effectively will all levels of
organization. + Manage expectations of customers, partners and
management. + Participate in customer walkthroughs and plans;
design and technical walkthroughs; and problem resolution and
decision making. + Interact with departments across the
organization as necessary, including the development and
interpretation of highly complex requirements for peers and other
staff. + Maintain an in-depth knowledge of specific technical
aspects in area of expertise and provides expert advice regarding
their application. The area of specific expertise may be any aspect
of information or communication technology, technique, method,
process, product, or application area of a more complex nature. +
Take a lead role in providing leadership and mentoring in the areas
of expertise and architecture to their peers, developers,
management and business users including technical expertise,
coaching, and ad-hoc training by: preparing presentations on more
complex issues on the area of expertise and presenting to their
peers to ensure consistency to the Organization's strategic
direction. + Other duties as assigned or requested. **EDUCATION**
**Required** + Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or
related field (Grandfathered degree requirements effective July
2014) **Substitutions** + None **Preferred** + Master's Degree
**EXPERIENCE** **Required** + 5 - 7 years' experience architecting
solutions + To include 3 years as a technology lead with technical
decision making responsibilities in an enterprise environment
**Preferred** + Health Insurance or Healthcare Industry knowledge +
One year with at least one of the following Cloud Service
Providers: Google Cloud Platform, Azure or Amazon Web Services
**LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS** **Required** + None **Preferred
(Any of the following)** **? GCP Professional Cloud Architect** **?
GCP Professional Cloud Developer** **? GCP Professional Data
Engineer** **? Microsoft Azure Architect** **? AWS Solutions
Architect** **SKILLS** ? Experience and willingness to mentor less
experienced team members and help develop their skills and
leadership ? Ability to present to leadership and articulate
complex technical scenarios ? In-depth expertise of cloud IaaS &
PaaS technology, popular cloud service providers and their current
developments, trends, issues, and fundamental concepts ? In-depth
expertise in analyzing a wide spectrum of enterprise cloud service
provider systems and services robustness and needs, and making
practical recommendations to address them ? Infrastructure as Code
(IaC), with Terraform experience and familiarity with Ansible (or
equivalent, e.g., Chef, Puppet, SaltStack) ? Strong analytical,
communication and problem-solving skills ? Working knowledge of
Agile methodologies ? Working knowledge of Cloud services in
relation to current HIPAA regulations + **_Disclaimer:_** _The job
description has been designed to indicate the general nature and
essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by
employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive
inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications
required of employees to do this job._ **_Compliance
Requirement:_** _This position adheres to the ethical and legal
standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of
business conduct and company policies._ As a component of job
responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information,
cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that
must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all
employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of
Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as
all data security guidelines established within the Company's
Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security
Policy. Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to
comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes
but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state
laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and
training requirements. **Pay Range Minimum:** $78,900.00 **Pay
Range Maximum:** $146,000.00 _Base pay is determined by a variety
of factors including a candidate's qualifications, experience, and
expected contributions, as well as internal peer equity, market,
and business considerations. The displayed salary range does not
reflect any geographic differential Highmark may apply for certain
locations based upon comparative markets._ Highmark Health and its
affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals
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