Principal Architect

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum is seeking an Integration Solution Architect to join a highly visible and dynamic team with responsibilities to assess, plan, and deliver IT integration services to our customers.

As a key member of this team, you will be a lead architect that helps drive the IT integration of newly acquired companies, minimizes business disruption, and ensures the company is maximizing the value of acquisition through integration.

In this role, you will partner with Integration Engagement Managers and be responsible for understanding the business and technical requirements of the engagement. You will translate the business and technical requirements into solutions and level-of-effort estimates for implementing those solutions. You will be in a consultative role with the Business, Infrastructure and Application/DevOps teams, anticipating their needs and applying the benefit of previous experience and expertise to the engagement. This position will lead the overall technical solution from definition to start of implementation while collaborating with other team members and departments to support infrastructure solutions/implementations.

Critical Competencies for Success:

As an Integration Solution Architect, you will communicate effectively and quickly gain the trust of the audience based on knowledge and expertise. There is a wide variety of technical responsibilities in this role, whether it's Architecture related or a technical troubleshooting session. There is a large emphasis on critical thinking, having a hands-on approach and being able to troubleshoot complex technical issues. You will need to possess a strong business/technical acumen and consistently strive to exceed expectations. This position is described as forward thinking, strategic, collaborative, and determined. You are expected to be self-starters, possess integrity, and take ownership when things don't go as planned. Willingness to take control of a situation, see it through to resolution, escalating as needed the proper team, and going the extra mile when it may require working outside the box.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead technologist for program, responsible for the technical success of each business partner integration program
• Influence internal Optum Infrastructure Teams to adapt services and processes to better meet integration requirements
• Present to Business/IT teams on Optum's infrastructure and hosting services and identify the benefits of hosting and/or integrating with Optum
• Provide thoughtful and innovative solutions to complex technical problems
• Consider options, design, estimate and communicate solutions and recommendations that meet customer needs and are in alignment with business and IT goals / objectives
• Produce documentation such as high-level architecture diagrams to support recommended solutions
• Provide reliable and trusted points of view of relatable customer integrations. For example, how other customers with similar needs have succeeded in their integrations
• Maintain technical knowledge of current and emerging technologies/products/trends related to security and architectural solutions
• Work effectively in a diverse organization spread across multiple locations
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• B.S. Computer Science, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems or equivalent
• 5+ years of leadership and IT business integration architecture experience in a fast-paced and growth-oriented environment
  Broad IT background with knowledge in various technologies, hosting platforms and concepts/methodologies (Examples, general understanding)
• Core Technologies:
  • Compute, Storage, Networking, Load Balancing, Firewalls, Desktop Technologies, Infrastructure Architecture, Application Hosting (On-Prem and Cloud) and M365
• Additional Technologies: IOT, Clinical and Zscaler
• Familiar with various security/regulatory processes including standards & issues involved in multi-tier cloud or hybrid applications
• Ability to discuss cloud architecture and principles of modern platforms including SaaS, PaaS, multi-tenancy, multi-tiered infrastructure, etc.
• Emphasis on having a hands-on approach, take charge mentality and being able to troubleshoot complex technical issues
• Highly motivated with proven success meeting commitments in a deadline-driven environment with multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to influence opinion without direct managerial control
• Possess a strategic and critical thinking mindset while maintaining a customer focused perspective
• Crisp, articulate written and verbal communication skills
• Potential of travel up to 10% (US Only)
• International working hours will be determined based on location/requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years in a customer-facing solution architecture or systems integrator role engaging with large high-tech organizations
• 3+ years of previous healthcare clinical IT experience
• M&A infrastructure integration experience
• Experience in identifying and cultivating business strategies, drivers and value principles as they apply to enterprise business transformation objectives
• Sound understanding of industry standards around data privacy, risk management, and compliance requirements
• Proven ability of developing relationships across technical, management, and executive levels