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The salary range displayed has not been adjusted for geographical location. This range has been created in good faith based on information known to Capital Blue Cross at the time of posting and may be modified in the future. Capital Blue Cross offers a comprehensive benefits packaging including Medical, Dental & Vision coverage, a Retirement Plan, generous time off including Paid Time Off, Holidays, and Volunteer time off, an Incentive Plan, Tuition Reimbursement, and more. \nAt Capital Blue Cross, we promise to go the extra mile for our team and our community. This promise is at the heart of our culture, and it’s why our employees consistently vote us one of the “Best Places to Work in PA.”\nThe solution architect proactively and holistically leads and supports enterprise architecture (EA) activities that guide the development and management of a portfolio of solutions. Solutions include projects and products, systems (including applications, technologies, processes and information), shared infrastructure services and shared application services. They understand the concepts of business goals, objectives and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams and business processes and their importance in solution architecture. The solutions architect provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks related to support the development of technology solutions to ensure that solutions meet business needs and align with architectural governance and standards. They create deliverables for managing the organization's portfolio of \"to be\" and \"as is\" solutions — including systems (applications, processes, information and technology), shared infrastructure services, and shared application services and components to enable and drive targeted business outcomes.Responsibilities and QualificationsInterpret Business Needs\nTranslates business and technical needs into an architectural plan, documenting all solution design work and analysis.\n\nCollaborates with product owners to understand business drivers, current capabilities, future requirements, creating enterprise solution design and change requirements.\n\nAssess Technology\nEvaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and platforms to support business goals\n\nAnalyzes the business-IT environment to detect critical deficiencies, legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement\n\nSupports product managers in end-of-life product decisions to maintain, refresh or retire services or systems, including applications, technologies, processes and information\n\nApply Technology\nLeads the evaluation, design, and analysis for the implementation of solutions architecture across specific business applications or technologies based on enterprise business strategy, business capabilities, value-streams, business requirements, enterprise standards and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA.\n\nCreates architectural designs and artifacts to guide and contextualize solution development across products, services, projects, and systems, including solution blueprints, data flow diagrams, and integration patterns. Collaborates with other architects as necessary for alignment across projects, products, or initiatives.\n\nDefines the principles, guidelines, standards, and solution patterns to ensure solution decisions are aligned with the enterprise's future-state architecture vision.\n\nCoordinates with development teams to identify needs and maintains a roadmap of required design changes due to changes in the enterprise technology landscape.\n\nProvides consulting support and subject matter expertise to developers within agile teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact and risks, taking account of technical, architectural debt and overall enterprise architecture standards.\n\nJob Requirements: \n8+ years of experience in IT, with at least 4 years in a solution architecture role developing architecture blueprints, strategies and roadmaps\n\nExperience designing, implementing, and integrating high-performance, scalable, reusable, enterprise applications leveraging Websphere Open Liberty, Springboot, HCL Portal, database technologies like Oracle, SQL Server, and API technologies\n\nKnowledge of various development languages and frameworks like Java, C# and Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, JSF, and Angular\n\nProficiency in designing, implementing integration architecture like event driven architecture leveraging SOAP web services, RESTful API, HL7 FHIR standards and technologies like Apache Kafka.\n\nStrong knowledge of Salesforce and associated technology stack.\n\nUnderstanding of at least one of the cloud computing platforms like AWS, Azure (preferred), or Google Cloud\n\nExperience architecting and implementing secure CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, Maven etc. for continuous integration and delivery\n\nStrong domain knowledge of healthcare payer operations including claims, eligibility, benefits, provider networks, and care management.\n\nSkills: \nProven analytical, planning, organizational and technical skills\n\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills\n\nSkilled at influencing, guiding and facilitating stakeholders and peers with decision making\n\nAbility to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences\n\nSkilled at understanding the long-term \n\nAbout UsWe recognize that work is a part of life, not separate from it, and foster a flexible environment where your health and wellbeing are prioritized. At Capital you will work alongside a caring team of supportive colleagues, and be encouraged to volunteer in your community. We value your professional and personal growth by investing heavily in training and continuing education, so you have the tools to do your best as you develop your career. 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