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This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.\nPlease note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.\nThe Application Architect Senior is responsible for creating architectural solutions that articulate the business context, conceptual design, and component-level logical design. The Application Architect Senior is a hands-on technical leader responsible for the architecture, design, development, modernization, and operational reliability of Java, Cloud & AI-Enabled Enterprise Applications. This role owns technical solutions across the application lifecycle-from requirements and architectural decisions through implementation, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement.\nThe architect partners with business stakeholders, enterprise architecture, engineering, infrastructure, security, and data teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective solutions. The role combines deep Java and cloud engineering expertise with practical experience integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI into enterprise applications and software delivery processes.\nHow You Will Make an Impact\nPrimary duties may include, but are not limited to:\nSupporting healthcare Enrollment, Billing, and Claims capabilities while leading distributed teams, establishing engineering standards, and translating business needs into measurable technology outcomes.\nTranslate business needs into executable solutions.\nRecommends new technologies based upon business value drivers and return on investment; drives new technologies towards implementation and exploitation.\nEstablishes overall systems architecture vision and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged; contributes to the holistic vision of Enterprise Architecture.\nDefines architecture standards and anticipate areas where architecture standards may need to be developed that are in-line with customer, IT and industry standards.\nDirects the construction of architecture components (e.g., data architecture, application architecture, technical architecture).\nWorks with business units to translate business strategy into discrete requirements compatible with current technical architectures.\nDefines systems, technical, and application architectures for new strategic initiatives; develops and maintains an architectural blueprint and evolutionary roadmap that defines and communicates the strategic direction for these architectures in support of business and technical strategies; Explains how the roadmap maintains and delivers cost effectiveness, business value, and competitiveness.\nMinimum Requirements:\nRequires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.\nPreferred Skills, Capabilities, and Experiences:\nExperience in health care industry strongly preferred.\nHands-on experience integrating AI and large language model (LLM) services into enterprise applications through secure APIs, including prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) preferred.\nExperience using Eclipse, Jira, Bitbucket, and Bamboo; proficiency with Git, Maven, SonarQube, and Veracode strongly preferred.\nHands-on experience with Java/J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, AOP, Hibernate/ORM, Spring Data, Spring Batch, and schedulers; strong proficiency with JPA and Log4j2 preferred.\nExperience leading people, small projects and provide troubleshooting support strongly preferred.\nJob Level:\nNon-Management ExemptWorkshift:\nJob Family:\nIFT > IT ArchitecturePlease be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.\nWho We Are\nElevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities - and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.\nHow We Work\nAt Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.\nWe offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.\nElevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.\nThe health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.\nElevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the following form: Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact. 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