Principal Enterprise Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee architecture initiatives spanning business, systems, data, security, cloud, network infrastructure, and governance domains.

• Convert business strategies into technical strategies, roadmaps, and architectural outputs.

• Create and sustain logical and physical architecture diagrams utilizing Unicom System Architect and Visio.

• Formulate API and integration models for healthcare and financial systems, including X12 and HL7 transactions.

• Establish and uphold enterprise design patterns, AI patterns, and architecture best practices.

• Conduct architecture assessments and suggest enhancements for system design, integration, performance, and security.

• Generate Business Enterprise Architecture Assessments that encompass requirements, solution alternatives, cost estimates, security factors, and resource necessities.

• Offer technical expertise in financial processing systems and healthcare claims architecture in both on-premises and cloud settings.

• Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with architectural principles and standards.

• Mentor, provide feedback, and deliver technical guidance to team members.

• Produce architectural deliverables within specified timelines while managing risks and updating stakeholders on progress.

• Maintain architecture documentation and artifacts throughout the course of project lifecycles.

• Discover technology opportunities that enhance business processes, workflows, and system performance.

• Integrate new technologies and business insights to support the evolving needs of the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must fulfill the criteria to obtain and sustain a Public Trust background investigation; U.S. citizenship may be necessary based on federal contract stipulations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology, or a related discipline, or 8 additional years of experience in lieu of a degree.

• Over 10 years of experience in Enterprise Architecture processes, including project intake, solution architecture, logical and physical architecture design, cloud architecture, infrastructure costing, and security protocols.

• 3–5 years of enterprise-level experience concentrating on systems, data, interfaces, infrastructure, networking, security, and cloud architecture domains.

• Proficient in integrating trading partner technologies with healthcare and financial processing systems via enterprise APIs, with a grasp of financial operations governance.

• Strong understanding of financial payroll and accounting systems, electronic healthcare systems, and financial claims processing, including X12 and HL7.

• Practical experience using Unicom System Architect and Visio to create SV01, SV02, and SV03 architecture diagrams.

• Experience in developing Business Enterprise Architecture Assessments, including business requirements, high-level technical solutions, cost estimates, resource planning, security considerations, and solution options.

• Familiarity with SOA and API integration platforms such as MuleSoft, Oracle Service Bus, JBoss, or similar ESBs.

• Proficient in SharePoint and PowerPoint for documentation and presentations.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities, work effectively under pressure, and deliver quality outcomes in a fast-paced setting.

• Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills, with the ability to partner across technical and business teams.

• Preferred: consultative experience in Enterprise Architecture; experience with SOA-based solutions and API design; certifications in integration or ESB technologies; TOGAF, AWS, or Azure certifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting.