Solutions Principal Architect – IT

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Define solution architecture for intricate enterprise initiatives, encompassing packaged applications, SaaS platforms, custom applications, integrations, cloud services, data flows, identity management, security, and operational support models.

• Act as a platform architecture specialist for Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and/or Epic Systems.

• Recognize feasible AI opportunities within the solution architecture.

• Collaborate with business, product, engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, privacy, legal, and operations stakeholders to convert business goals into solution recommendations, estimates, and implementation guidance.

• Lead architecture evaluations and design reviews.

• Create architecture blueprints, system context diagrams, deployment views, integration patterns, and executive-level solution summaries.

• Guide build-vs-buy assessments for SaaS, packaged, and custom-built solutions.

• Propel modernization through composable architectures, reusable integration patterns, identity and access standards, cloud-ready designs, and responsible use of AI.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture to ensure designs align with target architecture, technology standards, portfolio direction, security expectations, and modernization objectives.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects, engineers, product teams, and delivery partners.

• Identify technical risks, trade-offs, dependencies, and assumptions, communicating them effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Support delivery teams by elucidating architecture intent, reviewing implementation strategies, and resolving architecture-related challenges.

• Stay updated with platform capabilities, vendor roadmaps, healthcare technology trends, cybersecurity standards, and architecture best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, data science, software engineering, or a related field.

• Over 5 years of experience in a senior architecture position, designing complex enterprise solutions in a cloud environment or equivalent.

• 2–3 years of direct experience in architecting and designing solutions utilizing GCP technologies such as BigQuery, Dataflow, GCP Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, or Spanner.

• Extensive architecture experience with at least one key enterprise platform: Microsoft 365, Salesforce, ServiceNow, and/or Epic Systems.

• Profound understanding of enterprise architecture principles, solution design patterns, integration architecture, identity and access management, data protection, security-by-design, and operational support.

• Experience in evaluating SaaS and packaged applications.

• Working knowledge of cloud-native architecture and modern delivery methodologies, including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, resiliency, and scalable application design.

• Experience in establishing reusable AI solution patterns and reference architectures.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent communication and influencing skills.

• Proven ability to mentor technical peers, lead design discussions, facilitate alignment, and advocate for architecture practices.

• Demonstrated leadership experience in driving application design strategy and guiding software delivery teams.

• In-depth knowledge of utilizing data to support software development methodologies, architectural patterns, and best practices.

• Familiarity with healthcare technology, regulated environments, privacy, compliance, PHI/PII handling, HIPAA, and secure integration patterns is preferred.

• Experience in designing or enabling enterprise AI solutions is preferred.

• Healthcare industry experience involving HL7, HITSP, NIST, HIPAA, ICD-10, and NCPDP is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• A "community first, company second" culture rooted in Core Values.

• Award-winning education and training across various career paths.

• Performance-based rewards.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) matching.

• Paid time off.

• PTO cash out option.

• Family resources available.

• EAP counseling sessions.

• Access to Headspace® for mental wellness.

• Backup childcare and elder care services.

• Maternity and paternity leave.

• Professional development programs.

• On-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.