Solution Architect : Medica

Interview : Video

Visa : USC and GC

This is hybrid from day-1 in either in Minnetonka, MN or Madison, WI

Description :

Solution Architects are accountable for solution designs that satisfy business and technical requirements for projects, programs, or domain level technical implementations. The ideal solution architect will be a deep subject matter expert (in a given domain) but also a generalist with the ability to work across different Business (e.g. claims, provider, member) and IT domains (e.g. integration, data, infrastructure) as needed.

These architects are also accountable for working with delivery leads, technology teams, and business owners to explain designs and associated implications.

In partnership with stakeholders and within assigned domains, these architects also build long-term roadmaps and future state architectures that align with IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture principles and technical standards.

Key Accountabilities :

Design solutions that satisfy business and technical requirements through the appropriate use of Data, Solutions / Applications, Security, Infrastructure and Business Capabilities.Work with delivery teams to implement solutions and enable complete understanding.

Govern appropriate use of technology and implementation through these engagements.

Exercise strategic vision through future state architectures and roadmaps that align domain technical and business capabilities with broader enterprise and technical strategies.

Communicate technology decisions and associated implications across both technical, business and project / program stakeholders.

Provide technical thought leadership to domain and program teams that enable innovation and continuous improvement of Medica s technology and business platforms.

Qualifications :

7 years of relevant work experience with progressively increasing responsibility

Specific types of experience or skills required :

Demonstrated understanding of and ability to apply architectural patterns and designs

Demonstrated experience building artifacts that represent various technical designs and views

Demonstrated ability designing system to system integration using modern API-based patterns and techniques

Broader understanding of multiple technical domains, with deep understanding within one or more

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Background in application development

Experience with Agile / Scrum methodology

Self-starter who can work independently

Specific types of experience or skills preferred :

Experience in health insurance strongly preferred, with previous Architecture, Product Owner, or Engineering role responsibilities

Experience working with health insurance applications / systems including claim adjudication and related systems such as enrollment, premium billing, provider management, and care management strongly preferred; and specific experience with HealthRules and / or GuidingCare is of particular interest

Experience integrating large commercial record keeping systems (COTS, SaaS, and / or BPO) into a broad distributed ecosystem strongly preferred (could be health plan record keeping or other domains such as ERP, banking, etc the focus is how best to manage and balance the needs of individual commercial products with those of the overall ecosystem)

Experience with multiple application integration patterns, including Service Mesh, API, Streaming, Event / Pub-Sub, and batch / ETL / ELT

Exposure and implementation on Cloud-based application and services environments (Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services)

Experience with CRM system implementations and integrations in general (Salesforce, MS Dynamics 360, etc) is a bonus, especially experience with Salesforce Health Cloud

Experience with healthcare interoperability standards : HL7, FHIR, EDI

Experience with technical standards :

Identity & Authorization : OpenId, SSO / SAML;Mobile / Web : CSS / JavaScript, HTML; Native and Responsive applications

Development and Data access skills with systems and information via : API s, SQL, XML / JSON / CSV layouts, and Oracle and SQLServer

Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)Understanding of CI / CD & Automation techniques and practices

Experience contributing to roadmaps that represent strategic evolution of a technical or business domain

Soft & Other Skills :

Positive attitude, collaborative, consultative, results driven, professional

Comfortable with ambiguity and change

Continuous learnerTeach, coach, educate, and evangelize

Experience and comfort with organizational mergers and acquisitions

Bias for action