Lead Domain Architect

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About the Role

Guided by BCBSLA’s Reference Architecture, Standards, and Corporate Strategy, the Lead Domain Architect is responsible for guiding a domain’s technical roadmap to support future business and IT projects. This role ensures sound, sustainable, and economically viable design, striking the right balance between enterprise and functional needs in full alignment with and support of BCBSLA Application and Technology Portfolios, Enterprise Data Sourcing Model. The focus is on increased operational efficiency, reliability, predictability, and long-term economic viability while reducing technical debt. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities.

Scope

This role does not manage people and reports to the Director of Enterprise Architecture. Necessary contacts include all levels of BCBSLA personnel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, other Blue Plans, and a limited number of external community/industry organizations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Analytics, or other technical programs including mathematics, applied physics, or similar discipline required. Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.

Work Experience

• 7 years of technical leadership and hands-on technology implementation, including four years’ experience in software development, DevSecOps engineering, or systems administration, and 3 years of technical architecture or data management.
• Advanced knowledge of Enterprise Architecture practice, ALM, software development best practices and standards, tools with extensive demonstrable experience in leading business application solution, design, and implementation of complex business initiatives.

Must-Have Expertise

Expertise in three of the following domains:

• Data Architecture
• Data Delivery
• Data Governance
• Integration Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Cloud Computing Architecture
• Digital & Digital Marketing Architecture
• Security Architecture
• Healthcare Core Administrative Systems
• Enterprise Provider Management Systems
• Care & Disease Management Systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning - Finance or Human Resources
• Enterprise Customer Relationship Management
• DevSecOps
• Azure
• AWS

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare industry experience.
• Understanding of infrastructure and security requirements, such as HIPAA.
• TOGAF or ITIL certifications.
• Vendor certifications.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of alternatives.
• Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Knowledge of many, if not most, aspects of Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA).
• Knowledge of information principles and processes.
• Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
• Understanding of network and security architecture.
• Understanding of the political climate of the enterprise and how to respond to political challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain multiple domain roadmaps.
• Support solution architects.
• Collaborate with enterprise business architects.
• Collaborate with business owners at all levels, transforming business requirements into solutions.
• Facilitate deep-dive technical discussions around design and maintain intellectual curiosity to keep technical skills current while staying informed on industry trends.
• Expose data to support metrics associated with Domain Architecture practice to demonstrate increasing maturity and value.
• Understand business application and industry trends in relation to the Payer Market, identify and build a business case for relevant innovation opportunities with a likelihood of success, and perform Proof of Concept (POC) as warranted.
• Serve as an Architecture Subject Matter Expert (SME) and designated Chair for the Architecture Review Board (ASRB). Facilitate review, impact analysis, documentation, recommendation, and formal publication of BCBSLA Technical Standards, and measure adherence to these standards.
• Provide architectural leadership for development efforts by integrating technologies such as web applications, relational databases, information security, servers, and networking.
• Provide high-level analysis and design reviews to solve conceptual problems and avoid duplication of efforts or repeated errors within different applications.
• Work with vendors to integrate their technologies within the organization's structure.
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend extension, expansion, and updates of technology standards, practices, and methodologies.
• Create guiding principles and standards to guide engineers and the enterprise for the domain.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.
• Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.
• The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze is required.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.