Technical Architect

About the role

Wellfleet, a Berkshire Hathaway company, delivers customer-centric accident and health insurance with quality service and uncompromising ethics. Founded in 1993 as Consolidated Health Plans (CHP), Wellfleet is one of the nation’s leading providers of health and accident insurance products to the higher education market. We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect to design and configure system-wide integrations, develop technical documentation, and lead the development of technical capabilities including web portals, ETL/ESB, IT security, Okta SSO, and CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small development team and serve as the IT Technical Architect within a lean-agile environment to identify and document technical specifications.
• Lead technical problem-solving efforts, utilizing strong analytical, conceptual, and troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve complex system issues.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Product Owners, and senior leadership to ensure technology solutions align with business objectives and requirements.
• Work effectively with cross-functional teams and manage multiple priorities/projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Apply information processing principles, industry best practices, and architectural standards to ensure scalable, reliable, and secure technology solutions.
• Review and validate code, acceptance tests, and technical deliverables to ensure desired functionality.
• Read, write, and troubleshoot C#, Java, and T-SQL code to enhance, maintain, and patch existing systems and applications.
• Read, write, and support REST APIs to facilitate system and data exchange.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to development team members, promoting coding standards, best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Participate in testing processes (IT/Unit Testing).
• Use design and coding best practices to build high-quality, stable, efficient, and reusable components and solutions.
• Estimate the level of effort and time required to complete assigned IT work to meet expected delivery timeframes.
• Work independently and as a member of the team with minimal supervisory direction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT or a related field.
• 8+ years’ experience as a Systems Architect or in an IT role delivering large, complex, and strategic technology initiatives.
• 4+ years of health plan, managed care, voluntary insurance, or healthcare experience.
• Experience with Enterprise Architect (SparkX), MS Visio or related software.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Stack.
• Knowledge of ETL and ESB technology tools.
• Experience with MS Visual Studio 2022+ and SQL Server 2022+.
• Experience with TFS, GitHub (or similar source control tool) and the organization of source code to accomplish CI/CD.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Comprehensive benefits including life, health, and dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Flexible and dependent care spending accounts.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Business casual dress code.

Pay

The annual gross base salary range is $125,000 to $165,000. Actual salaries will vary based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Salary is one component of the total compensation and benefits package.