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EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s 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

• 4 years technical leadership and hands-on technology implementation to include four years’ experience in software development, DevSecOps engineering, systems administration, systems architecture, or data management required
• Requires advanced knowledge of Enterprise Architecture practice, ALM, software development best practices and standards, and demonstrable experience in leading business application solution design, and implementation of complex business initiatives.
  Must have expertise in one 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Additional advanced skills in the following areas:
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 an Enterprise Target Architecture
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

POSITION PURPOSE

Guided by BCBSLA’s Reference Architecture, Standards, and Corporate Strategy the Senior Domain Architect is responsible for guiding of a domain’s technical roadmap to support future business and technical projects. Ensuring 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 with a focus 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.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Have Accountability and/or Responsibility to following key operational Deliverables:
• Develop and maintain domain’s roadmap
• Support of solution architects
• Collaboration with enterprise business architects
• Collaboration with business owners at all levels, transforming business requirements into solutions
• Facilitation of deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends
• Exposes data to support metrics associated with Domain Architecture practice to demonstrate increasing maturity and value
• Understanding business application and industry trends in relation to the Payer Market, identifying, building a business case for and socializing select and relevant innovation opportunities with likelihood of success, and performing POC as warranted
• Architecture SME (and designated Chair as needed) for Architecture Review Board (ARB) and facilitation of review, impact analysis, documentation, recommendation and formal publication of BCBSLA Technical Standards and measurement of adherence to these Standards
• Provide architectural leadership for development efforts by integrating various technologies such as web applications, relational databases, information security, servers, networking, etc
• Provide high-level analysis and design reviews to solve conceptual problems and avoid duplication of efforts of same errors within different applications.
• Work with vendors to integrate their technologies within organization’s structure
• Evaluate new technologies and recommend extension, expansion, and update of technology standards, practices, and methodologies
• Creation of guiding principles and standards to guide engineers and the enterprise for the domain

ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.
• 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 are required.

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