Architect II

Architect II at CareSource

Responsible for the definition, oversight, coordination and development of technology designs, along with the related road maps and lifecycle management.

This position supports TRICARE Prime® Demo by CareSource Military & Veterans, which aims to enhance healthcare access and prioritize the unique needs of the military community. We encourage military affiliated individuals, veterans, military spouses, and those with prior TRICARE experience to apply.

Essential Functions

• Aligns efforts across the various technical architectural disciplines within the company to develop innovative and appropriate architectures and roadmaps that enable the enterprise to deliver best-in-class services to their clients, partners and employees.
• Provide overall architecture guidance, governance, and recommendations in support of technical objectives.
• Work with the department leadership in establishing technology architecture strategy, goals, and objectives.
• Partner with peers within all Information Technology groups to promote architecture principles, standards, methods, and strategic direction for the enterprise.
• Facilitate overall analysis, design, artifacts, and technical requirements validation for strategic initiatives.
• Lead / participate in vendor architecture related assessments and reviews.
• Develop technical architectures that will drive reduced cost, increased availability, improved security, client experience, and greater flexibility.
• Assist in performing IT due diligence on growth opportunities; identify the potential technology risks and opportunity concerning the technical environment by analyzing and assessing target companies.
• Sets day-to-day objectives and delivers job responsibilities that may vary outside typical norms or practices. Work consists of tasks that are occasionally not routine and often works independently and is required to apply discretion within established operational boundaries and procedures.
• Problems and issues faced are occasionally vague, and may need some analysis to understand. Makes adjustments to work methods to solve problems that may not be immediately evident in existing work processes and systems. However, may have references or help from norms and/or standard procedures to solve these problems.
• Perform any other job duties as requested.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience is required.
• Master’s degree is preferred.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of IT and/or relevant business experience, to include a minimum of one (1) year of experience as an architect, technical lead, or business analyst, and three (3) years of experience in a relevant domain, such as software engineering, systems engineering, infrastructure, network, storage, information management, organizational development, or business processes.
• Military affiliation or TRICARE experience is preferred.

Competencies, Knowledge And Skills

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills; listening and critical thinking; presentation skills, facilitation skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with stakeholders at all different levels.
• Flexibility during organizational and/or business changes.
• Effective problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Customer Service oriented.
• Ability to lead technical evaluations and conduct research & development in emerging technologies.
• Effectively disseminates information to appropriate audiences verbally and in writing.
• Ability to actively gather appropriate level of participation and input to decision-making and foster it within teams.

Licensure And Certification

None

Working Conditions

General office environment; may be required to sit or stand for extended periods of time.

Compensation Range

The compensation for an Architect II at CareSource ranges from $113,000.00 - $197,700.00, with potential for a bonus tied to company and individual performance. CareSource considers a candidate’s education, training, experience, and the role’s scope when determining salary.

Key skills/competency

• Technology architecture
• Enterprise architecture
• Roadmap development
• Lifecycle management
• Technical design
• IT governance
• Strategic planning
• Systems engineering
• Infrastructure design
• Risk assessment