Lead Enterprise Architect

Humana Inc; Dover; Remote; GBP 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana, Inc. is seeking a Lead Enterprise Architect to align business vision with technology strategy and manage the IT portfolio to deliver value across Humana's architecture programs.

This remote role requires deep experience in enterprise architecture, cloud strategies, and leading large-scale architecture initiatives. You will mentor architects, collaborate with business and IT leadership, and shape the technology roadmap for scalable, secure solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years hands-on design, development, and testing of software applications.
• 3-5 years of experience in Cloud technologies, Cloud migration or Enterprise Architecture.
• Progressive experience as a senior application and/or solution architect or technical lead in large company.
• Expert knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns and agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strong advocate for the business within IT and ensure technology execution aligns with business strategy.
• Help achieve value-driven outcomes by aligning Humana’s Technology Strategy with corporate vision.
• Engage in enterprise technology modernization initiatives and deliver value through architecture guidance.
• Drive adoption of lean enterprise architecture within an agile delivery framework.
• Collaborate with teams to map business vision to value streams and capabilities.
• Document current state architecture, value streams and domain models.
• Define and maintain technology strategies aligned with business value and portfolio rationalization.
• Enable innovation of cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) across segments.

Skills

Cloud technologies

Enterprise Architecture

Architecture patterns

Agile delivery

Executive collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure certification

AWS certification

GCP certification

Job description

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Are you interested in leveraging technology and business strategy to deliver improved member experiences and health outcomes to Humana's 26 million members?

Are you customer obsessed with a business-centric outlook? At the Humana Enterprise Architecture unit, our mission is to deliver a perfect member experience by bringing forth the alignment of business strategy to technology strategy, enabling the effective and efficient execution of the technology strategy and to facilitate the adoption and delivery of the Humana Enterprise Architecture principles, standards, policies and methodologies.

As a Lead Enterprise Architect, you play a pivotal role in the alignment of the business vision, technology strategy and the IT portfolio execution. You will be an integral part of the delivery of critical business outcomes, as well as the creation of technology strategies to leverage the IT. Additionally, as a Lead Enterprise Architect, you will provide mentorship and guidance to other enterprise, solution, technology and system architects across Humana.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strong advocate for the business within IT and ensure that technology execution aligns with business strategy.

• Help achieve value-driven outcomes by ensuring Humana’s Technology Strategy is executed in alignment with corporate vision and segment business strategies.

• Engage in enterprise technology modernization initiatives working with the application teams and key business and IT stakeholders and help deliver value through architecture guidance and execution support.

• Serve as an evangelist for, facilitate and drive adoption and delivery of the lean enterprise architecture practice within an agile delivery framework.

• Collaborate with business and technical teams and leadership to align and map the business vision and strategy to value streams, business capabilities and business functions.

• Collaborate with segment and domain architects, engineers, and leadership to document the current state architecture, value streams and domain capability models.

• Apply portfolio rationalization to map and document the coverage between Value Streams, Business Capabilities, and Technology Capabilities and identify opportunities for innovation, as well as reduction in risk, complexity and total cost of operations.

• Collaborate with technical teams and leadership to define and maintain technology strategies, including intermediate and end state architectures, to align the technology portfolio to deliver the opportunities identified in the technology portfolio rationalization and the business value defined by the business vision and strategy.

• Enable continued innovation and evolution of the cloud everything-as-a-service including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS platforms in collaboration with Segment teams and other Enterprise Shared Services Teams.

• Evaluate new technologies/platforms for continuous improvement of our assets and develop architecture standards to leverage them.

• Choose and adeptly use appropriate cloud services, technologies, tools, methodologies and solutions to make sure that the architecture is robust, integrated and aligned with the strategy and long-term objectives of the organization.

Use your skills to make an impact

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Progressive experience as a senior application and/or solution architect or technical lead in large company spanning multiple enterprise systems.

• 10 or more years hands-on design, development, and testing of software applications.

• 3-5 years of experience in Cloud technologies, Cloud migration or Enterprise Architecture.

• Expert knowledge and experience with enterprise architecture pattern development and application, cloud architectures and agile delivery

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or Professional level solution architecture certification in Azure, GCP and/or AWS.

• 2+ years of project leadership and consulting experience.

• Health Care Business Domains - Medicare, Medicaid, Group, Specialty etc.

Additional Information

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:

At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested

Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership

Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Work at Home Requirements: To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria: At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested. In certain roles, the minimum recommended internet speed required by Humana may not be sufficient for business needs. Humana reserves the right to require associates to upgrade their internet service if necessary. Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, certifications, etc.

$142,300 - $195,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 10-27-2026

About us

About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer atHumana.comand atCenterWell.com.

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