Cloud-Native Architect Lead (Azure/Microservices)

Humana Inc; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Application Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership for enterprise initiatives across healthcare technology. You will define target-state architectures, guide cross-functional teams, and drive API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native platforms on Azure.

The role emphasizes architecture governance, secure and scalable solutions, and mentoring engineers to elevate engineering excellence across the organization. Remote US work is supported.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/IT or equivalent experience with 10+ years in software or enterprise architecture.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong API design and cloud-native development expertise.
• Proven leadership across multi-team initiatives and architecture reviews.
• Hands-on with CI/CD, DevSecOps, and modern deployment patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design of enterprise-scale applications using microservices and cloud-native principles.
• Define target-state architectures and modernization roadmaps for strategic capabilities.
• Establish standards, reference architectures, and engineering best practices.
• Drive API-first architecture and enterprise integration strategies.
• Oversee architecture reviews, governance, and technology evaluations.
• Design and implement scalable Azure solutions and migration strategies.
• Guide event-driven architectures using Kafka and real-time integration patterns.
• Promote IaC, GitOps, and DevSecOps across teams.

Skills

Microservices architecture

API design

Azure cloud services

Kafka

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Security & observability

Leadership

Architecture governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Argo CD

Job description

Humana Inc. is seeking a Lead Application Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership for enterprise initiatives across healthcare technology. You will define target-state architectures, guide cross-functional teams, and drive API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native platforms on Azure.

The role emphasizes architecture governance, secure and scalable solutions, and mentoring engineers to elevate engineering excellence across the organization. Remote US work is supported.