Enterprise Data & AI Architect — APIs & Integration

Cigna Healthcare; United States; Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off (min 18 days)

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking an Enterprise Architecture - Data Architecture Senior Principal to lead the enterprise data and analytics strategy with multi-year roadmaps. This senior role requires executive presence, influence without authority, and a focus on data-driven decisioning, AI-enabled capabilities, and scalable architectures.

Responsibilities include defining the data & analytics architecture across domains, governance, AI/ML platform leadership, and the data-as-a-product operating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, data engineering, or analytics platforms.
• Proven success defining data/analytics architecture strategies, target states, and roadmaps.
• Deep experience in large-scale, regulated enterprise environments (healthcare, financial services).
• Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise data & analytics architecture strategy, capability maps, and target-state designs.
• Develop and maintain multi-year roadmaps aligned to business outcomes, cost optimization, and innovation priorities.
• Establish a data-as-a-product and platform-based operating model.
• Architect modern data platforms (cloud-native databases, data lakehouse, streaming, real-time pipelines, semantic/ontology layers).
• Define patterns for data ingestion, transformation, storage, access, and consumption.
• Enable self-service analytics, BI, and advanced analytics capabilities across the enterprise.
• Lead architecture for AI/ML platforms, feature stores, and model lifecycle integration.
• Define enterprise integration strategy spanning APIs, messaging, event streaming, data sharing, and intelligent orchestration.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking an Enterprise Architecture - Data Architecture Senior Principal to lead the enterprise data and analytics strategy with multi-year roadmaps. This senior role requires executive presence, influence without authority, and a focus on data-driven decisioning, AI-enabled capabilities, and scalable architectures.

Responsibilities include defining the data & analytics architecture across domains, governance, AI/ML platform leadership, and the data-as-a-product operating