Lead Solutions Architect — AI, Data & Cloud Strategy

Humana; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Humana's CenterWell IT seeks a Lead Solutions Architect to steer end-to-end architecture for Home Health initiatives across multi-system platforms, data, and interoperability. You will shape reference architectures, govern designs, and align delivery teams with cloud and data strategies, influencing business outcomes and enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with product, security, data, and operations to ensure scalable, compliant solutions, including AI/ML patterns, multi-cloud patterns,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 8 years of progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture/engineering, information security, or other specialized technology field.
• 5+ years of solution architecture experience with healthcare delivery or payer/provider ecosystems; proven delivery within regulated environments (HIPAA/PHI).
• Hands-on architecture across Azure services and Snowflake/Databricks (data lake/data platform patterns, data sharing, identity & access, vault/secrets management).
• Demonstrated leadership producing reference architectures and governing solution designs across multiple teams.
• Strong competency in APIs/event-driven integration, security models, and NFRs (availability, performance, resilience).
• Generative & Agentic AI, Multi-Cloud is a specialty of a seasoned Solutions Architect. This expert has hands-on experience delivering generative and agentic AI on Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS. They leverage services like Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, and Amazon Bedrock. Their expertise includes implementing production-grade capabilities, such as RAG, fine-tuning, prompt/knowledge management, and secure data integrations.

Responsibilities

• Architectural Leadership: Own end-to-end solution architecture for Home Health initiatives, translating business outcomes into composable designs across systems of experience, operations, and insight.
• Reference Architectures & Patterns: Author and maintain reference architectures for data platform, clinical documents NLP, RPA/automation, and interoperability patterns; steward pattern reuse across CenterWell when applicable.
• Governance & Compliance: Lead architecture checkpoints and risk reviews; ensure designs conform to enterprise guardrails and privacy/security requirements. Participate in governance forums (e.g., ARB, TRB, MOR).
• Delivery Enablement: Partner with product and engineering to convert conceptual designs into executable architectural runways; de-risk delivery with measurable non-functional requirements (NFRs).
• Data & Integration Strategy: Define integration contracts and domain boundaries for provider data, EMR, and Snowflake/Databricks/Azure data platforms; ensure observability, lineage, and data protection.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with CenterWell leaders, EA Activation, security, and segment CIO teams; communicate decisions clearly to executives and delivery teams.

Skills

Architectural leadership

Executive-level communication

APIs & event-driven integration

Generative AI & Multi-Cloud

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

Snowflake/Databricks

Vertex AI

Azure OpenAI

Amazon Bedrock

Job description

Humana's CenterWell IT seeks a Lead Solutions Architect to steer end-to-end architecture for Home Health initiatives across multi-system platforms, data, and interoperability. You will shape reference architectures, govern designs, and align delivery teams with cloud and data strategies, influencing business outcomes and enterprise standards.

You will collaborate with product, security, data, and operations to ensure scalable, compliant solutions, including AI/ML patterns, multi-cloud patterns,