Principal Enterprise Cloud Architect

Highmark Health; California (MO); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to lead their multi-cloud strategy. This role involves overseeing cloud architecture, driving adoption of cloud services, and ensuring best practices across technology organizations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in executive consultation. Join a dynamic team that values innovation and collaboration, where your expertise will directly influence the success of cloud initiatives and enhance organizational capabilities in a rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Qualifications

• 10 years of technical expertise in supporting IT core technologies.
• 5 years of technology lead with decision-making responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and direct cloud initiatives and governance.
• Provide leadership and mentoring in cloud architecture.

Skills

Cloud Architecture Certifications

Executive Communications

Agile Program Management

Health Care Technology

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology

Tools

Google Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Amazon Web Services

BiZZdesign

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Job description

This job is responsible for providing executive level leadership, direction, and governance for Highmark's multi-cloud strategy. Oversees enterprise cloud architecture strategy and drives the adoption of cloud services. The job formulates cloud architecture, establishes governance, manages cloud provider relationships, facilitates adoption, and is a leading member of the Cloud Center of Enablement (CCOE). This job acts as a liaison and consultant to various technology organizations on best practices, principles, and processes required to maintain best in class cloud capabilities and technologies. This job requires a high level of communications skill in driving and influencing business outcomes and consensus driven decisions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Cloud Strategy Governance - Design, build, lead and direct cloud initiatives on multiple fronts, including leading Cloud Center of Enablement efforts.Drive and lead Cloud Architecture inter-dependency between the Cloud Architecture and Enterprise Architecture strategies.
• Technology Consultation - Communicate and collaborate to promote strong partnerships between the architects, engineers, developers and business stakeholders.
• Executive Consultation - Provide input into the executive vision and make it a reality, while driving the cloud adoption and governance process.
• Maintain an expertise of cloud specific technical aspects in multiple areas and provide recommendations for solutions and designs. The areas of expertise may be any aspect of information, technology, technique, method, process, product, or application area.
• The areas of expertise may be any aspect of information, technology, technique, method, process, product, or application area.
• Drive and govern appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensures that they are applied effectively.
• Lead and facilitate development of cloud enabled enterprise business solutions that combine knowledge of business strategies, processes and gaps, technological options, and process facilitation techniques.
• Vendor Relationship Management - Assist or lead with vendor selection and partnership development in coordation with executive leadership.
• Provide leadership and mentoring in their areas of expertise and architecture to peers, developers, and management and business users including technical expertise, coaching and ad-hoc training.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 10 years of technical expertise in supporting IT core technologies (Database, Data Networking, Linux, Windows or similar)

TO INCLUDE :

• 5 years of technology lead with technical decision-making responsibilities in an enterprise environment
• 5 years of IT solution delivery and providing consultative solution architecture / support services of enterprise scope and depth
• 5 years of supporting cloud IT services through Google, Microsoft or Amazon

Preferred

• 3 years of using pipeline technologies for IT management
• Experience working with Google Cloud core technologies, including but not limited to GKE, Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL), AllowDB, Pub-Sub, Cloud Run, BigQuery
• Experience with Google Healthcare Data Engine
• 5 years working in the Health Care industry (payer or provider)
• 2+ years experience with modeling languages (e.g., C4, ArchiMate, BPMN, DFD, UML)
• 2+ years experience with Enterprise Architecture (EA) modeling tools (e.g., BiZZdesign, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Planview EA)

SKILLS

• Cloud Architecture Certifications
• Executive Communications
• Agile Program Management
• Basic Enterprise Financial Understanding
• Health Care Technology
• Broad technical experience and understanding of multiple disciplines including; Automation and Orchestration, Infrastructure and Operations, Enterprise Integration, Application Architecture, Security Architecture and External hosting practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of industry patterns for application architecture and integration
• Demonstrate solid understanding of technical security that protects the organization’s assets. Awareness of security policies, network security, data security and security event management to adopt cloud security services.

Preferred skill :

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field OR relevant experience and / or education as determined by the company in lieu of bachelor's degree

Preferred

• None

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

None

Preferred

Language (Other than English) :

None

Travel Requirement : 0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type

Office- or Remote-based

Teaches / trains others

Occasionally

Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products / services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

Lifting : up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting : 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting : 25 to 50 pounds

Rarely

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