Senior Enterprise Architect

003 Humana Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 118,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision benefits

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Humana Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise architecture initiatives, establish standards, and drive modernization across complex environments.

You will partner with business and technology leaders to align investments with organizational objectives, delivering scalable, secure solutions. The role requires 10+ years in IT with EA experience, strong knowledge of frameworks, and the ability to guide executives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Eng or related field.
• 10+ years IT experience including architecture, engineering, or software development roles.
• 5+ years EA experience in a large-scale enterprise.
• Experience leading architecture for complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of EA frameworks, governance, and standards.
• Experience with Microservices, ETL/Data Integration, Cloud, API-driven, and Serverless architectures.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Lead architecture efforts supporting enterprise transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate technologies, platforms, and vendors to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop architecture patterns and capability models across application, infrastructure, network, and data domains.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and collaborate with security, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Provide guidance on technology selection, governance, risk management, and enterprise standards compliance.
• Drive architecture maturity and promote best practices across the organization.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Technical leadership

Enterprise architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

TOGAF

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Become a part of our caring community Seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Enterprise Architect to lead enterprise architecture initiatives, establish technology standards, and drive modernization across complex technology environments. This role partners with business and technology leaders to develop architectural strategies, evaluate emerging technologies, and ensure alignment between technology investments and organizational objectives. The Senior Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture Practices, is responsible for defining and advancing enterprise-wide architecture strategies that support business growth, operational excellence, and technology modernization. This role serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, guiding technology investment decisions and ensuring alignment between business priorities and enterprise architecture standards. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across application, infrastructure, cloud, data, and integration domains, with a proven ability to lead complex transformation initiatives, establish governance practices, and drive the adoption of scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise architecture strategies, principles, standards, and reference architectures.
• Lead architecture efforts supporting enterprise transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate technologies, platforms, and vendors to support strategic decision‑making.
• Develop architecture patterns and capability models across application, infrastructure, network, and data domains.
• Facilitate architecture reviews and collaborate with security, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Provide guidance on technology selection, governance, risk management, and enterprise standards compliance.
• Drive architecture maturity and promote best practices across the organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of IT experience, including architecture, engineering, or software development roles.
• 5+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Experience leading architecture efforts for complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks, governance, and technology standards.
• Experience developing reference architectures and technology patterns, including Microservices, ETL/Data Integration, Cloud, API-driven, and Serverless architectures.
• Experience conducting technology evaluations, solution assessments, and cost-benefit analyses.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Architecture certifications such as TOGAF, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with Agile, SAFe, and DevSecOps practices.
• Healthcare or highly regulated industry experience.
• Passion for innovation and continuous improvement.

Use your skills to make an impact As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will play a critical role in advancing enterprise-wide technology strategy and architecture practices. You will partner with executive leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to ensure solutions align with organizational goals, architectural standards, and long‑term technology roadmaps. This role requires the ability to balance strategic vision with practical execution, influence technical decisions across multiple domains, and drive adoption of modern architecture patterns that improve scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong business acumen, and a passion for enabling innovation through enterprise architecture.

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, education, certifications, etc.

$117,600 - $161,700 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan.

Description of Benefits

• 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.

About Us

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.