Senior Facets Design Architect - Remote

Cognizant; Little Rock (AR); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to serve as SME, solution architect, and trusted advisor for Facets core applications and configuration.

In this remote USA role, you will lead requirements discovery, design workshops, and roadmaps to optimize claims auto-adjudication and modernization initiatives, collaborating with client leadership and offshore delivery teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Facets implementation or consulting experience.
• Deep expertise in Facets core modules, including Benefits, Providers, Enrollment, and Claims.
• Experience leading requirements gathering, solution design, configuration strategy, and application architecture discussions.
• Strong understanding of healthcare payer operations, business processes, and Facets configuration best practices.
• Experience conducting configuration assessments and developing actionable roadmaps for modernization and optimization initiatives.
• Proven ability to analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into scalable solution architectures.
• Experience supporting product upgrades, application maintenance, enhancement initiatives, and large-scale implementation projects.
• Strong knowledge of Facets data models and application architecture.
• Experience presenting recommendations and solutions to executive stakeholders, business leaders, and technical teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working successfully within onshore/offshore delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Facets Subject Matter Expert (SME), providing guidance on application design, configuration strategy, and optimization opportunities.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and configuration workshops to translate business needs into effective Facets solutions.
• Assess current-state Facets environments and develop future-state configuration roadmaps that improve efficiency, scalability, and claims auto-adjudication rates.
• Provide architecture recommendations, gap analyses, implementation strategies, and integration approaches to support business and technology objectives.
• Lead proofs of concept, solution demonstrations, and design discussions while ensuring alignment with client requirements and industry best practices.

Skills

TriZetto Facets

Facets core modules

Requirements gathering

Solution architecture

Healthcare payer operations

Team leadership

Onshore/offshore delivery

Executive communication

Product upgrades

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to serve as SME, solution architect, and trusted advisor for Facets core applications and configuration.

In this remote USA role, you will lead requirements discovery, design workshops, and roadmaps to optimize claims auto-adjudication and modernization initiatives, collaborating with client leadership and offshore delivery teams to deliver scalable solutions.