Senior Facets Design Architect - Remote

Cognizant; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to serve as SME, solution architect, and advisor for Facets core applications and configurations. This remote role focuses on healthcare payer clients, optimizing claims auto-adjudication and driving transformation initiatives across onshore/offshore teams.

You will lead requirements, design sessions, and roadmaps, collaborating with business leaders and engineers to deliver scalable Facets solutions with best-practice architecture and strong

Qualifications

• 10+ years with TriZetto Facets implementation, configuration, or consulting.
• Deep expertise in Facets modules: Benefits, Providers, Enrollment, and Claims.
• Experience leading requirements gathering, design, and architecture discussions.
• Strong understanding of healthcare payer operations and Facets configuration best practices.
• Experience developing roadmaps for modernization and optimization initiatives.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable architectures.
• Experience supporting product upgrades, maintenance, and large-scale implementations.
• Strong knowledge of Facets data models and architecture.
• Experience presenting to executives and cross-functional teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to explain complex concepts.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead Facets SME, guiding design, config strategy, and optimization.
• Lead requirements discovery, solution design, and configuration workshops.
• Assess current Facets environments and develop future-state roadmaps.
• Provide architecture recommendations, gap analyses, and integration approaches.
• Lead PoCs, demonstrations, and design discussions with stakeholders.

Skills

Facets expertise

Requirements gathering

Solution architecture

Healthcare payer domain

Stakeholder communication

Delivery models (onshore/offshore)

Tools

TriZetto Facets

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Facets Design Specialist to serve as SME, solution architect, and advisor for Facets core applications and configurations. This remote role focuses on healthcare payer clients, optimizing claims auto-adjudication and driving transformation initiatives across onshore/offshore teams.

You will lead requirements, design sessions, and roadmaps, collaborating with business leaders and engineers to deliver scalable Facets solutions with best-practice architecture and strong