Senior Solution Architect: AI-Driven Platform Lead

Elevance Health; Ashburn (VA); Hybrid; USD 154,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase plan

401(k) matching

Job summary

Elevance Health is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to craft architectural solutions that translate business context into conceptual and component-level designs.

The role leads platform architecture, ensures alignment of data, application, and technical components, and drives security architecture across enterprise standards. A hybrid schedule and location flexibility are offered with a focus on collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• Requires BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field and at least 7 years of architecture/design experience.
• Healthcare industry experience preferred.
• Experience with AI-enabled solutions, including LLM-based applications, RAG architectures, AI agents, intelligent assistants, and decision-support systems.
• Experience identifying opportunities to leverage Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Agentic AI, automation, analytics, and intelligent workflows to improve operational efficiency and customer outcomes.
• Experience in defining solution blueprints, architecture patterns, integration strategies, and technical roadmaps that support current and future business capabilities.
• Experience in evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends, recommending innovative solutions based on business value, feasibility, risk, and return on investment.

Responsibilities

• Recommends new technologies based upon business value drivers and return on investment; drives new technologies towards implementation and exploitation.
• Establishes overall architecture vision for the platform and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged; contributes to the holistic vision of Enterprise Architecture.
• Understands the construction of platform architecture components and is accountable for overseeing the architecture solution design.
• Coordinates all platform-level conceptual architecture components (e.g., data architecture, application architecture, technical architecture).
• Defines, communicates and drives security architecture design and monitors compliance to enterprise-level architectural standards.
• Defines systems, technical and application architectures for new strategic initiatives; develops and maintains an architectural blueprint and evolutionary roadmap that defines and communicates the strategic direction for these architectures in support of business and technical strategies; able to explain how the roadmap maintains and delivers cost effectiveness, business value, and competitiveness.

Skills

AI/LLM architectures

Enterprise architecture

Security architecture

Data/application architecture

Leadership / team management

Healthcare industry experience

Education

BA/BS in Information Technology or related field

Tools

Genesys IVR

Job description

Elevance Health is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to craft architectural solutions that translate business context into conceptual and component-level designs.

The role leads platform architecture, ensures alignment of data, application, and technical components, and drives security architecture across enterprise standards. A hybrid schedule and location flexibility are offered with a focus on collaboration and impact.