Lead Application Architect

Humana is seeking a Lead Application Architect that designs and develops IT applications using architectural solutions that solve business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards.

The successful candidate will work on problems of diverse scope and complexity ranging from moderate to substantial. The Lead Application Architect will design technical solutions and provide technical leadership to the team., * Define project-level application architectures in line with business area guidelines and strategies. Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns for projects.

• Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise.
• Define detailed technical designs usable by project team Engineers
• Containerized workload using Docker or Kubernetes
• Leads multiple initiatives with a variety of teams, providing guidance and oversight of both design and execution.
• Review code developed by Developers to ensure code is consistent with architecture design.
• Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for issue resolution.
• Provide day-to-day technical direction to project team while also prioritizing and resolving technical issues affecting the deliverables, escalating technical issues when required.
• Facilitates project handoffs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions.
• Influences and adheres to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring integration technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to architecture strategy-setting.
• Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience. Work with Business, support or development teams in recommending process or system enhancements, including those that would minimize maintenance costs.
• You have the ability to maintain a high-level view as well as the ability to get into the details as needed on initiatives to help teams prioritize goals so that they can work most effectively, through weekly meetings and daily communication, As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we will be using an interviewing technology called HireVue to enhance our hiring and decision-making ability. HireVue allows us to quickly connect and gain valuable information from you pertaining to your relevant skills and experience at a time that is best for your schedule.

Work-At-Home Requirements

To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees' ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees must meet the following criteria:

At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is required; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested.

Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership.

Employees who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.

Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office employees with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.

Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information.

• 13+ years of IT experience in Software development supporting customer-facing and internal application
• Experience with Java, JEE, JSP, jQuery, Spring, Spring Boot (Microservices), Rest Services, Spring JPA, REST, JSON, JUnit, JavaScript, REACT, TypeScript and XML
• Extensive hands-on experience with backend technologies including: Microservices architecture, Java
• Ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment
• Experience in streaming services like Kafka
• Good Understanding on DB concepts (Sql and noSql)
• Ability to effectively communicate, influence and drive consensus between the business, technology teams and executive leadership in an organization with multiple lines of business
• Knowledge of the Agile methodologies
• Ability to consider QA and Security needs as part of the overall architecture of a system
• Knowledge of Containerized workload using Docker or Kubernetes
• Experienced in cloud technologies
• Proficiency using standard desktop applications such as MS Suite and flowcharting tools such as Visio. Lifelong learner and practitioner of new technologies in alignment with IT strategies Experience and understanding with unit testing, release procedures, coding, design and documentation protocol as well as change management procedures. Practitioner of Project Management Methodologies (e.g.
• waterfall, iterative, agile), * Knowledge of Cloud-native storage, Serverless technology, React and NodeJs
• Knowledge of NoSql DB

Humana offers a variety of benefits to promote the best health and well-being of our employees and their families. We design competitive and flexible packages to give our employees a sense of financial security-both today and in the future, including:

• Health benefits effective day 1
• Paid time off, holidays, volunteer time and jury duty pay
• Recognition pay
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Tuition assistance
• Scholarships for eligible dependents
• Parental and caregiver leave
• Employee charity matching program
• Network Resource Groups (NRGs)
• Career development opportunities, 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.

$129,300 - $177,800 per year

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, "Humana") offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. 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, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first - for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and 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, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.