Lead Domain Architect

Guided by BCBSLA’s Reference Architecture, Standards, and Corporate Strategy the Lead Domain Architect is responsible for guiding of a domain’s technical roadmap to support future business and IT projects. Ensuring sound, sustainable and economically viable design, striking the right balance between enterprise and functional needs in full alignment with and support of BCBSLA Application and Technology Portfolios, Enterprise Data Sourcing Model with a focus on increased operational efficiency, reliability, predictability and long-term economic viability while reducing technical debt. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities., + Have Accountability and/or Responsibility to following key operational Deliverables

• Develop and maintain multiple domain roadmaps

• Support of solution architects

• Collaboration with enterprise business architects

• Collaboration with business owners at all levels, transforming business requirements into solutions

• Facilitation of deep-dive technical discussions around design and an intellectual curiosity to always keep your technical skills current while maintaining a pulse on industry trends

• Exposes data to support metrics associated with Domain Architecture practice to demonstrate increasing maturity and value

• Understanding business application and industry trends in relation to the Payer Market, identifying, building a business case for and socializing select and relevant innovation opportunities with likelihood of success, and performing POC as warranted

• Architecture SME (and designated Chair as needed) for Architecture Review Board (ASRB) and facilitation of review, impact analysis, documentation, recommendation and formal publication of BCBSLA Technical Standards and measurement of adherence to these Standards

• Provide architectural leadership for development efforts by integrating various technologies such as web applications, relational databases, information security, servers, networking, etc

• Provide high-level analysis and design reviews to solve conceptual problems and avoid duplication of efforts of same errors within different applications.

• Work with vendors to integrate their technologies within organization’s structure

• Evaluate new technologies and recommend extension, expansion, and update of technology standards, practices, and methodologies

• Creation of guiding principles and standards to guide engineers and the enterprise for the domain

Additional Accountabilities and Essential Functions

The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.

• Bachelor’s of Computer Science, Information Science, Analytics or other technical programs including mathematics, applied physics or similar discipline required

• Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree.

Work Experience

• 7 years technical leadership and hands-on technology implementation to include four years’ experience in software development, DevSecOps engineering, or systems administration and 3 years of technical architecture, or data management.

Requires advanced knowledge of Enterprise Architecture practice, ALM, software development best practices and standards, tools with extensive demonstrable experience in leading business application solution, design, and implementation of complex business initiatives.

Must have expertise in three of the following domains:

Data Architecture

Data Delivery

Data Governance

Integration Architecture

Infrastructure Architecture

Cloud Computing Architecture

Digital & Digital Marketing Architecture

Security Architecture

Healthcare Core Administrative Systems

Enterprise Provider Management Systems

Care & Disease Management Systems, Healthcare industry experience

Understanding of infrastructure and security requirements, such as HIPAA preferred.

TOGAF certifications or like

ITIL certifications

Vendor certifications

Skills and Abilities

Additional advanced skills in the following areas:

Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation

Strong leadership skills

Excellent analytical and technical skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Excellent planning and organizational skills

Ability to understand the long-term (“big picture”) and short-term perspectives of situations

Ability to estimate the financial impact of alternatives

Ability to apply multiple technical solutions to business problems

Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies

Knowledge of many, if not most, aspects of an ETA

Knowledge of information principles and processes

Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting

Understanding of network and security architecture

Understanding of the political climate of the enterprise, and how to respond to political challenges

In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, we encourage the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.

We perform background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.