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# Principal Solution Architect Pharmacy/PBM

- **Company:** Lumen Inc
- **Location:** Baltimore, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cyber Security, UN Electronic Data Interchange for Administration Commerce and Transport, Interoperability, Systems Integration, Enterprise Data Management, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/a2b34721-2c80-40b5-8d4f-011ae002d30a/principal-solution-architect-pharmacypbm

## About the Role

* 10+ years of Solution Architecture experience in relevant healthcare/PBM specialization.
 * Approximately 10 years of cumulative PBM/Pharmacy Benefits Administration experience; experience does not need to be consecutive.
 * Strong Healthcare Payer/PBM industry experience.
 * Deep understanding of:
 + PBM models and Pharmacy operations
 + End-to-end Pharmacy Benefit lifecycle
 + Formulary and drug list management
 + Prior authorization
 + Quantity limits
 + Accumulator management
 * Strong integration and interoperability architecture experience.
 * Hands-on architectural knowledge of:
 + HL7 FHIR
 + X12 / HIPAA EDI
 + APIs
 + Event-driven integrations
 + Real-time integrations
 + Batch/file-based integrations
 * 834 and 837 EDI transactions are mandatory.
 * Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
 * Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor other architects and drive enterprise-level architecture decisions., * Facets G6 experience is highly desired.
 * Experience integrating with Facets.
 * Experience with Edifecs.
 * Experience working with healthcare payer core systems and PBM providers.

## Description

We are seeking a Principal Solution Architect with deep expertise in Pharmacy/PBM architecture, healthcare payer environments, and integration/interoperability. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Pharmacy Benefits Administration and PBM operations and will be responsible for architecting the integration of a PBM provider with existing healthcare payer and core systems.
This role requires a senior technical leader who can define solution architecture, lead other architects, and collaborate closely with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Data, and other domain architecture teams., * Lead solution architecture for Pharmacy/PBM platforms and integrations within a healthcare payer environment.

 * Design end-to-end solutions supporting the Pharmacy Benefit lifecycle and PBM operations.
 * Define integration strategies between PBM platforms and healthcare payer/core systems.
 * Architect real-time, batch, file-based, API, and event-driven integrations.
 * Provide technical leadership to architects and cross-functional engineering teams.
 * Collaborate with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Data, Enterprise Architecture, and other domain teams.
 * Ensure solutions align with healthcare interoperability, security, scalability, and enterprise architecture standards.
 * Translate business and pharmacy requirements into scalable technical architecture.