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Humana Senior Application Architect in Topeka, Kansas
Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first
Join us to lead the way in technology innovation and make a significant impact on our future operations and service delivery!
Overview: As a Senior Application Architect, you will play a pivotal role in designing robust, scalable, and secure application architectures. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that our software solutions align with business goals and meet the highest standards of quality and performance. In this role, you will work on some of the latest and a vast number of technologies and applications. You will directly work with key stakeholders to define metrics to enforce and determine the performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and develop IT application architectures that solve complex business problems, adhering to enterprise architecture direction and standards.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to define metrics for performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications.
Review emerging technologies, attend knowledge transfer sessions, and identify monitoring and alerting needs.
Advise on best practices, performance enhancements, and application sustainability.
Ensure deployed code does not disrupt operations or degrade system performance.
Provide guidance on modernizing supported applications to optimize costs and improve efficiencies.
Share knowledge and risks with senior leaders and collaborate across teams in the clinical space.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field is required; a Master's degree is preferred.
7 or more years of experience as a senior developer in large IT projects, preferably across Provider IT.
Prior experience as a project architect and/or team lead.
Experience with .Net, SQL, Oracle, Mongo Db, Python, Cloud Technologies(Azure, GCP, AWS) preferred.
Passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences.
Any cloud certifications are highly preferred.
What You Bring to the Role:
Strategic thinking with the ability to advise on the integration of new technologies and system enhancements.
Excellent collaboration skills to work with both internal and external teams without direct authority.
Strong leadership in technical planning, architecture development, and modification of specifications.
Ability to assess compatibility and integration of products/services to maintain an integrated architecture across applications.
Use your skills to make an impact
Schedule: This is a critical role requiring flexibility for occasional weekend or after-hours work to address urgent needs.