Architect

Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Permanent
Full-time

8 days ago

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.An individual in the Architecture job family is a strategic resource for UnitedHealth Group. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies. In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting on in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a soilid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders. Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed.Primary Responsibilities:

Design, develop and deliver strategically significant or demanding solutions that align with Enterprise and Business priorities
Build and architecture solutions in terms of efficiency, stability, extensibility, scalability, and security
Develop, recommend, and execute strategic and tactical business and technology architecture roadmaps
Support architecture assessments and reviews during business ideation, discovery and program/project execution to ensure alignment with business goals and strategies
Provide in depth solution architectural support during program/project solution analysis and design to ensure roadmap alignment
Decompose significantly complex engineering problems into straightforward solutions
Decompose a software architecture into components that can be owned and developed by different engineering teams
Develop solution prototypes and proofs of concept
Works with less structured, more complex issues
Serves as a resource to others
Maintain knowledge of emerging trends in technology and software architecture
Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
8+ years of experience designing, solutioning, and developing complex applications, platforms, and integrations
Experience with Architectural design patterns and solving complex problems
Experience building Enterprise level solutions
Full Stack development expertise and experience (C#/.Net/SQL/Kafka)
Proven highly skilled and experienced at creating internal solutions that maintain Enterprise alignment
Proven solid problem-solving skills; the ability to analyze problems and develop actionable and appropriate tactical plans quickly
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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