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We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time. We are seeking a highly experienced and technically skilled Distinguished Architect specializing in application architecture to help drive our technology organization’s modernization strategy. This role will require a deep understanding of patterns/tools/techniques to re-architect older business applications to modern architecture. The successful candidate will be responsible for architecting modernization patterns as well as the creation of tools to facilitate modernization.
Job Responsibility:
Be part of a team responsible for enabling the technology solutions that meet our business strategy and drive business value
Define and collaborate on the creation of roadmaps, architectures, standards, best practice documents and starter code reference implementations that will accelerate delivery for our technology teams to execute on the future direction of CVS Health with a focus on application modernization
Define future state reference architecture related to the application modernization across the enterprise
Collaborate and consult with technology and business partners on modernization initiatives
Spearhead the definition and collaborate on the creation of architecture patterns for the enterprise that promote reuse, reduces cost, manages risk, and increases speed to market
Possess a mastery in effectively building and maintaining strong relationships with technology and business partners
Ensure all Non-Functional Requirements (e.g. performance, availability and fail-over, scalability, security, etc.) are properly articulated, and work with all parties to guarantee that the software products that are delivered meet these objectives
Mentor and coach more junior architects in the organization
Strategize and outline long-term architectural plans for a complex technology environment
Requirements:
15+ years of relevant work experience (10+ years in architecture)
10+ years of experience architecting / designing complex business applications with modern stacks in public clouds
10+ years of experience transforming legacy applications into modern, distributed applications in the public cloud
10+ years of experience facilitating implementation of north star architectures by delivery teams through mentoring and building POCs, starter code, and other collaborative activities
Recognized technical leader with broad technology knowledge and recognized as an expert in application architecture
Substantial experience with requirements analysis, estimation, systems design, and testing
Expert understanding of architectural methodologies and the development of standards, architectural governance, design patterns and best practices
Excellent collaboration, influencing, negotiation, coaching and coalition-building skills
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience
Nice to have:
Experience developing architecture using agile methodology or SAFe practices
Master’s or PhD. degree
What we offer:
medical, dental, and vision coverage
paid time off
retirement savings options
wellness programs
other resources
comprehensive benefits package
CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program
award target in the company’s equity award program