Principal Solutions Architect Position Available In Durham, North Carolina

Job Description:

HTC Global Services wants you. Come build new things with us andadvance your career. At HTC Global you’ll collaborate with experts.

You’ll join successful teams contributing to our clients’ success.

You’ll work side by side with our clients and have long-termopportunities to advance your career with the latest emergingtechnologies. If you think you are the right match for the following opportunity,apply after reading the complete description. At HTC Global Services our consultants have access to acomprehensive benefits package. Benefits can include Paid-Time-Off,Paid Holidays, 401K matching, Life and Accidental Death Insurance,Short & Long Term Disability Insurance, and a variety of otherperks. If you are a Principal Solutions Architect that is looking to makean impact in the healthcare domain, you are looking in the rightplace. At HTC we have an opportunity for YOU to join our team ofbusiness and technology professionals. Our team enables ourcustomers to increase customer satisfaction, meet customers ontheir turf, and make healthcare more affordable and accessible toall. A Principal Solution Architect is expected to perform the followingduties: Lead cross-functional IT Architecture groups that develop solutionstrategies and review designs from an enterprise perspective. Serve as the lead architect on projects, vendor work, and similarefforts in complex technical areas or in domain leadership. Thisinvolves planning developing, maintaining, and reviewingapplication architecture. Serve throughout the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) ina variety of architecture engagements including Agile andcontinuous delivery, proof-of-technology. Lead architectural design collaboration for work involving:

Systemintegration:

Middleware, microservices, and streaming. Database design principles. Software development, particularly with current generationfront-end and back-end languages. Cloud and infrastructure principles. Work with project teams (including users, developers, and vendors),to plan, coordinate, analyze, design, review, and implementapplication systems/enhancements. Select structural and behavioral elements and their interfaces thatcompose a solution. Perform composition of these structural andbehavioral elements into larger subsystems. architecturaldocumentation. Develop, specifications, and other documentation (key writtenproject deliverable). Apply and contribute to IT industry best practices. Provide technical expertise/coaching for others. Support and mentorless experienced staff. Influence and drive improvements to architecture processes,strategies, and standards. Monitor architecture related to other areas of IT, businesscommunities, and vendors to ensure the relevance of architecture tomeet business needs. Create or review IT plans that manage clear and realisticexpectations of what technology can offer in terms of products,services, and delivery mechanisms. Establish, maintain, and review solution architecture models toenable application development. Lead Proofs Of Concept. Depending on the specific role, design infrastructure solutionsinvolving public and private cloud infrastructure. Drive adherence to existing and evolving security requirements toensure a robust and secure environment. Drive adherence to technical standards and patterns, applicationportfolio strategy, and service level agreements. Partner with other project leadership to identify and mitigatetechnical risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID). Identify gaps and opportunities in work to meet corporategoals. Support pre-project efforts in terms of working with the user, ITdelivery, and vendor teams, crafting conceptual solutions, andassisting with delivery time estimates. Provide architectural leadership that supports insightful decisionmaking, drives efficiencies in the development process, andmaximizes the quality of technical deliverables. Stay on top of technology trends to assist with the development ofsolution, integration, workflow, cloud, and infrastructure Hiring Requirements Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of progressive experience in acombination of development, design, infrastructure/data centerand/or related IT disciplines. If no degree, 12+ years of progressive experience as statedabove. Experience developing IT solution strategy involving multiplebusiness and IT stakeholders and their priorities. Must have at least 3 years of direct infrastructure, system,application and/or other solution architecture experience drivingcomprehensive end-to-end solutions. Experience should include significant background leading broad andcomplex technical work with proven success in the design anddelivery of quality scalable IT solutions on time, on budget and incompliance with applicable requirements. Experience must include 5+ years’ experience in at least two of thefollowing (able to lead) and familiarity with most of the others(able to apply): Programming, database/analytics technologies andpractices, integration/middleware, infrastructure/cloud, andsecurity. Should include contemporary examples in each case (e.g.,contemporary programming languages or databases). Experience applying multiple, diverse technical integrations,technologies, and processing environments. Specifically, shouldhave working knowledge and practical solution design experienceinvolving each of these categories: Programming languages; databasetech; integration tech; infrastructure, cloud, and operatingsystems; and security. Must have practical leadership experience inat least one of these: Programming, database, or integration. Extensive experience in solution design principles and practices,system development methodologies, and software life cycles(inception through adoption). Visual modeling experience using architecture design notation suchas ArchiMate or UML. Experience coordinating vendor solution delivery and partneringeffectively with vendors to meet business needs. Excellent oral/written communication skills to successfullycommunicate at varied levels within the organization (technicaldetail with developers through executive presentations to C-Levelsappropriately adjusted for each audience). Hiring Preferences Experience in multiple architecture disciplines is preferred. Some experience formally leading technical teams is preferred. Prefer candidates with knowledge and understanding of: Healthinsurance and plan administration and regulatory and legislativeimpact on health plans, specifically HIPAA requirements placed oncloud tenants. Programming experience with contemporary languages such as:

JavaScript frameworks, Node.js, Java, .Net. Experience in middleware technologies like Kafka, JBOSS andWebSphere.

Infrastructure Architects:

Extensive hands-on experience in cloudnative architectures such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, andDevSecOps. Strong leadership and mentoring skills, including team leadershipand work organization/coordination. Excellent influencing and consultative skills; and the ability toproactively identify and resolve issues and opportunities. Experience working effectively with clients to documentrequirements by conducting interviews and facilitating JADsessions. Visual modeling using ArchiMate is a plus. Prefer a certification in at least one facet of ITarchitecture. Our success as a company is built on practicing inclusion andembracing diversity. HTC Global Services is committed to providinga work environment free from discrimination and harassment, whereall employees are treated with respect and dignity. Together wework to create and maintain an environment where everyone feelsvalued, included, and respected. At HTC Global Services, ourdifferences are embraced and celebrated. HTC is an EqualOpportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower eachindividual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills,and experiences within our workforce. HTC is proud to be recognizedas a National Minority Supplier. #LI- NC1 #LI- Remote