You could be the one who changes everything for our 28 million members by using technology to improve health outcomes around the world. As a diversified, national organization, Centene's technology professionals have access to competitive benefits including a fresh perspective on workplace flexibility.

Position Purpose:

Provides in-depth knowledge and expertise in the designs architecture for an organization at an enterprise level.

Defines system and application architecture and communicates vision, problem anticipation, and problem-solving ability to the organization.

Participates in creating strategies and policies to meet overall business goals. Oversees implementation of architecture systems and advises adjustments to senior management.

• Drive technical solution discussions with business partner teams using non-technical language to ensure understanding.

• Work collaboratively with other portfolio teams to ensure the development of resuable solutions that can cross LOBs.

• Lead the development of solution architectures for large and complex IT projects, covering aspects such as infrastructure, applications, data, security, integration, and cloud.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the delivery and engineering teams, resolving any technical issues or conflicts, and ensuring compliance with the solution architecture.

• Review and validate the technical deliverables, such as design documents, test plans, configuration guides, and deployment scripts, and provide feedback and recommendations for improvement.

• Manage and maintain the relationship with the internal stakeholders, technical leadership, and the vendors, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and satisfaction.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the solution architecture practice, by sharing best practices, lessons learned, and industry trends.

• Manage small team of solution architects.

• Performs other duties as assigned

• Complies with all policies and standards

Education/Experience:

A Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or business field (e.g., statistics, mathematics, engineering, computer science) and requires deep functional and Centene specific knowledge with 6 – 8 years of related experience.Or equivalent experience acquired through accomplishments of applicable knowledge, duties, scope and skill reflective of the level of this position.

Must have at least five years of Payer Experience spanning multiple functional domains.

Soft Skills:

• Advanced

• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

• Advanced

• Ability to identify basic problems and procedural irregularities, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions

• Advanced

• Ability to work independently

• Advanced

• Demonstrated analytical skills

• Advanced

• Demonstrated project management skills

• Advanced

• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

• Advanced

• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills

• Advanced

• Ability to communicate and make recommendations to upper management

• Advanced

• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion

• Advanced

• Possesses technical aptitude

Pay Range: $146,000.00 - $269,600.00 per year

Centene offers a comprehensive benefits package including: competitive pay, health insurance, 401K and stock purchase plans, tuition reimbursement, paid time off plus holidays, and a flexible approach to work with remote, hybrid, field or office work schedules. Actual pay will be adjusted based on an individual's skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors permitted by law, including full-time or part-time status. Total compensation may also include additional forms of incentives. Benefits may be subject to program eligibility.

Centene is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, and values the ways in which we are different. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered in accordance with the LA County Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act