Change Healthcare: Principal Application Architect

Transforming the future of healthcare isn’t something we take lightly.

It takes teams of the best and the brightest, working together to make an impact.As one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the U.S., we are a catalyst to accelerate the journey toward improved lives and healthier communities.Here at Change Healthcare, we’re using our influence to drive positive changes across the industry, and we want motivated and passionate people like you to help us continue to bring new and innovative ideas to life.If you’re ready to embrace your passion and do what you love with a company that’s committed to supporting your future, then you belong at Change Healthcare.Pursue purpose.

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Make a Difference.Title: Principal Application ArchitectOverview of PositionThe Principal Application Architect works with business and technology leaders to understand the holistic business strategy and then works with product managers, domain architects, senior technologists, and business analysts to identify, define and develop solution-specific, cloud-native, IT architectures and product deliverables to support the strategy.The Principal Application Architect also leads, and actively participates in, the design and hands-on development of incubation and innovation projects including prototyping, proofs-of-concept, new enterprise technology components, and the delivery of products to marketWhat will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?Work with product managers, domain architects and engineers to develop modern, high-performing, cloud-native software architectures.

The nature of these projects will vary from enterprise platform component development to new product development and existing product re-platforming initiatives to cloud-native architectures.Drive incubation and innovation projects including the prototyping and development of proofs-of-concept and delivery of new technology components and products to marketProvide hands-on engineering support including software development/coding, 3rd party tool analysis, provisioning and configuration.Development of enterprise architectural patterns that define best practices for software design and development as well as recommended use of enterprise technologies and services.Lead technical aspects of sensitive business advancement initiatives such as M& A, partner evaluations, 3rd party technology assessments and alignment with technology trends; lead tactical technology initiatives and architecture development for special or highly complex engineering projects and new engineering projects requiring senior leadershipWhat are the requirements needed for this position?8 + years of experience working as a Senior Architect8 + years of recent experience with hands-on coding (Modern programming)5 + years analyzing business, technical requirements and data and working with project leadership to formulate cloud-native application architectures and plans for executionA degree in Computer Science, information technology or engineering is preferred What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?Proven planning skills and the ability to work with limited supervision and as part of an executive teamVery articulate and polished communicator both through oral and in written formExperience coordinating and managing distributed teams of varying size and skill set and working with or as part of an executive team/matrixed organizationProven ability to develop modern, cloud-native architectures for e-commerce scale, SaaS-based productsDemonstrable ability to develop software, write and test code via modern programming languages and deploy cloud-native solutions.

This assumes principal software engineer/developer or sr.

software engineer/developer competencyProven ability to analyze and compose business and technical requirements and work with project leadership to formulate architectures and plans for executionAbility to research, compose, deliver and defend technical presentations to audiences of varying sizeAbility to participate in multiple, simultaneous projects and move with agility to new projects as requiredAbility to rapidly ramp-up on new technology and become oriented to new projects in order to be effective in leading and participating as a senior architect and technologistMust possess excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to process complex information and deliver results and recommendations at levels consumable by both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This includes the ability to communicate, strategize and lead other (domain), architectsAbility to present and defend technical proposals in front of audiences of varying sizeSuperior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilitiesStrong leader skills – works well with people; able to determine rolesneeded to complete a project; ability to manage project and self effectively; comfortable communicating up & down the org chartMust demonstrate technology leadership skills, demonstrating the importance of good decision making and strategic discipline through example and mentorshipTechnical and IT expertise with the ability to communicate, strategize and lead other (domain) architectsExpert in architecture design principles and system integration methodologies for geographically dispersed systems operating at an e-commerce scale What are the working conditions and physical requirements of this job?

General office demandsHow much should I expect to travel?10%Employees in roles that require travel will need to be able to qualify for a company credit card or be able to use their own personal credit card for travel expenses and submit for reimbursement.#li-remoteJoin our team today where we are creating a better coordinated, increasingly collaborative, and more efficient healthcare system!

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