Lead Solutions Architect

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 The Lead Solutions Architect provides architecture leadership for CenterWell Home Health programs and platforms, shaping conceptual and reference architectures, governing solution designs, and aligning delivery teams to cloud and data strategies. The scope includes high priority initiatives as well as interoperability and provider‑data integrations that span CenterWell and Humana Insurance.
You will operate within CenterWell IT – Cross‑CenterWell Architecture, collaborating with product, engineering, EA Activation, security, data, and operations, and engaging governance forums to enable Integrated Health across CenterWell and Humana Insurance.

You will operate within CenterWell IT – Cross‑CenterWell Architecture, collaborating with product, engineering, EA Activation, security, data, and operations, and engaging governance forums to enable Integrated Health across CenterWell and Humana Insurance.

Key Activities

• Quickly conduct structured knowledge transfer with existing architects and relevant stakeholders to capture critical in-flight designs and decisions.
• Review current initiatives and establish an architectural roadmap aligned with organizational priorities.
• Develop or refine reference architectures and design patterns for core platforms and solutions.
• Collaborate with governance and compliance teams to validate designs against enterprise standards and regulatory requirements.
• Define integration strategies and solution blueprints for key systems and data flows.
• Establish architecture review processes and decision forums to support delivery readiness and quality assurance.

Use your skills to make an impact
 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 8 years of progressive information technology experience directly related to architecture/engineering, information security, or other specialized technology field
• Must be passionate about contributing to an organization focused on continuously improving consumer experiences

Core Responsibilities

• Architectural leadership: Own end‑to‑end solution architecture for Home Health initiatives, translating business outcomes into composable designs across systems of experience, operations, and insight.
• Reference architectures & patterns: Author and maintain reference architectures for data platform, clinical documents NLP, RPA/automation, and interoperability patterns; steward pattern reuse across CenterWell when applicable.
• Governance & compliance: Lead architecture checkpoints and risk reviews; ensure designs conform to enterprise guardrails and privacy/security requirements. Participate in governance forums (e.g., ARB, TRB, MOR ).
• Delivery enablement: Partner with product and engineering to convert conceptual designs into executable architectural runways; de‑risk delivery with measurable non‑functional requirements (NFRs).
• Data & integration strategy: Define integration contracts and domain boundaries for provider data, EMR, and Snowflake/Databricks/Azure data platforms; ensure observability, lineage, and data protection.
• Stakeholder engagement: Collaborate with CenterWell leaders, EA Activation, security, and segment CIO teams; communicate decisions clearly to executives and delivery teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• 5+ years of solution architecture experience with healthcare delivery or payer/provider ecosystems; proven delivery within regulated environments (HIPAA/PHI).
• Hands‑on architecture across Azure services and Snowflake/Databricks (data lake/data platform patterns, data sharing, identity & access, vault/secrets management).
• Experience integrating EMR (e.g. Homecare Homebase (HCHB)) and provider data sources into enterprise data domains.
• Demonstrated leadership producing reference architectures and governing solution designs across multiple teams.
• Strong competency in APIs/event‑driven integration, security models, and NFRs (availability, performance, resilience).
• Executive‑level communication and stakeholder management across product, engineering, and enterprise functions.

Preferred Qualifications (Core Home Health)

• Experience with clinical document NLP pipelines and automation/RPA in Home Health workflows (eligibility, authorization).
• Familiarity with Home Healthcare solutions conceptual architecture and operating models and artifacts; ability to evolve them with measurable outcomes.
• Knowledge of enterprise identity/Access Management flows and Azure group governance within tenants.
• Experience participating in portfolio governance and activation forums (e.g., ARB, TRB, MOR) and translating those decisions into architectural runways.

Preferred Qualifications (Generative & Agentic AI, multi cloud)

• A seasoned Solutions Architect with hands on experience delivering generative and agentic AI on Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS—leveraging services like Vertex AI, Azure OpenAI, and Amazon Bedrock—to implement production grade capabilities including RAG, fine tuning, prompt/knowledge management, and secure data integrations. Demonstrated depth in agent orchestration (tools/function calling, planning, memory, multi agent collaboration), enterprise guardrails (security, compliance, responsible AI), and robust MLOps/LLMOps practices for observability, evaluation, and cost/performance optimization. Proven ability to integrate AI systems with event driven microservices, vector databases/feature stores, and CI/CD pipelines, while leading reference architectures and cross cloud patterns that scale reliably.

Preferred Qualifications Agentic AI Skills

• Agent orchestration: planning, tool/function calling
• Long/short-term memory and context management
• Multi-agent collaboration and role assignment
• Human-in-the-loop review and overrides workflow
• Safety guardrails, policy enforcement, governance
• Telemetry: tracing, evaluation, A/B testing
• Reliability: retries, fallbacks, deterministic handoffs
• Tool ecosystem integration (APIs, MCPs)

Additional Information

Work-At-Home Requirements

• WAH requirements: Must have the ability to provide a high speed DSL or cable modem for a home office. Associates or contractors who live and work from home in the state of California will be provided payment for their internet expense.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 25x10 (25mpbs download x 10mpbs upload) is required.  
• Satellite and Wireless Internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Pay Range

The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.

 

$142,300 - $195,700 per year

 

This job is eligible for a bonus incentive plan. This incentive opportunity is based upon company and/or individual performance.

Description of Benefits

Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.

Application Deadline: 01-29-2026
About us
 Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to putting health first – for our teammates, our customers and our company. Through our Humana insurance services and CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare, Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large.

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