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Principal Software Solutions Architect

12 hours ago

Austin

The range for this role is $133,500.00 - $193,000.00. Actual base pay will be determined based on a successful candidate's work location, skills/abilities, experience, and education. This is a fully remote position, but only in select states. Interested applicants must be residing in, or willing to relocate to, one of the following states in order to be considered: AL, AZ, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, NC, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV. The Mission At Christian Care Ministry we believe that Christians can, and should, share in one another’s burdens. Through the use of _, a healthcare sharing ministry for Christians, we cultivate that belief. To that end, our Mission Statement is as follows: Connecting people to a Christ-centered community wellness experience based on faith, prayer, and personal responsibility. The Team Everyone at Christian Care Ministry is in agreement with our _which outlines our core beliefs. Although we aren’t perfect people, we are serving our perfect God and our Members to the best of our ability. The Job The Principal Software Solutions Architect (PSA) leads technology solution design efforts within one of Christian Care Ministry’s domain pillars, following the CCM SDLC process. The PSA acts as the bridge between non-IT stakeholders and the software development staff, crafting technology and feature roadmaps, delivering requirement specifications, establishing architectural standards and working directly with the software delivery team to ensure quality development and release of features. The PSA coordinates with our project managers to ensuring organizational alignment in terms of timelines, commitments, and status. The development projects are critical, high value initiatives that are part of a larger enterprise IT strategy. During the project design efforts, the Principal Solutions Architect leads the team of Architects and UX Research/Designers, and partners with PMO, IT Infrastructure, Production Operations, and Security/Compliance teams, to design solutions that will be implemented by CCM IT Delivery teams, in order to provide efficient, value-based services to CCM Internal Users and to CCM Members. Additionally, PSA works closely with the manager of Design and Architecture to ensure the successful realization of the enterprise architecture roadmap and strategy. This includes providing input into the enterprise architecture, representing the PSA’s domain pillar. The Principal Solutions Architect – with a background in the various technologies and stacks (JavaScript/NodeJS/ExpressJs/React/Postgres, Salesforce/Lightning Web Components OSS, .NET/SQL Server, Web Services) – works on the solution design related to various elements of CCM’s platforms, and will address business/user impact, application integration, data integration and migration, security, networking, deployment, and user access. They will also conduct requirements-gathering from end users, stakeholders, and other SMEs. The Principal Solutions Architect is a key technical leader within our organization, mentoring Senior Solutions Architects and software developers in architecture, technology, and leadership. Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities • Craft software feature roadmaps balancing stakeholder feature delivery with architectural improvements, • Translate requirements into end user / stakeholder readable Functional Design documents, • Act as technical design liaison with PMO, Client, Vendor Partners, and other technology teams (take the specifications from the customers to the engineers, because you’re a people person), • Properly scope, design, and size project delivery efforts, • Provide direction and guidance on the solution architecture to the IT Delivery teams, • Make technical trade-offs to balance competing concerns (such as usability, scalability, data integrity, performance, etc.), • Serve as Product Owner for Agile Software Delivery teams, • Participate in Design and Sprint sessions following Scrum methodology, • Manage time effectively, communicating project status accurately to Project Managers, • Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design solutions that meet CCM’s standards for scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability, • Design within the enterprise architecture framework, adhering to architecture principles, modeling and design standards, reference architectures, and design patterns, • Work with the Manager of Design and Architecture to design reference architectures and roadmaps to best align with business strategy, • Mentor Senior Solutions Architects and software developers in architecture, technology, software development practices, and leadership, • Demonstrate leadership by taking initiative in team building, influencing, conflict management, and problem resolution to facilitate success, • Support vendor evaluations; responsible for providing recommendations and assessment scoring, • Navigate across the IT organization (networking, security, interfaces, etc.) to identify non-functional requirements that would not be clear to the business, • Drive the sourcing of new solutions to help generate improvements to processes, • Introduce, develop, and maintain tools, practices, and processes to help the organization scale, design best-in-class architecture, and develop test and release automation, • Develop and maintain technical standards, policies, and procedures, • Perform all job functions consistent with CCM policies and procedures, including those which govern handling PHI and PII, • Contribute to the exercise and expression of Christian Care Ministry’s beliefs, • All other duties as assigned Essential Skills & Abilities • Direct experience in building and managing complex solutions based on Cloud technologies; including private, public, and/or hybrid cloud solutions, • Deep experience in the software development life cycle best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, QA, Database architecture, build processes, testing, deployment, and the management of technical debt, • Strong hands-on full stack application development experience that includes experience across languages and projects, • Knowledge of data protection operations and legislation (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA), • Working knowledge of platforms (Node/Express/React Stack/Salesforce/.NET), cloud technologies (Heroku, AWS S3), Integration (ESB, MuleSoft, Express Gateway), Data (PostgreSQL, MS SQL), Message Queueing and Pub/Sub (RabbitMQ, Temporal), network, infrastructure, web application security, business process modeling and collaboration tools (Jira, MS Teams, Confluence), • Executive presence – the ability to effectively communicate with and influence individuals at the C-Suite level, • Ability to quickly adapt to different working environments, build relationships, and be able to lead teams efficiently for success, • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-project environment, meeting commitments and deadlines, • Expertise in understanding business needs (including drawing out those unstated), and then meeting them with technology, • Ability to lead assessment of development budgets and schedules, • Ability to maintain fast pace, adequately consider alternatives, make tough calls, foster great teamwork, and have fun Core Competencies/Demonstrable Behaviors • Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences, • Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems, • Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions, • Tech savvy - Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital technology applications, • Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement, • Member First – exhibits full commitment to serving members and/or clients by prioritizing their needs first in alignment with our program’s purpose. This commitment is demonstrated through understanding of the program(s), provided through quality and timely service while exercising empathy in every interaction. Every CCM employee shares responsibility to steward resources faithfully, removing barriers to understanding, and creating accessible, connected, and Christ-centered experiences., • Humble – demonstrates Christ-Centered humility by honoring others, accepting feedback, and prioritizing collective success over individual recognition, • Hungry – exhibits initiative, perseverance, and commitment to serving God through excellence. Demonstrates passion for personal and organizational growth while diligently advancing the mission of Christian Care Ministry, • Smart – shows relational and emotional intelligence, communicates effectively, collaborates harmoniously, and reads social cues with grace and discernment Education and/or Experience • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering or closely related field with 10+ years’ experience in software design and implementation of complex IT projects required, • 10+ years of progressively increasing leadership responsibility in a directly related area during which both professional and management capability have been clearly demonstrated required, • Software solution architecture experience in a healthcare payer organization required, • Agile software development experience required (certified Product Owner preferred), • Experience with domain-driven software architecture, system integration, software development, and data modeling required, • Master’s degree preferred – either in technology or business (MBA) Supervisory Responsibilities • This job has no supervisory responsibilities Incentives & Benefits We work hard to serve our Medi-Share Members, but know we can only do that if we invest in our employees professionally, financially, physically, socially, and spiritually. We purposefully invest in our employees so that our employees can invest in others. For full-time employees working 30 hours or more, some of our benefits include, but are not limited to: • 100% paid Medical for employees/99% for family, • Generous employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions, • Employer-paid Life Insurance (3x salary) and Long-term Disability Insurance, • 6 weeks of paid parental leave (for both mom and dad), • Dental - two plans to choose from, • Vision, • Short-term Disability, • Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, • 401(k) – up to 4% match on ROTH or Traditional contributions, • Generous paid-time off and 11 paid holidays, • Wellness plan including Financial, Occupational, Mental/Spiritual, and Physical health incentives up to $50/mo, • Employee Assistance Program including no cost, in-person mental health visits and employee discounts, • Monetary Anniversary Awards Program, • Monetary Birthday Awards, • Tuition Reimbursement Program Minimum Age Requirement: Due to the nature of the responsibilities associated with this position—including independent decision-making, access to confidential information, and potential exposure to regulated environments—candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of hire. This requirement is in accordance with applicable federal and state labor laws and is intended to ensure compliance with workplace safety and legal standards.

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