As a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will play a pivotal role in the alignment of the business vision, technology strategy and the IT portfolio execution. As the business's advocate in IT, you will bring business leadership, business operations, project management, IT leadership, IT architecture and engineering together to a common understanding of what it takes to deliver the business vision and execution of AI-enabled enterprise architecture. You will be an integral part of the delivery of critical business outcomes, as well as the creation of technology strategies to leverage the IT portfolio to improve member experience and health outcomes, create competitive advantages, reduce operational risk, and total cost of operations. Additionally, as a Senior Enterprise Architect, you will provide mentorship and guidance to other enterprise, solution, technology, and system architects across Humana. This role is responsible for aligning AI initiatives with business objectives, overseeing complex architecture projects, and shaping the organizational approach to responsible AI adoption.
We would love to meet you if some or all of the below describe you:
Are customer obsessed
Have business-centric outlook
Can understand both strategic and expedient views and balance their trade-offs
Are driven, thorough, and self-directed
Are able to lead through influence and persuasion
Have Enterprise Architecture practice experience
Have healthcare payer domain experience
Have deep solution architecture experience
Are experienced in Hybrid and Cloud architecture and migration at scale
Responsibilities:
Advocacy and Stewardship
Serve as a strong advocate for the business segments within IT
Ensure that technology execution aligns with business strategy
Serve as an evangelist to facilitate and drive adoption & delivery of the lean enterprise architecture practice within an agile delivery framework
Continuously study and gain in-depth understanding of health care payer industry best practices, innovation, technologies and trends as well as document and communicate these within the business and IT
Technical Innovation, Strategy, and Execution
Define and evangelize the enterprise AI architecture vision and roadmap.
Lead cross-functional teams in the delivery of transformative AI solutions.
Collaborate with business and technical teams and leadership to align and map the business vision and strategy to value streams, business capabilities and business functions
Collaborate with segment and domain architects, engineers, and leadership to document the current state architecture, value streams and domain capability models
Apply portfolio rationalization to map and document the coverage between Value Streams, Business Capabilities, and Technology Capabilities and identify opportunities for innovation, as well as reduction in risk, complexity and total cost of operations
Collaborate with technical teams and leadership to define and maintain technology strategies, including intermediate and end state architectures, to align the technology portfolio to deliver the opportunities identified in the technology portfolio rationalization and the business value defined by the business vision and strategy
Create the artifacts and conditions necessary for effective demand management, prioritization of delivery, and capacity planning to create the roadmaps that drive the execution of the technology strategy
Create, catalog, maintain and deliver the documentation and artifacts that describe the principles, standards, policies and methodologies of the enterprise architecture practice
Facilitate and advocate for the adoption and delivery of the enterprise architecture within an agile delivery framework
Validate that execution of the technology strategy fulfills the original intent of the business strategy and vision
Deliver an entry point, filter, path, and guidance for successfully navigating the architecture governance process
Required Qualifications
Progressive experience as an architect or technical lead in large IT projects spanning multiple enterprise systems
6 or more years of experience in the design, development, and testing of software applications
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
Expert knowledge and experience with cloud native architectures on at least one cloud platform provider in an enterprise environment
Associate or Professional Level Cloud certification in Azure, GCP, or AWS
1-3 years of experience in Cloud technologies or Enterprise Architecture, including enterprise integration, system decomposition, refactoring, and cloud migration
2+ years of project leadership experience
Demonstrated leadership in large-scale AI architecture projects.
Expertise in enterprise cloud, data management, and AI regulatory compliance.
Expert knowledge and experience with highly available, fault tolerant and event driven architectures at scale
Expert knowledge and experience with Enterprise Architecture, technical strategy, and technology roadmaps
Expert knowledge and experience with lean-agile delivery methodologies in an enterprise environment
Technical expertise in one or more of the following technical domains:
On-premises environments or infrastructure
Identity and Access Management
Data and information management
Information security
Software engineering and delivery
Business Applications
Analytics and Reporting
Robotic Process Automation
Experience working in one or more of the following Healthcare Insurance Payer business domains:
Clinical
Medicare / Medicaid / Medicare Supplemental
Group insurance
Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans
Specialty health care (vision, dental, etc.)
Additional Information
Location/Work Style: Remote US
Why Humana?
At Humana, we know your well-being is important to you, and it’s important to us too. That’s why we’re committed to making resources available to you that will enable you to become happier, healthier, and more productive in all areas of your life. Just to name a few:
Work-Life Balance
Generous PTO package
Health benefits effective day 1
Annual Incentive Plan
401K - Excellent company match
Well-being program
Paid Volunteer Time Off
If you share our passion for helping people, we likely have the right place for you at Humana.
Work at Home Guidance
To ensure Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates’ ability to work effectively, the self-provided internet service of Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates must meet the following criteria:
At minimum, a download speed of 25 Mbps and an upload speed of 10 Mbps is recommended; wireless, wired cable or DSL connection is suggested
Satellite, cellular and microwave connection can be used only if approved by leadership
Associates who live and work from Home in the state of California, Illinois, Montana, or South Dakota will be provided a bi-weekly payment for their internet expense.
Humana will provide Home or Hybrid Home/Office associates with telephone equipment appropriate to meet the business requirements for their position/job.
Work from a dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information
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Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay 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.
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: 03-10-2026
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It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.