Solution Architect - Lee's Summit, United States - Government Employees Health Association

Description

GEHA (Government Employees Health Association, Inc., pronounced G.E.H.A.) is a nonprofit member association that provides medical and dental benefits to more than two million federal employees and retirees, military retirees and their families. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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GEHA has one mission: To empower federal workers to be healthy and well.

Offering one of the largest medical and dental benefit provider networks available to federal employees in the United States, GEHA empowers health and wellness by meeting its members where they are, when they need care. We serve our members with products they value and a personalized customer experience, sustained by a nimble and efficient organization.

Create and provide solutions within a variety of computing infrastructures and public and private Cloud computing technologies. Conduct evaluations of technology standards, tools, products, and solutions, make rational design decisions from business and technical perspectives, and communicate recommendations. Define guidelines and recommendations based on leading industry practices tailored to GEHA's needs and infrastructure. Maintain responsibility for defining the technical strategy of a system, work closely with all stakeholders to vet technology decisions that support product capabilities now and for the future and guide it successfully through its execution.SKILLS

The API & Service Integrations Architect is to advise, construct, and implement the development standards and technical design for the organization's API, ETL, and other Service Integration solutions. This role provides key oversight and direction for the overall architecture, design, and implementation to support end user Service Integrations needs. This includes responsibility for input on the design of API, API Management, API Catalog, Enterprise Based Services (SOA, Microservices, Service Bus, etc.), ETL, and API Implementation best practices and standards for both Producing APIs and Consuming APIs. This role reports directly to the Director - Enterprise Integration Services and works closely with teams involved in data movement both internally and externally to the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintains in-depth knowledge of GEHA strategic business plans and direction.
• Develops future state roadmap and plans for data integrations, including moving off legacy integrations, adopting new architectural patterns, managing APIs, API Management, and migrating to the cloud.
• Provides oversight, input, design, and implementation support for new solution development on all elements of data movement, including but not limited to new API Management platform, API Runtime Environment, enterprise service integrations / micro-services, messaging, Event-Driven and service-oriented architecture, and ETL technologies (SSIS, Azure Data Factory).
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the catalog of architectural diagrams used by the team.
• Acts as technical mentor for members of the Enterprise Integration Platform & Delivery team, providing input and feedback to others.
• Review Business Requirements Documentation, Technical Design Documentation and participate in peer review cycles with technical & non-technical counterparts.
• Support API Governance efforts, including guidance, stewardship, and frameworks for managing APIs across the organization and identify opportunities for API reuse, migration, or retirement.
• Evaluates existing applications and systems. Recommends improvements or modifications.
• Collaborates with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Developers and Project Managers in the development and integration of APIs, Enterprise Service Integrations, and solutions within the purview of Digital Enablement, and across the organization.
• Establishes policies and procedures for API architecture and enterprise service integrations / Micro-services to be implemented by Enterprise Integration Delivery, including policies for standardizing consumption of APIs, Building APIs, and Enterprise Services used across the organization.
• Establishes and maintains documentation of programs, user guides, policies, and procedures, particularly in support of the acceptance of solutions as credible to non-technical users of information.
• Recommends training on new technologies to keep the GEHA development staff on the cutting edge.
• Encourage and support a self-service architecture to promote a trusted source of APIs and Enterprise Services, leading the enterprise in its goal to use API Led Integration, and API First Thinking to deliver on our Digital Enablement goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Services or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Technology Architecture and API driven design including hybrid and cloud environments, Service Architecture Patterns, Message & Event-Driven Architecture.
• Significant experience with data integration methods including API, data streaming/message queueing, Service Bus, Kafka, ETL (SSIS), Azure Data Factory, and more. Familiarity in these technologies largely held within the Microsoft tech stack.
• Working experience with API architecture, including various data formats & protocols like JSON, SOAP, REST, XML, XSLT, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, FTP etc. Experience with Security frameworks (e.g., JWT, OAUTH2).
• In-depth knowledge of best practices around developing microservices architectures.
• Proven ability to work independently to coordinate and solve highly complex technical data transformation issues. Ability to effectively communicate with customers to clarify data format requirements and negotiate compromise.
• Requires effective communication and presentation skills. Demonstrates the ability to work and design for multiple projects.
• Maintains knowledge of current and upcoming technologies. Mentors developers, conducts code reviews and acts as a resource to others to resolve complex problems.
• Works under minimal supervision with wide latitude for independent judgment

Preferred Technology Skills: Information Systems or Systems Engineering

• Four - five years of experience in a technical consulting, solution architect, or systems engineering role which includes experience with building large-scale architecture solutions, including security concerns, high availability methods, multiple platforms, hardware considerations, network design, monitoring solutions, virtualization, performance, capacity planning, and information management practices.
• Requires experience in design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications (i.e. having an architectural sense for ensuring availability, reliability, etc.)
• Experience with conducting proof-of-concept, developing prototyping, and building reference models.
• Excellent understanding of multi-tier architecture: web servers, caching, application server, load balancers, containerization, and storage.
• Experience with route table, access control list, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, IP and OSI Network.
• Experience in DevOps including the design and automation of Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service capabilities including virtual networks, virtual machines, cloud services, web services, data services and IoT services.
• Experience with data integration, relational databases, and SQL
• Ability to display a demonstrated track record in building and setting architecture strategies.
• Azure DevOps, .NET, C#, Java EE, Spring framework, , etc.
• Authentication & Authorization technologies
• Enterprise continuous integration and engineering principles (continuous testing)
• 3 years of demonstrated experience in the Healthcare industry, with preference for experience with Healthcare Payers.

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Work-at-home requirements

• Must have the ability to provide a non-cellular High Speed Internet Service such as Fiber, DSL, or cable Modems for a home office.
• A minimum standard speed for optimal performance of 30x5 (30mpbs download x 5mpbs upload) is required.
• Latency (ping) response time lower than 80 ms
• Hotspots, satellite and wireless internet service is NOT allowed for this role.
• A dedicated space lacking ongoing interruptions to protect member PHI / HIPAA information

How we value you

• Competitive pay/salary ranges
• Incentive plan
• Health/Vision/Dental benefits effective day one
• 401(k) retirement plan: company match - dollar for dollar up to 4% employee contribution (pretax or Roth options) plus a 6% annual company contribution
• Robust employee well-being program
• Paid Time Off
• Personal Community Enrichment Time
• Company-provided Basic Life and AD&D
• Company-provided Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Tuition Assistance Program

Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. GEHA considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and business considerations when extending an offer.

The annual base salary range for this position is $116,200 - $163,800 USD.

GEHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we will not discriminate against any individual based on sex, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, military status, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, gender identity, and sexual orientation, as well as all other characteristics and qualities protected by federal, state, or local law. GEHA will not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their compensation or the compensation of another employee or applicant. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our diversity drives innovation deepens connections and strengthens our organization.

GEHA is headquartered in Lee's Summit, Missouri, in the Kansas City area. We recognize the importance of balance and flexibility and offer hybrid and work-from-home options for many of our roles.

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