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Job DescriptionIn the Office of the CTO, we design world-class, innovative, integrated, scalable and balanced system solutions aligned with Business and IT strategies. With critical thinking, deep business knowledge, situational awareness and multi-disciplinary experience, we deliver the transformational insight, trusted advice and technical leadership needed to make optimal use of technology and information assets.In accordance with Office of the CTO policies and processes, this person will deliver architectural solutions for programs and projects across one or more strategically significant domains. This position has no direct line management responsibilities but is an important contributor to the success of complex, typically large, and sometimes enterprise-wide projects.In this role, you will guide and influence business, IT delivery and infrastructure leaders in achieving CVS Health business and IT goals. Position requires considerable knowledge of domain processes, and architectures. You may direct the design efforts of other architects. You will partner with other architects on one or more projects during all stages of the system lifecycle. Lastly, you will provide consulting services, including practices, expertise, and resources to tackle business challenges and help identify and manage needed improvements (including identification of new or improved business capabilities).Required Qualifications8+ years of architecture experience including the following:- Provides program and project level architectures for systems, applications, integrations and technology. - Manages and interprets program and project requirements into specific system, application and integration designs. - Identifies and solves complex design problems. - Designs and modifies components of new and existing IT systems and vendor offerings. - Designs complicated integrations with a focus on performance engineering and loose coupling utilizing APIs and Services. - Creates work product deliverables in accordance with Office of the CTO products and services. - Manages the architecture governance activities associated with ensuring solution compliance with standards and best-practices. - Identifies risks and proactively works to remediate technical debt.- Validates conceptual architectures. - Devises strategies to integrate with other CVS Health enterprise systems and realize the benefits of an API and service architecture.- Ensures proposals, projects and solutions are well-formed and aligned with corporate and Office of the CTO strategies. - Contributes to and maintains a curated representation of CVS Health’s software architecture. - Contributes to, and occasionally leads, the development of architectural frameworks, standards and reference material. - Informs enterprise decisions, roadmaps and investment planning for improved or new capabilities, helping determine what capabilities the enterprise must develop to satisfy its customers, compete in a market, manage its vendors, and improve operations.- Participates in current IT environment health analysis identifying risks to critical capabilities and recommending solutions.- Participates in opportunity and product positioning assessments.COVID RequirementsCOVID-19 Vaccination RequirementCVS Health requires its Colleagues in certain positions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they are approved for a reasonable accommodation based on disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.If you are vaccinated, you are required to have received at least one COVID-19 shot prior to your first day of employment and to provide proof of your vaccination status within the first 30 days of your employment. For the two COVID-19 shot regimen, you will be required to provide proof of your second COVID-19 shot within the first 60 days of your employment. Failure to provide timely proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status will result in the termination of your employment with CVS Health.
If you are unable to be fully vaccinated due to disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or religious belief, you will be required to apply for a reasonable accommodation within the first 30 days of your employment in order to remain employed with CVS Health. As a part of this process, you will be required to provide information or documentation about the reason you cannot be vaccinated. If your request for an accommodation is not approved, then your employment may be terminated.
Preferred QualificationsRESPONSIBILITIES- Provides program and project level architectures for systems, applications, integrations and technology. - Manages and interprets program and project requirements into specific system, application and integration designs. - Identifies and solves complex design problems. - Designs and modifies components of new and existing IT systems and vendor offerings. - Designs complicated integrations with a focus on performance engineering and loose coupling utilizing APIs and Services. - Creates work product deliverables in accordance with Office of the CTO products and services. - Manages the architecture governance activities associated with ensuring solution compliance with standards and best-practices. - Identifies risks and proactively works to remediate technical debt.- Validates conceptual architectures. - Devises strategies to integrate with other CVS Health enterprise systems and realize the benefits of an API and service architecture.- Ensures proposals, projects and solutions are well-formed and aligned with corporate and Office of the CTO strategies. - Contributes to and maintains a curated representation of CVS Health’s software architecture. - Contributes to, and occasionally leads, the development of architectural frameworks, standards and reference material. - Informs enterprise decisions, roadmaps and investment planning for improved or new capabilities, helping determine what capabilities the enterprise must develop to satisfy its customers, compete in a market, manage its vendors, and improve operations.- Participates in current IT environment health analysis identifying risks to critical capabilities and recommending solutions.- Participates in opportunity and product positioning assessments. PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE- Demonstrates master of design or software engineering at the system level.- Recognized as a subject matter expert and leader throughout the business and IT communities. - Demonstrated understanding of industry and technology trends. - Anticipates and proactively responds to future customer, industry and information technology needs. - Demonstrates master knowledge and confidence in both business & technical discussions.- Ability to multi-task and rapidly switch context between architecture initiatives. - Ability to act as an unbiased, objective, and respected liaison conveying business information needs and opportunities to IT and technology constraints to the business.- Effectively communicates the architecture to all levels of the organization. -Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to communicate and influence appropriately at all levels of the organization including written, verbal and visual presentations.- Effective collaborator and consensus-builder, who can apply outcome-based leadership across teams and organizations. - Flexible and creative with the ability to propose innovative ideas and collaborate with diverse teams to achieve positive outcomes. - Master-level situational analysis and decision-making abilities. - Ability to think creatively and drive innovation. - High EQ with excellent listening, fast learning, writing, documentation and problem-solving skills a must. - Experience with any of the following approaches: Agile/Scrum Development & Management, Scaled Agile Framework, Iterative & Incremental Development, Continuous Integration and Delivery. - Advanced-level knowledge of technologies such as: mobile/web frameworks, omni- channel experience design, hybrid cloud, security & privacy, action arbitration, IOT, event streaming, AI/machine learning, consents, preferences, microservices, containerization, APIs, SOA, messaging, etc.- 8+ years recent and related experience in information systems architecture methodologies, architectural abstractions and design patterns.- Experience with object-oriented modeling principles (inheritance, polymorphism) and methods (use cases, sequence diagrams, etc.).EducationBachelor’s degree in computer science or closely-related discipline. Will accept a verifiable H.S. diploma / GED with one year of relevant work experience for every year of college not attained in addition to required years of experience.Business OverviewAt CVS Health, we are joined in a common purpose: helping people on their path to better health. We are working to transform health care through innovations that make quality care more accessible, easier to use, less expensive and patient-focused. Working together and organizing around the individual, we are pioneering a new approach to total health that puts people at the heart. We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging every day. CVS Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status or on any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law. We proudly support and encourage people with military experience (active, veterans, reservists and National Guard) as well as military spouses to apply for CVS Health job opportunities.
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