Senior Technical Architecture Engineer - Hartford, CT

• You will assess and interpret customer needs and requirements


• You will be involved in solving moderately complex problems and/or conduct moderately complex analysis


• You will provide explanation and information to others on difficult issues


• You will coach, provide feedback and guide others


• You will maintain knowledge of current domains and strategic roadmaps


• You will identify/quantify scope and impact of business changes on systems


• You will incorporate software and system architecture into conceptual designs


• You will support applicable modeling efforts (e.g., data modeling, process modeling, hardware modeling, performance modeling)


• You will provide oversight of conceptual designs to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture governance (e.g., principles, policies, standards, future-state reference architectures)


• You will maintain awareness of current technology assets, and the applicability and capability of each


• You will be responsible for maintaining awareness of current business and industry issues/trends and incorporate into enterprise architecture designs as appropriate
  

We are seeking a team player who can adapt easily to change and juggle multiple priorities. If you love technology and have a passion for helping bring new technologies into the company, this is the job for you! The ideal candidate for this position is a seasoned technologist with a strong understanding of end user computing and where it's going.

The primary role of this position is to act as the Enterprise level Architect and SME of end user computing with a focus on the implementation of new technology and solutions that increase productivity and lower the total cost of ownership of the end user computing environment.

Other responsibilities would include:

• Provide senior level expertise on decisions and priorities regarding the enterprises overall systems architecture


• Facilitate the establishment and implementation of standards and guidelines that guide the design of technology solutions including architecting and implementing solutions requiring integration of multiple platforms, operating systems and applications across the enterprise


• Review, advise and design standard software and hardware builds, system options, risks, costs versus benefits and impact on the enterprise business process and goals


• Develop and document the framework for integration and implementation for changes to technical standards


• Provide technical guidance to project team areas as appropriate


• Track industry trends and maintains knowledge of new technologies to better serve the enterprises architecture needs

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience


• 10+ years of IT experience with progressive levels of responsibility leading up to an IT Engineer/Architect


• 6+ years of end user computing experience


• 5+ years of experience with operating systems and deployment


• 5+ years of development experience including full life cycle activities


• 4+ years of Virtualization experience


• 4+ years of mobile computing experience


• 3+ years of experience with Agile methodology


• 3+ years understanding/experience in enterprise operating system deployment Demonstrated ability to see the big picture and view business problems with an enterprise point of view


• Demonstrated business process mapping experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Health care industry experience


• Agile environment


• Kanban


• Invincea, Appsense, browser experience


• Knowledge of work station security practices


• Experience in application and data management


• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)

Technology Careers with Optum. Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality. This is the place to do your life's best work.SM
 

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