Senior IT Architecture Anlyst - Chicago, IL or Basking Ridge, NJ - Full-time / Part-time

At Optum, we are focused on doing things that have not been done yet; helping improve lives in ways that were unthinkable until we thought of them. Do you enjoy working with an elite team, empowered to do your best? If so, please consider this your opportunity to see your ideas come to life. Optum is known for its innovative approach to health care.
Widely regarded as innovators and thought leaders, our executive team has served in key administration roles, on the boards of national and community-based organizations, and in a number of advocacy roles for health care and community-based organizations. We have spent decades investing in the technology and information capabilities that help us bring new ideas to market faster; we have developed solutions that are practical today and scalable for tomorrow; and we have created collaborative teams dedicated to innovation across each of our businesses to share our best thinking. The world will never be the same. And neither should you.
 
In this Sr Technology Analyst role, you will be responsible for analyzing business requirements, performing options analysis, ensuring quality/alignment of Designs, and you will demonstrate and apply knowledge of enterprise architecture and standards. You will also be responsible for the development, communication and implementation of the organization's technology architecture and the components required to support it and the integration of corporate and technical architectures and applications.
Primary Responsibilities:

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
Provides guidance & support on API Development, security & requirement source documents & EMR onboarding support

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 3 years of Information Technology Architecture concepts such as Layer 7
Minimum of 1 year of experience with API concepts and vendor/client integration projects
Ability to communicate with vendors and clients in a professional manner
Preferred Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree or a minimum of minimum of 3 years of  IT experience
Minimum of 1 year of Health care industry experience
Undergraduate degree or a minimum of 5 years of IT experience
Experience with Agile methodology
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access)
UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow. Already Fortune 6, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed.Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.
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