Principal Solutions Architect – Enterprise Architecture, Modernization

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🕒 June 10

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

🦌 Connecticut – Remote

💵 $144.2k - $288.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

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CVS Health

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1963

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

🛒 Retail

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Retail

CVS Health is a leading American healthcare company dedicated to improving health access and affordability. The company focuses on a comprehensive approach that includes health services, health insurance, and pharmacy benefits management. Through its subsidiaries, such as Aetna and CVS Caremark, CVS Health offers a range of services that facilitate wellness, condition management, and affordable prescription drug coverage. CVS Health operates neighborhood pharmacies, provides mail-order pharmacy services, and manages specialty medication programs, aiming to make healthcare convenient and accessible for everyone. Driven by a mission to connect people with essential care services, CVS Health is committed to fostering healthier communities and supporting the wellbeing of all individuals.

📋 Description

• Establish and drive adoption of enterprise architectural standards, frameworks, and best practices across business units and initiatives • Partner with business stakeholders to translate features and requirements into end-to-end architectural solutions, including business process models and system designs • Lead architecture initiatives supporting claims and payment processing systems, including development of an enterprise Claim Cache strategy • Design and deliver scalable, event-driven architectures leveraging APIs, microservices, and cloud-native technologies • Develop system impact models and integration strategies across large-scale ecosystems (50+ applications, 250+ integrations) • Create detailed solution architectures, including NFRs (scalability, resiliency, failover, observability, and performance) • Drive mainframe modernization initiatives, enabling migration to cloud and microservices-based platforms with minimal business disruption • Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies such as AI/ML, cloud services, and low-code/no-code platforms to accelerate solution delivery • Leverage AI-assisted tools (e.g., Claude, copilots) and cloud platforms to build POCs, prototypes, and user experience concepts • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Business Analysts, Engineering, QA, Infrastructure, and Product) to ensure alignment from design through execution • Evaluate solution options and develop technology roadmaps balancing legacy systems with modernization goals • Develop cost models and ROI-driven recommendations to support strategic decision-making • Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership by providing guidance on enterprise integration strategies and future-state architecture vision

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of experience across software engineering, architecture, and enterprise delivery • 8+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect designing enterprise-scale, distributed systems • Proven experience with event-driven architecture, APIs, and microservices in high-volume transactional environments • Strong experience designing solutions across complex integration ecosystems (50+ applications, 250+ integrations) • Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into architectural solutions, including system impact analysis and business process modeling • Experience with enterprise data platforms and integration tools (e.g., MongoDB, Cosmos DB, SQL Server, DB2, DataStage, IIB, ODM) • 5+ years of experience architecting solutions on cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) • Experience defining and validating non-functional requirements (scalability, resilience, performance, observability) • Strong communication skills with ability to influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage • paid time off • retirement savings options • wellness programs • other resources, based on eligibility