Your Role

The Enterprise Architecture & Innovation team helps manage and align Blue Shield of California's technology infrastructure with its business goals, ensuring that independently conceived and deployed solutions do not lead to unnecessarily complicated and expensive siloed systems. It defines the enterprise business & technology capabilities and their relationships to run, grow, and transform the business. The Enterprise Architect, Consultant will report to the Enterprise Architecture, Business Portfolios and Application Architecture leader. In this role, you will combine a deep understanding of technology, applications, industry best practices, business processes, and architectural patterns to drive business and IT transformation initiatives that meet our enterprise objectives.

In this role, you will collaborate with business and technology leaders, stakeholders, engineers, and analysts to understand strategic business initiatives and develop technical solutions that satisfy those needs. This individual has extensive knowledge in multiple business and architecture domains, is forward-thinking, and is well-versed in emerging technologies and trends. Must possess the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders.

Your Knowledge and Experience

• Requires at least 8 years relevant business and IT experience
• Requires at least 2 years of experience in an architecture role
• BS in Computer Science, Science, or Engineering highly preferred; BS or BA in other disciplines is acceptable, supplemented with adequate relevant experience
• Experience with omni-channel digital technologies strongly desired, including experience defining architecture solutions for web, mobile, chat, mobile push notification, and email campaign channels, as well as supporting technologies, such as: content management, profile & preference management, context awareness management, intelligent search, customer communication management, personalization engine, UX management, knowledge management
• Deep understanding of healthcare and industry technologies is critical
• At least 3 years of experience working in the healthcare industry preferred
• MS in Computer Science or related disciplines is preferred
• A strong track record of architectural practice and success in a large environment
• Enterprise Architecture Methodology certification preferred

Pay Range:

The pay range for this role is: $ 119130.00 to $ 178860.00 for California.

Note:

Please note that this range represents the pay range for this and many other positions at Blue Shield that fall into this pay grade. Blue Shield salaries are based on a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, location (California, Bay area, or outside California), and current employee salaries for similar roles.