Senior Solution Architects / Enterprise Architects / Technical Architects

Summary: The role of Senior Solution Architect involves collaborating with business stakeholders to define technology roadmaps and architectural vision, particularly within the healthcare domain. Candidates are expected to provide technical leadership, manage risks, and champion the adoption of emerging technologies. The position requires strong communication skills to translate complex requirements into technical solutions and ensure alignment across various teams. Experience levels vary, with one position requiring 8-12 years and another 12-15 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and define longterm technology roadmaps and architectural vision.
• Act as a trusted advisor by translating complex business requirements into clear technical solutions.
• Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, including both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Guide project teams to ensure alignment with KP architectural standards and best practices.
• Conduct design reviews and ensure technical artifacts are sound and highquality.
• Identify technical risks throughout the project lifecycle and communicate potential impacts proactively.
• Champion the adoption of emerging technologies including Digital, AI, and Cloud to drive business innovation and enhanced capabilities.
• Support definition of solution and functional requirements to ensure workstreams have clarity across all stages of delivery.
• Participate in business requirements definition and solution impact analysis.
• Provide architectural and technical guidance to support business strategy.
• Break down business requirements into features, scalable components, and user stories.
• Maintain traceability between requirements and solution components, including management of Jira stories.
• Develop logical solution design artifacts such as diagrams and logical solution design document at the initiative level.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (e.g., PI planning, syncs, solution demos).
• Communicate functional/non-functional requirements and solution designs across workstreams to ensure alignment and clarity of enhancements required.
• Provide handson technical leadership to resolve integration issues.
• Collaborate with IT Design Leads across value streams to maintain consistency and alignment of solution.
• Provide input on testing strategy and review test cases as needed.
• Support consolidation of design documentation into initiativelevel architecture artifacts (e.g., Solution Architecture Description document).
• Escalate risks, blockers, or design conflicts to IT Design Principal and IT leadership when necessary.

Key Skills:

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with business stakeholders.
• Strong technical expertise across current platforms and technologies.
• Proven experience working with business teams to define and deliver solutions.
• Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in solution architecture within business or functional projects.
• Deep knowledge of architectural frameworks (e.g., TOGAF) and methodologies (Nice to have).
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile, DevOps, and industry best practices.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problemsolving skills.
• Experience in healthcare, with a strong preference for candidates who have worked with Kaiser.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Lucid, and Confluence.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT