Sr Architecture Analyst

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, and data they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits, and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position Summary

As an Architect on our team, you will design and deliver robust, scalable technology architecture designs that align business objectives with enterprise technology solutions. You will lead architectural planning for your domain, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and guide engineering squads to ensure proper implementation of patterns and practices. In this role, you will also play a key part in designing, developing, and deploying modern technical solutions to drive automation and work process improvements across the organization, using state-of-the-art technologies to continuously evolve our platform ecosystem.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end architecture solutions for single or multiple channel systems, ensuring alignment with corporate technology and security standards.
• Bridge the communication gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate business objectives into effective design schemas and architectural diagrams.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex business challenges with emphasis on responsible use of AI.
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement.
• Evaluate emerging trends, specifically in AI, cloud engineering, and modern application development, to inform solution design and strategic innovation.
• Conduct technology evaluations, define architecture patterns, and build technical proofs-of-concept (POCs) to mitigate risks and validate technical choices.
• Mentor and provide engineering governance and guidance to developer teams to ensure they follow established architecture and design patterns.
• Perform reviews of system designs to ensure scalability, reliability, maintainability, and security policies are upheld.
• Leverage enterprise-approved AI tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and drive continuous improvement.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear directions on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent experience of 7 years in lieu of degree.
• 6+ years of experience in software development, engineering, or systems architecture.
• 3+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable enterprise-grade architectures, including cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP).
• 2+ years of experience utilizing modern automation frameworks, automated development pipelines, or incorporating AI-powered features into application designs.
• 2+ years of experience with API design, microservices architecture, and modern database systems (SQL and NoSQL).
• Demonstrated experience creating architecture diagrams, technical design specifications, and presenting technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications.

• Solid understanding of Responsible AI frameworks, machine learning models, and Generative AI integrations.
• Architecture certifications (such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect, etc.).
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Strong understanding of modern CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Ability to influence, mentor, and guide multiple engineering teams towards unified architecture goals.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education,