Principal Enterprise Application Architect

No matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well being of our members. All 8.7 million of them. That's because each of us from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.No matter what your job title, the work you do at Kaiser Permanente supports the health and well being of our members. All 8.7 million of them. That's because each of us from our financial professionals and IT team members to our RNs and physicians on the front line of care shares a commitment to providing the best possible care experience. With locations across the United States, we offer the opportunity to build a rewarding career in an environment that supports your success. Join us and put your beliefs into practice.KP IT Architecture, Information Management and Innovation(AIMI)) is a small group with a big job, because we're responsible for technology planning and architecture for the largest health maintenance organization (HMO) in the United States. Our work directly impacts the delivery of care for millions of people across the country. One area within the Chief Architect organization is the application architecture team. This team creates the reference architectures, architecture roadmaps, evaluates and manages technology standards for the application architecture domain as well as providing application architecture/solution architecture consulting services to the various mega programs and projects across the enterprise. This individual will need to be adept at Agile architecture, design and development methodologies and be able to bridge and lead the legacy enterprise with emerging technology, concepts, and approaches. It's the perfect setting for an outgoing architect with a desire to partner with our business and IT. We're the visionaries driving the business to see the possibilities found within technology.Essential Functions: To function as an Enterprise application architect on initiatives and provide end to end architecture. Apply architectural principles, guidelines, standards, reference architecture, patterns and frameworks to deliver consistent and cost effective frameworks for re use as wells solution architecture consulting. Influence technology decisions and directions for the aligned Line of Business. Must have good business acumen, broad knowledge of technologies and tools and be a subject matter expert in certain areas. Get aligned with a specific Line of Business and maintains close working relationships with senior management to understand Line of Business goals and requirements. Develop research on emerging technologies, try them out and propose how such will significantly impact how to deliver KP's business through technology. Hands on experience is a must in Proof of Technologies and prototypes, with proven track record. Participate in and/or conduct architectural, design and code reviews. Articulate the architecture/design in various UML/non UML diagrams and guide the development team and/or other architects to leverage and implement the solution. Be able to quickly understand and synthesize the business requirements and help the various stakeholders in visualizing the solution. Able to connect technology and concepts to financial impacts resulting in Total Cost of Operations (TCO) estimates and projections. Continuously looks for ways to reduce cost and increase speed to market. Strong leadership skills to bring all the stakeholders together; consensus builder and thought leader.