Architect - Java, Kafka,ReactJS

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, data and resources 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**

**Primary Responsibilities**:

- Drive innovation, optimize processes, and deliver high-quality architecture solutions
- Understand business objectives, review business scenarios, and plan acceptance criteria for proposed solution architecture
- Group capabilities logically and check their high-level viability with impacted IT teams as per roadmap options
- Propose and justify the right tools and technologies needed to build solutions
- Participate in Architecture Review, present solutions, and review other solutions
- Work with Enterprise architects to learn and adopt standards and best practices
- Design solutions adhering to applicable rules and compliances
- Stay updated with the latest technology trends to solve business problems with mínimal change or impact
- Prepare artifacts and compliment the architecture review board presentations to CIOs, including current, target, and future state solution diagrams along with transitional states
- Involve in solution prototyping, solution patterns, and reference architectures
- Help derive a high-level picture for the business to achieve its goals within a stipulated timeframe using a multi-solution and multi-phase approach
- Ensure strategic architecture alignment with the business roadmap and enterprise security compliance
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

**Required Qualifications**:

- 12+ years of proven experience in a similar role, leading and mentoring a team of architects and technical leads
- Experience in driving innovation, optimizing processes, and delivering high-quality solutions
- Knowledge of Java, Python, Spring, Spring boot framework, SQL, Mongo DBS, KAFKA, React JS, Bid Data, Dynatrace, Power BI kind of exposure
- Good knowledge of the latest happenings in the technology world
- Solid understanding of domain knowledge, and AI platforms and high-level architecture to use the AI based solutions
- Exposure to cloud platforms and tools
- Proven ability to think from a long-term perspective and arrive at intentional and strategic architecture
- Proven excellent communication and leadership skills
- Proven ability to provide consistent solutions across Lines of Business (LOB)
- At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone - of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income - deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission._