Genesis10 is currently seeking a Solution Architect for a contract position with a leading pharmacy benefit manager client in MN. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. This position can work 100% remotely.
Compensation: $80.00 - $83.00 per hour, W2
Position Overview:
This role will support a large-scale healthcare program, with a focus on delivering pragmatic, scalable, secure, and compliant solution architectures aligned to business priorities, enterprise standards, and delivery timelines. The Solution Architect will work across business, application, data, security, and infrastructure stakeholders to define end-to-end solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements. This contractor is expected to provide architecture leadership across multiple major initiatives in the client environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for assigned initiatives, from early requirements shaping through architecture approval and delivery alignment
- Lead the design of solution architectures that support current business objectives and future-state scalability, extensibility, and cross-functional integration needs
- Translate business requirements into solution designs spanning applications, integrations, APIs, data flows, infrastructure, security, and operational considerations
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, platform strategies, security principles, and approved technology patterns
- Drive architecture decisions in collaboration with Enterprise Architects, Engineering Leads, and Product/Business partners
- Support build-vs-buy, legacy modernization, SaaS/PaaS integration, and other architectural option analysis for complex initiatives
- Develop reusable architecture artifacts, patterns, and recommendations that can be leveraged by future projects
- Anticipate and address cross-cutting concerns such as performance, resiliency, observability, fault tolerance, security, maintainability, and scalability
- Guide teams through architecture trade-offs, technical risks, dependency management, and decision-making
Primary Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of solution architecture experience with service-oriented and application-centric solutions across applications, data, services, and API initiatives
- 10+ years of overall IT experience, including at least 5 years in software development or application architecture
- Experience designing a range of solution types, including new system builds, legacy modernization/enhancement, build-vs-buy analysis, COTS integrations, and SaaS/PaaS-enabled solutions
- Strong experience in solution design patterns, architecture methods, and modern application/integration architecture approaches
- Experience with Agile Lean Architecture and the ability to operate effectively in iterative delivery environments
- Cloud architecture with emphasis on AWS and GCP
- Containerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes
- CI/CD and delivery enablement, including tools such as Jenkins and Git-based workflows
- Microservices and service decomposition strategies
- Event-driven architecture and mesh-style integration approaches
- API design and integration using REST, SOAP, and GraphQL
- Event streaming and messaging platforms such as Kafka
- Modern application development landscapes including Java, Angular, and React
Desired Skills:
- Advanced degree preferred
- Experience in Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM), healthcare, Medicaid, or other highly regulated domains
- Experience supporting claims adjudication or other high-volume transactional healthcare platforms
- Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), or similar enterprise Agile delivery models
- Experience designing for large-scale, high-availability, high-throughput environments with complex dependencies and multiple integration points
- Experience in cloud transformation, modernization, and hybrid architecture environments
- Familiarity with healthcare data exchange, integration-heavy ecosystems, and secure data-sharing patterns
If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!
Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.
For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:
- Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
- The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
- Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
- Behavioral Health Platform
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
- Voluntary Term Life Insurance
- 401K
- Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
- Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)
For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all of our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.
Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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