Lead Technical Architect

Company :

Highmark Health

We are seeking an experienced Lead Technical Architect to join our AI Platforms and Services (AIPS) team and guide the system design and solution architecture for a diverse set of enterprise AI initiatives. The AIPS team is a critical enabler of AI-driven innovation within the company, functioning as an internal service provider to deliver cutting-edge AI solutions and infrastructure. In this role, you will be instrumental in translating business needs into robust technical solutions that align with strategic goals and enable long-term success across the organization.

As the Lead Technical Architect, you will be responsible for the end-to-end technical vision for our enterprise-grade platforms. You will lead the design of scalable, secure, and maintainable systems, and implement robust enterprise integrations using APIs, messaging systems, and data pipelines in complex, heterogeneous environments. While collaborating closely with cross-functional teams—including Business Stakeholders, Data Science, Engineering, and Product—you will help set the strategic technical direction and drive the development and integration of AI-enabled solutions.

Your leadership will be critical in evaluating and recommending technologies, leading proof-of-concept (POC) efforts, and presenting architectural designs to the Architecture Review Board.

The ideal candidate brings a strong software engineering and solution architecture background, deep experience in Python, and a solid understanding of enterprise integrations. They will have a passion for staying current with advancements in AI, cloud, and enterprise technologies, proactively identifying opportunities for innovation that align with Highmark's roadmaps. While deep AI expertise is not required, familiarity with AI solutioning is a definite plus.

This individual will also ensure all solutions comply with regulatory standards, including HIPAA and other Healthcare IT requirements.

The AI Platforms and Services team is revolutionizing how our organization leverages AI. Our team culture is highly collaborative, innovative, and results oriented. We value continuous learning, open communication, and a commitment to excellence. As a key technical leader, you will provide mentorship and guidance to project teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence. Join us and help build the future of AI at Highmark Health!

• Lead to provide strategic consultation to business customers in defining or designing business processes, functions and organizational structures, as well as in researching, identifying and internally marketing enabling technologies based on customer capability requirements. Facilitate development of the most complex enterprise business solutions that combine knowledge of particular business processes and issues, general technological options, and process facilitation techniques. Lead and participate in enterprise strategy development, including environmental analysis, opportunity identification, value cases and business innovation portfolio development.

• Specify and design large or the most complex systems, solutions, networks, infrastructure elements, or processes. Select appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensures that they are applied effectively. Lead reviews of others’ system design to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology. Establish policy for selection of architecture components. Evaluate and undertake impact analysis on the most complex major design options.
  
  Ensure that the system architecture balances functional, service quality and systems management requirements.

• Use appropriate tools, including models of components and interfaces, to contribute to the development of the most complex architectures. Produce detailed component requirements, specifications and translates these into detailed solutions/designs for implementation using selected products. Provide advice on technical aspects of system development, integration (including requests for changes, deviations…