Senior Architect, Information Systems (Azure Databricks) - REMOTE

Job Summary

Architects company specific systems and technology expertise across multiple infrastructure and development disciplines.

Applies and promotes key principles (e.g. stability, scalability, performance, security, compatibility, re-use), helping ensure a balance between tactical and strategic technology solutions. Considers business problems "end-to-end" : including people, process, and technology, both within and outside the enterprise, as part of any design solution. Promotes use of industry and enterprise technology standards. Monitors emerging technologies for potential application within or across the Corporation. Adheres to design and application development standards, methodology and, framework within Architectural compliance and governance.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Industry specialist for multiple technologies, including s / w development platforms and infrastructure.

Practices and leads solution architecture and applications design in adherence to SW development standards and an enterprise approach.

Architects and designs system solutions solving business problem.

Establishes architectural guardrails, CI / CD enforcement controls, and design validation criteria to maintain platform integrity and operational excellence.

Evaluates solution proposals for standardization, security alignment (e.g., RBAC, data masking), cost optimization, and interoperability within the Data Lakehouse ecosystem.

Champions the integration of FinOps, data lineage, and auditability standards into every phase of the solution design lifecycle.

Continuously assesses and updates architecture maturity models and ARB playbooks, fostering continuous improvement and architectural discipline.

Serves as a key advisor to project and portfolio governance teams, helping prioritize and resolve architectural exceptions, deviations, and strategic trade-offs.- Works closely with business teams and other IT teams to align solutions with the enterprise strategic direction.

Defines and enforces architecture principles, standards, and controls related to data ingestion, processing, storage, metadata, security, and access patterns in cloud-native lakehouse implementations.

Ensures alignment of architecture decisions with enterprise data strategy, governance, compliance frameworks, and platform standards.

Facilitates cross-functional design reviews and owns the ARB intake, evaluation, and feedback process, enabling structured approval workflows for new initiatives and design changes.

Maintains and evolves reference architectures, solution blueprints, and decision logs, ensuring traceability and reuse across projects.- Builds relationship with executive leadership, technical teams (applications, infrastructure and others), vendors etc. to understand and solve problems.

Communicates architectural intent and decisions effectively to executive stakeholders, governance bodies, and technical teams, driving alignment and transparency.- Provides leadership and direction to the engineers in the team and across the enterprise.- Leads architectural committees and peer group discussions in adherence to industry standards.

Leads solution architecture reviews and approvals as part of the Architecture Review Board (ARB) function for Data Lakehouse platforms across the enterprise.- Responsible to support the application system / service owner for system performance, budgeting and planning.- Responsible for application system stability and scalability related activities.- Responsible for alignment with project methodologies and change management processes.- Responsible to organize, manage and lead cross-team project tasks and deliverables.- Responsible for providing architectural direction to the group and enterprise at large- Responsible for presentations and solutions submitted to technical and business review committees.- Responsible for effectively utilizing the overall business knowledge for architecting solutions.- Exemplify cross-organization teamwork, collaboration, communication and leadership.

Collaborates with platform owners, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to evaluate design consistency, risk posture, and architectural completeness.- Provides constructive feedback on people, process and technology for continuous improvement..

Job Qualifications

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Required Experience

2+ years of hands-on technical implementation experience in mid to large IT Enterprise environments.

5-6 years of IT technical experience with IT enterprise infrastructure.

2+ years of demonstrated leadership experience.

Preferred Experience

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

5+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or solution architecture roles, with direct involvement in ARB, governance, or standards oversight.

Extensive hands-on and review experience with Data Lakehouse architectures on platforms like Azure (ADLS, Databricks, Purview)

Strong knowledge of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, Zachman) and familiarity with governance tools and architecture repositories.

Demonstrated experience implementing and reviewing architecture standards for data ingestion pipelines, structured / unstructured storage layers, metadata systems, and security frameworks.

Working knowledge of CI / CD, DevOps practices, and tools used to enforce architectural guardrails and quality gates.

Experience with data governance tools and catalogs (e.g., Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, Collibra) and integration into ARB review processes.

Familiarity with compliance standards and regulatory needs (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2) within data platforms

Strong ability to assess technical architecture for scalability, reusability, cost efficiency, and alignment with platform capabilities.

Skilled in conducting peer reviews, leading technical design discussions, and writing detailed evaluation reports or exceptions summaries.

Cloud architecture certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Databricks Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional) are strongly preferred.

Multiple projects Architecture experience.

Experience in regulated or data-sensitive industries such as healthcare, finance, or government is a plus.

Azure Databricks.

To all current Molina employees : If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply through the intranet job listing.

Molina Healthcare offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Molina Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M / F / D / V.

Pay Range : $107,028 - $208,446 / ANNUAL