Anticipated End Date:
2026-06-20

Position Title:
Integration Architect Sr

Job Description:

Locations: Ashburn VA, New York NY, Iselin NJ, Grand Prairie TX, Indianapolis IN

Hybrid 1: This role requires associates to be in-office 1 - 2 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace. Alternate locations may be considered if candidates reside within a commuting distance from an office.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.

Position Overview:

Develops and maintains integration reference architecture articulating cost effective, efficient integration of applications and databases internally and with external business partners. Creates the overall architecture vision for integration technologies and ensures specific components are appropriately designed and leveraged; contributes to the holistic vision of solution architecture for data, applications and AI. Creates Integration-related reference architecture frameworks and patterns. Drives the creation of integration-specific blueprints and roadmaps. Integration subject matter expert and advisor who creates best practices and ensures alignment with the future state integration reference architecture. Promotes adoption of industry best practices for integration architecture frameworks, tools, standards and guidelines.

How you will make an impact:

• Define Integration Strategy: Lead the design and evolution of integration architecture aligned with business priorities, digital transformation, and cloud-first strategy.
• Architect Scalable Integration Solutions: Design secure, scalable integration patterns leveraging API-led, event-driven, and microservices-based architectures across hybrid environments (on-prem, cloud, SaaS).
• API, Data and Integration Governance: Establish standards and governance for Data, APIs, messaging, events, and data integration to ensure consistency, reuse, and compliance.
• Streaming & Event-Driven Architecture Expertise: Design and implement real-time data streaming solutions using platforms such as Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, or similar, enabling high-throughput, low-latency integration patterns.
• AI-Enabled Integration & Automation: Incorporate AI/ML capabilities into integration architectures (e.g., intelligent routing, anomaly detection, predictive workflows) and leverage AI services for smarter orchestration and decisioning.
• Modern Integration Protocols & MCP (Model Context Protocol): Drive adoption of modern integration paradigms including MCP and AI-agent interoperability patterns to enable seamless integration with LLM-based and agent-driven ecosystems.
• Data Foundation: Knowledge about data domain along with good understanding of data governance and stewardship.
• Technology Leadership & Platform Ownership: Evaluate and lead integration platform adoption (MuleSoft, Azure Integration Services, Boomi, etc.) ensuring scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Transformation & Modernization Leadership: Lead migration from legacy point-to-point integrations to API-first and event-driven architectures, supporting enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Security, Compliance & Resilience: Ensure all integrations adhere to security standards, data privacy regulations, and enterprise resiliency requirements including zero-trust and secure API design.
• Thought Leadership & Stakeholder Influence: Provide architectural leadership, mentor teams, and influence senior stakeholders with forward-looking integration roadmaps and emerging technology adoption.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires an BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field of study and a minimum of 5 years of experience in architecture/design in relevant technology disciplines; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences:

• Experience leading large enterprise engineering, scaled agile, technology strategy, driving end-to-end SDLC quality, governance, and metrics.
• Strong cross-functional leadership to embed quality ownership across engineering, product, and operations teams.
• Deep understanding of compliance, security, and data privacy aligned to testing and validation processes.

For candidates working in person or virtually in the below location(s), the salary* range for this specific position is $125,600 to $226,080

Locations: New Jersey; New York

In addition to your salary, Elevance Health offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The salary offered for this specific position is based on a number of legitimate, non-discriminatory factors set by the Company. The Company is fully committed to ensuring equal pay opportunities for equal work regardless of gender, race, or any other category protected by federal, state, and local pay equity laws.

* The salary range is the range Elevance Health in good faith believes is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from posting based on geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level. Even within the range, the actual compensation will vary depending on the above factors as well as market/business considerations. No amount is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable under the terms and conditions of the applicable policies and plans. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee

Job Level:
Non-Management Exempt

Workshift:
1st Shift (United States of America)

Job Family:
IFT > IT Architecture

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.