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Blue Cross of Idaho · 5 hours ago

Director Enterprise Architecture & Common Technology Services

Meridian, ID

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $225K/yr

10+ years exp

Blue Cross of Idaho is seeking a Head of Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Common Technology Services to provide strategic and technical leadership for their enterprise technology ecosystem. This role involves ensuring IT investments align with business strategy and overseeing the design and governance of enterprise architecture and shared technology services for the healthcare payer enterprise.

Health InsuranceInsurance

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and execute the enterprise architecture vision, strategy, and operating model aligned with the organization’s business and digital transformation goals

Partner with business, IT, and transformation leaders to translate strategic objectives into enterprise technology capabilities and roadmaps

Lead the design and adoption of modern architectures (cloud-native, microservices, API-first, event-driven, and data-centric) that enable agility and interoperability across payer platforms

Establish architecture governance processes to ensure alignment, standardization, and reuse across applications, data, infrastructure, and security domains

Maintain the enterprise technology blueprint, including current and target-state architectures and transition plans

Guide major transformation programs (e.g., core platform modernization, cloud migration, digital front door, data modernization)

Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to embed security and privacy by design

Lead delivery and continuous improvement of shared enterprise technology services including:

Integration and API platforms

Cloud platforms and shared infrastructure

Enterprise DevSecOps tools

Monitoring, observability, and service management tools

Drive simplification, reuse, and scalability of common services across lines of business and across Information Technology

Manage vendor partnerships and technology lifecycle for enterprise platforms and tools

Establish and enforce enterprise technology standards, reference architectures, and design patterns

Ensure consistent use of modern, interoperable, and secure technologies across business applications

Partner with Procurement, Risk, and Compliance teams to assess emerging technologies and manage technical risk

Lead a high-performing team of enterprise architects, solution architects, and common services engineers

Collaborate closely with IT delivery teams, operations, and business stakeholders to drive alignment and execution

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, communicating architectural strategy and value in business terms

Qualification

Enterprise architecture frameworksCloud-native design principlesAPI managementHealthcare data standardsIntegration platformsData platformsHybrid cloud architecturesStakeholder managementInfluencing skillsStrategic visionPragmatic deliveryCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience (Two years' relevant work experience is equivalent to one-year college)

10+ years IT experience, to include 5-10 years of progressive IT leadership experience

3+ years leading enterprise architecture or common technology functions

Proven success designing and governing enterprise-scale architectures across multiple domains (applications, data, infrastructure, cloud, and security)

Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman) and cloud-native design principles

Expertise in modern integration, API management, data platforms, and hybrid cloud architectures

Strong understanding of healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, HIPAA) and interoperability requirements

Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills

Ability to balance long-term strategic vision with pragmatic delivery

Preferred

Experience in healthcare payer or other highly regulated industry

Benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Community service and self-care days

Medical/dental/vision/pharmacy insurance

401(k) matching and non-contributory plan

Life insurance

Short and long term disability

Education reimbursement

Employee assistance plan (EAP)

Adoption assistance program

Paid family leave program

Company

Blue Cross of Idaho

Blue Cross of Idaho operates as a health insurance company.

Founded in 1945

Meridian, Idaho, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.bcidaho.com/

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