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Principal Chief Architect
Humana INC · 🇺🇸 11 Locations
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Humana INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles29 certified filings for “Senior Cloud Architect” (Information Technology Project Managers) in KY: $127k–$156k, median $145k. Most were filed at wage level IV (90%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Humana INC
The US Department of Labor certified 260 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 130 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Become a part of our caring community The Principal Chief Architect is a dual-mandate leadership role that unifies product strategy and solution architecture across CenterWell's four core business segments: Pharmacy, Primary Care Organization (PCO), Home Solutions, and Humana Military. This senior individual contributor serves as the connective tissue between business vision and technical execution—owning cross-segment product roadmaps while simultaneously authoring and governing the architectural blueprints that underpin them. You will operate within CenterWell IT – Cross-CenterWell Architecture, partnering with segment product leaders, engineering teams, EA Activation, security, data, and compliance to deliver integrated, interoperable health solutions that serve members, providers, and partners across the full care continuum. Your decisions shape what gets built, how it gets built, and the standard by which all four segments measure delivery readiness. DAY-TO-DAY Key Activities • Define and own a unified cross-segment product roadmap that balances segment-specific priorities against shared platform investments, and communicates trade-offs clearly to leadership. • Establish and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and integration standards applicable across all four CenterWell segments. • Conduct cross-segment discovery sessions, design workshops, and architecture reviews to surface shared needs, resolve competing priorities, and prevent duplicative build. • Own and prioritize top-level product backlogs for shared platforms, partnering with segment product owners to decompose initiatives into delivery-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria and non-functional requirements (NFRs). • Define integration contracts, API standards, and domain boundaries for cross-segment data flows spanning pharmacy, clinical, home health, and military health domains. • Lead architecture checkpoints and risk reviews for cross-segment initiatives; represent the combined product and architecture perspective in governance forums (ARB, TRB, MOR). • Translate product vision into architectural runways and delivery-ready specifications that engineering teams across segments can act on immediately. • Identify and steward opportunities for component and pattern reuse across segments; build the case for platform consolidation where segment convergence creates lasting efficiency. • Serve as the primary liaison between segment business leaders, engineering leads, EA Activation, security, and the enterprise CIO organization. Use your skills to make an impact Required Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. • 10+ years of progressive IT experience spanning product management, solution architecture, or a meaningful combination of both disciplines. • 5+ years of solution architecture or senior product ownership experience within healthcare IT; demonstrated delivery in regulated environments (HIPAA/PHI, HITECH); experience across payer, provider, pharmacy, or government health domains preferred. • Proven track record owning and prioritizing cross-functional product backlogs and roadmaps across multiple business lines or segments simultaneously, including managing competing stakeholder demands at the executive level. • Hands-on architecture experience with Azure services (Azure API Management, Event Hub, Service Bus, Azure Data Factory, AKS, Azure AD/Entra ID); working knowledge of Snowflake or Databricks data platform patterns. • Deep competency in API design and governance, event-driven architecture, and microservices patterns; experience with FHIR R4 and HL7 interoperability standards in healthcare contexts. • Demonstrated ability to produce reference architectures