HCF Hiring for Application Architects Job at Sydney Full Time

About HCF

At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover over 1.7 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.

HCF is embarking on a 3-year transformation journey designed to fast track our 2025 strategic objectives. The Accelerated Transformation Program is responsible for delivering initiatives spanning business and technology teams leveraging agile practices to deliver exceptional member, employee and partner experiences and outcomes.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Enterprise Architecture and Integration, this role exists to understand and translate the business, technical, functional and non-functional requirements into the application design artefacts to enable developers and testers to create efficient and reliable business applications.

Responsibilities:

• Defines and establishes the solution architecture for digital/web/portal, CRM, claim and other in-house business-critical applications
• Design and produce detailed application component specifications for all layers including data schema, business logic/behaviours, presentation UI, real-time transactions, notifications, in-app navigation, data modelling, validation, integration with HCF’s enterprise integration platform, load balancing, thread management and security etc.
• Manages relationships with the business to address concerns and understand the business need around requirements for new applications and communicates the impact of technical changes and decisions on business outcomes
• Researches and tests relevant technology, platforms and scale of software applications in order to incorporate the most appropriate technologies into application designs
• Converts business, technical, functional and non-functional requirements into the specific architecture and designs to enable development of optimal application outcomes
• Provides design guidance, artefacts, review, and assurance throughout the agile SDLC process
• Provides expert input and guidance into the planning and design phase of projects to ensure deliverables are consistent with HCF’s architecture

About you:

To be successful in the role you will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Proven leadership track record in designing and implementing complex, mission-critical and high traffic application architectures
• Experience in TOGAF, ZACHMAN or similar architectural frameworks
• Familiar with digital web, mobile app and CRM (Salesforce) building blocks
• Familiar with .NET Core and .NET Frameworks
• Familiar with serverless applications including Azure Functions and AWS Lambda
• Deep experience in designing software architectures that address all aspects such as security, deployment, performance, caching, scalability, and service availability
• Familiar with tools for architecture and application design, including VISIO, Gliffy, Confluence, and other diagramming tools.
• Capable of applying effective review and guidance during the implementation process to measure the compliance with technical design specifications and identify gaps/solutions
• Familiar with on-premise, Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and IPaaS), and hybrid deployment models
• Working knowledge of infrastructure including servers, storage, firewalls, load balancers, routers, etc.
• Development (SLDC) Background with the understanding of Agile techniques
• Excellent communication & written skills with ability to explain technical concepts to lay audiences.
• Team player with excellent relationship building skills and experience in leading and collaborating cross-team to ensure successful delivery of solutions

Culture

Working in the health insurance industry, we know how important it is to prioritise the wellbeing of our own people. We want to provide you with the skills and tools you need to support your wellbeing journey, so that you can be at your best.

We’re all about creating a fantastic people experience, guided by our values, so that we can in turn better deliver for our members. We work with our people to create a work experience that is inclusive, supportive, safe and respectful so we can do the best for our members.

Come and join our HCF team!

Benefits

• Up to 50% discount on health cover, pet & travel insurance
• Family & Friends day
• Organisational wide Recognition & Rewards program
• Generous Parental Leave Scheme
• Health & Wellbeing Initiatives

A career with us – How to Apply

Please check out our website at https://www.hcf.com.au/about-us/careers