Senior Principal Enterprise Architecture - Data, APIs, and Integration Architecture

Cigna

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Work type
Remote
Location
Morris Plains, NJAustin, TXBloomfield, CTSt. Louis, MO
Salary
$174,800–$291,300 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 16, 2026

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $210k
This role $233k
$147k most similar roles pay here $307k

This role pays more than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $184,325–$235,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $233k versus about $210k for comparable roles.

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About Cigna

The Cigna Group is a global health company, rebranded in 2023, that serves over 185 million customer relationships across 30+ countries.

Cigna currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $150,300–$205,800 across 30 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Enterprise Architecture - Data, APIs, and Integration Architecture

Enterprise Architecture Senior Principal – Data, APIs, and Integration Architecture serves as a senior contributor within the enterprise architecture team, establishing the northstar vision for modern data platforms and AI-enabled capabilities. This role is responsible for defining multi-year roadmaps, designing scalable data foundations, and creating integration strategies involving APIs, messaging, and event streaming. The individual will build out cloud-native databases, lakehouse architectures, and semantic layers while ensuring compliance with privacy and security requirements. Key technical competencies include expertise in Azure, AWS, or GCP ecosystems, Data Mesh, Data Fabric, and MLOps practices. The role addresses complex challenges in healthcare interoperability and the FHIR ecosystem to enable real-time decisioning. By establishing reusable patterns and governance frameworks, this position ensures that data is treated as a product to drive innovation across digital, security, and business domains.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute a multi-year enterprise data and analytics architecture strategy and roadmap.
  • Design modern data platforms including cloud-native databases, lakehouses, and real-time streaming pipelines.
  • Establish architectural standards for API-led connectivity, event-driven systems, and seamless data integration.
  • Integrate data governance, security, and privacy frameworks into all architectural designs.
  • Lead the architecture for AI/ML platforms, feature stores, and generative AI capabilities.
  • Create reusable reference architectures and patterns to ensure consistent enterprise adoption.
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to ensure technical designs are scalable and cost-efficient.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, data engineering, or analytics platforms.
  • Proven success defining data/analytics architecture strategies, target states, and roadmaps.
  • Experience working in large-scale, regulated enterprise environments such as healthcare or financial services.
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
  • Expertise in modern data platforms including Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric.
  • Expertise in cloud ecosystems (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, event-driven architecture, and streaming.
  • Expertise in data governance, security, privacy frameworks, and AI/ML advanced analytics platforms.

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