Principal Data & Solution Architect

Cigna

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
CT
Salary
$137,300–$228,900 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Similar $191k
This role $183k
$121k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays more than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$216,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $183k versus about $191k 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 40 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $138,601–$204,700 across 22 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Data & Solution Architect

As a Principal Data & Solution Architect, you will serve as a technical authority and individual contributor within the data and digital product solution architecture team. You will be responsible for designing reusable, enterprise-agnostic data models and solution architectures based on medallion architecture models including Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers. Your daily work involves translating high-level architectural direction into concrete blueprints, refactoring bespoke solutions into governed sources, and applying AI and automation to accelerate the modeling cycle. You will collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to ensure designs are production-ready and integrated via CI/CD pipelines. Key requirements include expertise in data modeling, solution design, and automated code evaluation. This role solves the challenge of moving from one-off builds to scalable, reusable assets within a complex enterprise environment while maintaining strict governance and quality standards.

What you'll do

  • Design reusable, scalable data models and solution architectures based on enterprise medallion architecture.
  • Produce concrete architectural artifacts including data models, blueprints, reference patterns, and design specifications.
  • Refactor bespoke, one-off solutions into centralized, production-ready assets on the Silver model.
  • Apply AI and automation to accelerate modeling cycles while maintaining governance and security standards.
  • Partner with engineering teams to ensure designs are implemented correctly through governed CI/CD pipelines.
  • Serve as the technical authority by establishing architecture standards and best practices for others.
  • Mentor engineers and analysts on data modeling, architectural design, and reusable asset creation.

What we're looking for

  • Deep, hands-on experience as a data architect or solution architect in complex enterprise environments.
  • Expert knowledge of medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and reusable data modeling.
  • Proven ability to translate architectural direction into concrete, buildable data models and solution designs.
  • Experience refactoring bespoke solutions into reusable, production-ready assets.
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated code evaluation for production deployment.
  • Demonstrated ability to apply AI and automation to accelerate modeling and design while maintaining governance.
  • Strong technical communication skills and experience mentoring engineers on architecture best practices.

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