Architecture Senior Manager

Digital Technology: GenAI Architecture Senior Manager

Evernorth exists to elevate health for all, because we believe health is the starting point for

human potential and progress. As champions for affordable, predictable, and simple health

care, we solve the problems others don’t, won’t or can’t. We are passionate about making

healthcare better by delivering world-class solutions that make a real difference. We are always

looking upward. And that starts with finding the right talent to help us get there.

Responsibilities

 Define the enterprise GenAI architecture strategy, including LLM selection, RAG

patterns, vector stores, orchestration, and AI governance.

 Architect secure, scalable, and highly available AI platforms across cloud

environments.

 Evaluate and select new LLMs, frameworks, tools, and vendors; drive PoCs and

architectural decisions.

 Prompt engineering design / analysis and evaluation

 Establish reference architectures, design patterns, and best practices for GenAI

adoption.

 Partner with security, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure

responsible AI implementation.

 Guide senior engineers and teams on complex architectural challenges.

 Provide technical leadership in executive and cross-organization forums.

 Ensure alignment between business outcomes, technology strategy, and

long-term platform evolution.

Required Experience / Qualifications

 Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s

preferred).

15–18+ years of experience in application architecture and platform engineering.

 Deep expertise in AI/ML and Generative AI architectures at enterprise scale.

 Strong understanding of LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and

conversational AI platforms.

 Extensive experience designing and deploying solutions on AWS, Azure, or

GCP.

 Proven experience architecting distributed, highly available, and security-first

systems.

 Experience driving enterprise PoCs, pilots, and large-scale rollouts.

 Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Desired Skills

 Serverless and event-driven architecture leadership.

 Experience defining AI governance, evaluation frameworks, and lifecycle

management.

 CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code leadership.

 Strategic mindset with strong influence without direct authority

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

About The Cigna Group

Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

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