Lead Cloud Architect - NoSQL Databases at Humana
Louisville, KY
$142,300–$195,700from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Louisville, KY
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level cloud database architecture role at a large U.S. healthcare insurer, focused on designing and governing enterprise NoSQL platforms — primarily MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, and Neo4j — across cloud environments. The position combines hands-on technical depth (Python scripting, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD automation) with cross-team leadership: setting standards, guiding migrations, and evaluating emerging vector and graph database technologies to shape the company's long-term data platform roadmap.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 140 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 55–250
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The title 'Lead Cloud Architect' maps to a Principal advertised level, but the actual requirements — 5+ years of experience, no explicit org-wide authority, and a scope limited to a specific platform domain — support a Senior classification.
MongoDB, Azure Cosmos DB, and Neo4j are listed together under Required Qualifications with 'or similar' language; they are treated as a single interchangeable gate on NoSQL platform experience, with MongoDB listed as the primary name and the others as alternatives.
Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, and Jenkins are listed as interchangeable options under Required Qualifications; Azure DevOps is used as the primary name.
Terraform and Ansible are listed as interchangeable options under Required Qualifications; Terraform is used as the primary name.
GitHub Copilot and Claude are listed as examples of AI-assisted engineering tools under Required Qualifications; GitHub Copilot is used as the primary name.
GCP appears in Required Qualifications but only as a secondary option alongside Azure ('Azure and/or GCP'); it is captured separately as preferred to reflect its secondary status.
MongoDB Atlas, Kubernetes, and vector databases appear only under Preferred Qualifications.
The role is fully remote per the posting, though occasional travel to Humana offices may be required.
Humana is headquartered in Louisville, KY; the CBSA reflects that location, though the role is remote-US and not geographically restricted.
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