Senior Solution Architect, Public Health Systems at Altarum

Altarum is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deliver next‑generation health information exchange (HIE), disease‑surveillance, and registry solutions—while weaving advanced AI/ML capabilities into every layer. You’ll steer local, state, federal, and commercial clients through the interoperability landscape (TEFCA, HL7, FHIR), architect cloud‑native, API‑driven platforms, and help win and implement complex data/SaaS contracts.

• Architect end‑to‑end HIE, registry, and surveillance workflows—including ELR, eCR, syndromic surveillance, cancer registries, immunization registries, and vital records—aligned with TEFCA, CDC/NNDSS/NCHS, and QHIN specifications.
• Integrate AI/ML components (e.g., NLP for unstructured data extraction, predictive analytics, generative‑AI assistants) into clinical‑ and public‑health data pipelines, ensuring model governance and bias mitigation.
• Define integration patterns using HL7 FHIR resources, RESTful APIs, and legacy HL7 v2 interfaces while preserving backward compatibility with provider EHRs and public‑health systems.
• Analyze the interoperability competitive landscape—benchmark vendors, surface customer pain points, and craft differentiating roadmaps.
• Lead technical discovery & pre‑sales workshops; partner with capture teams to position complex data/SaaS offerings for local, state and federal procurements.
• Design and enforce API security (OAuth 2.0/OIDC, Mutual TLS, SMART scopes), privacy segmentation, and HIPAA/HITRUST safeguards.
• Mentor engineering & Dev Ops teams on micro‑services, CI/CD, IaC, automated FHIR testing, and MLOps.
• Communicate architectures to senior executives at national and state levels—translating deep technical concepts into clear business value.
• Author technical proposals and develop accurate levels of effort and pricing to guide seamless transition from award to delivery and ensure profitable execution.

• 8+ years designing and engineering large‑scale health‑IT systems, including hands‑on engineering expertise; 3+ years in a lead/architect role.
• Expertise in HL7 FHIR (profiling, IG creation, bulk data) and HL7 v2 messaging workflows.
• Deep understanding of the interoperability market—vendors, regulations, and customer challenges.
• Experience with disease‑surveillance platforms (e.g., ELR, eCR, Bio Sense, ESSENCE), and state/federal registries (cancer, immunization, newborn screening).
• Track record integrating AI/ML solutions—such as predictive risk models, NLP pipelines, or generative‑AI copilots—into production health‑IT environments.
• Pre‑sales or sales‑engineering background supporting complex data/SaaS offerings and driving successful implementations.
• Familiarity with state and federal contracting life cycles (RFPs, IDIQs/GWACs, proposal compliance).
• Exceptional executive‑level communication skills—able to distill technical concepts for CIOs, CMOs, and policy leaders.
• Cloud architecture expertise on AWS, Azure, or GCP (Kubernetes, serverless).
• Security & compliance: OAuth 2.0, SMART scopes, Mutual TLS, HIPAA, NIST 800‑53, HITRUST CSF.
• Bachelor’s in CS, Information Systems, Biomedical/Public Health Informatics, or equivalent.

• TOGAF, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, or comparable certification.
• Experience integrating payer systems (CMS APIs, DaVinci IGs) or applying advanced analytics to public‑health surveillance.
• Exposure to USCDI+, SDOH data models, and patient‑mediated exchange.
• Master’s degree in Health or Public‑Health Informatics.

• Strategic thinker with a sales‑savvy mindset—balancing client value, delivery feasibility, and competitive positioning.
• Trusted partner to cross‑functional teams: product, compliance, capture, data‑science, and engineering.
• Comfortable leading distributed agile teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Bias for action, continuous‑learning mindset, and commitment to health‑equity goals.

• At this time we will only accept candidates who are presently eligible to work in the United States and will not require sponsorship.
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