Healthcare Enterprise Architect

Job Summary:

The Healthcare Enterprise Architect will be a key member of the IT team, responsible for providing strategic

direction and technical expertise across multiple domains or technology areas. This role is critical in shaping and optimizing the application and technology landscape within the organization, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives of Care New England Health System.

The successful candidate must have a deep understanding of healthcare IT, strong communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative and scalable solutions. This comprehensive role integrates strategic vision, technical expertise, and operational excellence, ensuring that the healthcare organizations IT infrastructure aligns with its mission to deliver quality care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of Healthcare IT application and technology

architectures, including industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

Establish and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistency and

quality in solution delivery.

Collaborate with business stakeholders, application managers, and other leaders to define the

technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with the overall enterprise architecture.

Support strategic and tactical plans for Healthcare IT applications consistent with the organizations

goals.

Lead the design and architecture of complex solutions across multiple domains, considering scalability,

security, performance, and other architectural principles.

Provide technical leadership and mentorship to development teams, guiding them in implementing

solutions that adhere to architectural principles.

Identify potential risks and challenges across the enterprise architecture to develop mitigation

strategies to address them proactively.

Collaborate with domain architects, enterprise architects, and stakeholders to ensure cross-domain

and cross-functional alignment.

Act as a liaison between the IT department and the end-user community.

Assess third-party solutions and technologies, making recommendations for adoption or integration.

Work with IT leadership and vendors to specify and acquire products and services.

Create and maintain architectural documentation, including diagrams, design specifications, and

technical documentation to support development teams.

Cultivate informatics disciplines to maximize understanding and metrics-based improvement in IT

effectiveness, quality, and patient safety.

Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and certifications to enhance domain

expertise.

Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Perform fiscal activities relevant to assigned areas, including budget management, purchasing requests, and contract management.

Requirements:

Bachelors degree in information technology, Computer Services, or a related field.

7-10 years of experience in a similar role, with 5-7 years focused on application, solution, or enterprise

architecture.

Experience in healthcare IT is highly preferred.

Enterprise Architecture Framework certifications such as TOGAF.

Knowledge of systems development methodology, programming, analysis, and troubleshooting.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Experience with AWS implementation and cloud technologies, including architecture, migration,

and optimization.

Experience with data centers, databases, data modeling, business strategy, auditing, and

compliance.

Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools.

Effectively prioritize work to complete responsibilities within required time frames.

Evaluate areas in need of improvement and provide input to enhance methods, services,

programs, or technology.

Use proper judgment and established practices when addressing problems or issues.

Establish and maintain effective relationships with customers, gaining trust and respect.

Anticipate customer needs and proactively address them.

Dedicate efforts to meet and exceed the expectations of internal and external customers.

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions, Butler Hospital,…