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Healthcare Enterprise Architect

Healthcare Enterprise Architect

Care New England Health SystemPawtucket, RI, US
22 hours ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

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 organization’s 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 organization’s 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 :

  • Bachelor’s 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.

    • Additional Information / Position Activity :

    Effectively prioritize work to complete responsibilities within required timeframes.

    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, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center, are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research, attracting top specialty-trained doctors, and honing renowned services and innovative programs to engage in the important discussions people need to have about their health.

    EEOC Statement : Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

    Ethics Statement : Employee conducts himself / herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.

    Americans with Disability Act Statement : External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

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