The Solutions Architect reflects the mission vision and values of NM adheres to the organizations Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program and complies with all relevant policies procedures guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. The Solutions Architect is creative and able to operate in spaces without clear solutions.
The primary function of this position is to research solutions to business & clinical problems leverage all tools at our disposal to brainstorm solutions and execute solutions from conception to design to implementation engaging others as necessary for additional input.
Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative highvalue solutions to transform health care.
We are committed to supporting the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to our patients and guests as well as internal clients across the organization. To ensure excellence our team goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that our systems work together seamlessly.
Northwestern Medicine understands that technology plays an integral role in shaping the future of health care. Information Services strategically supports the organization by:
- Leveraging AI automation and rollout of advanced cyber controls that support digital transformation strategies
- Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas
- Furthering development of the end user support model to help enhance modern infrastructure
Responsibilities:
- Execute the relevant portions of the architecture program (e.g. standards patterns governance etc.) with their assigned solution development teams.
- Ensure that projects and product development conform to architectural standards
- Participate in the architecture community of practice
- Educate nonarchitecture team members on the why behind standards reference architectures etc.
- Contribute to the creation of product and capability roadmaps. Ensure the ESA is aware of these roadmaps
- Support architectural governance by conforming to review requirements
- Ensure that relevant solution design documentation is created maintained and stored for reference purposes
- Ensure that technical debt reduction is included in the backlog of each assigned team
- Contribute to capturing and analyzing ESA metrics
- Actively collaborate with architects in other domains during solution design and development
- Prioritize composability and digitalfirst in solution design
Qualifications :
Required:
- 1 3 years in enterprise application technical or information architecture design
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or Information Technology or other degree with significant related IT and leadership experience
- Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of application delivery methods and familiarity with how portfolios of systems work together to create enterprise solutions
- Demonstrated results managing and/or influencing team members and serving as role model / mentor
- Demonstrated expert knowledge on variety of domain specific areas (i.e. coding languages such as C C JAVA .NET C# Python SQL etc.; Applications such as Epic ServiceNow etc.; Technology such as Microsoft AI/ML Orchestration etc.; Interoperability expertise such as FHIR APIs etc.)
- Understanding of current IT trends key vendors and their impact on business strategies Cloud technologies Mobile applications BI architecture agile IT processes usability architecture frontend design etc.
- Demonstrate ability to learn new technologies and leverage available tools to expand knowledge in areas outside existing scope of knowledge
- Pragmatic articulate persuasive to execute architectural solutions from conception to deployment including change management with key stakeholders
- Demonstrate ability to mentor & guide junior team members for both solution architecture & professional development
- Ability to effectively translate and present technology solutions in business or management terms
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
Preferred:
- 4 years in healthcare information technology
Additional Information :
Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age sex race color religion national origin gender identity veteran status disability sexual orientation or any other protected status.
If we offer you a job we will perform a background check that includes a review of any criminal convictions. A conviction does not disqualify you from employment at Northwestern Medicine. We consider this on a casebycase basis and follow all state and federal guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime