BME Strategies · 2 months ago
Public Health Data Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelBME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in Public Health design and implementation programming. The Public Health Data Architect will lead the technical design and architecture of modernized public health data systems, ensuring interoperability and scalability while collaborating with various stakeholders to translate business needs into effective data solutions.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Lead the design and development of enterprise-level data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models for public health data environments
Develop schemas, integration patterns, crosswalks, and APIs to enable interoperability between disparate data sources (EHR, vital statistics, immunization registries, environmental health, MAVEN, etc.)
Establish scalable data infrastructure using platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Salesforce Public Sector Solutions, and Informatica
Design ETL/ELT pipelines to extract, transform, and harmonize data across structured and unstructured public health sources
Support implementation of FHIR, HL7, LOINC, ICD, and/or OMOP CDM standards to ensure semantic consistency and future-proofed system integration
Guide technical teams in implementing data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts for analytics and operational use
Establish standards for data modeling, metadata, interoperability, provenance, and quality monitoring
Collaborate with data governance experts to align architecture with stewardship, compliance, data classification, and security protocols
Ensure architecture supports high-priority use cases, including ELR, CDR, reportable condition surveillance, and Health Equity data monitoring
Collaborate with epidemiologists, IT teams, analytics staff, and public health program leads to translate business needs into data solutions
Serve as the technical liaison across state agencies, vendors, and modernization partners (CDC, HIEs, providers, etc.)
Recommend architecture scaling strategies for multi-agency interoperability and sustained modernization
Lead or advise teams on platform configuration, environment setup, identity and access management, and cloud deployment
Monitor emerging tools, data fabrics, and national DMI standards to future-proof system design
Communicate architectural decisions, principles, and implementation roadmaps to both technical and non-technical audiences
Qualification
Required
Expertise in data architecture, system integration, interoperability design, data engineering, and cloud-based health information infrastructure
Strong understanding of public health data systems and reporting needs
Experience in leading the design and development of enterprise-level data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models for public health data environments
Ability to develop schemas, integration patterns, crosswalks, and APIs to enable interoperability between disparate data sources (EHR, vital statistics, immunization registries, environmental health, MAVEN, etc.)
Experience in establishing scalable data infrastructure using platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Salesforce Public Sector Solutions, and Informatica
Experience in designing ETL/ELT pipelines to extract, transform, and harmonize data across structured and unstructured public health sources
Support implementation of FHIR, HL7, LOINC, ICD, and/or OMOP CDM standards to ensure semantic consistency and future-proofed system integration
Ability to guide technical teams in implementing data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts for analytics and operational use
Experience in establishing standards for data modeling, metadata, interoperability, provenance, and quality monitoring
Ability to collaborate with data governance experts to align architecture with stewardship, compliance, data classification, and security protocols
Ensure architecture supports high-priority use cases, including ELR, CDR, reportable condition surveillance, and Health Equity data monitoring
Ability to collaborate with epidemiologists, IT teams, analytics staff, and public health program leads to translate business needs into data solutions
Experience serving as the technical liaison across state agencies, vendors, and modernization partners (CDC, HIEs, providers, etc.)
Ability to recommend architecture scaling strategies for multi-agency interoperability and sustained modernization
Experience leading or advising teams on platform configuration, environment setup, identity and access management, and cloud deployment
Ability to monitor emerging tools, data fabrics, and national DMI standards to future-proof system design
Ability to communicate architectural decisions, principles, and implementation roadmaps to both technical and non-technical audiences
Company
BME Strategies
Founded in 2004, BME Strategies is a Massachusetts-based consulting firm specializing in consulting services to local, state, and national governments, healthcare institutions, professional associations, and non-profit organizations.
Founded in 2004
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Bryan Murphy-Eustis
Founder and Executive Director
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