CHRISTUS Health ยท 3 hours ago
Information Technology Architect II - Network
San Antonio, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
4+ years expCHRISTUS Health is seeking an IT Architect II responsible for designing IT systems including infrastructure, security, and application architecture. The role involves providing enterprise architectural frameworks and leadership to ensure scalability, reliability, and availability of systems.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Assists in the development of the information system vision and strategy of the organization; assists in the development, implementation, communication, and promotion of strategic and tactical plans
Researches and participates in beta testing of new systems and technologies in order to better evaluate their suitability to the CHRISTUS environment
Evaluates proposed system acquisitions and provides critical input to the decision-making process relative to compatibility, cost, resource requirements, operations, and maintenance; develops plans and recommendations to improve the performance and efficiency of assigned systems; addresses all aspects of assigned systems, including hardware, software, outside services, etc.; considers cost-effectiveness, budget, and other resource issues in addition to technical issues; develops and implements standards and procedures for multiple areas of technology
Participates in development of standards, design and implementation of proactive processes to collect and report data and statistics on assigned systems; performs research and testing to verify impact and advisability of system installations; assists in development vendor support relationships
Maintains in-depth knowledge and current certification in various areas of information technology
Responsible for infrastructure design, performance modeling and capacity planning
Independently provides guidance and leadership on architecture design initiatives
Demonstrates ability to lead team through complex system design and implementation initiatives
Ensures architectures are flexible and support the business needs by maintaining an understanding of business strategies and infrastructure capabilities
Works with various technical resources across the team to facilitate the development of technical standards
Possesses communication skills and ability to develop and present solutions to all levels of management, including executive levels
Participates in requirements gathering, discovery, and interfacing with technical and business teams - establishing credibility in terms of experience, presentation and leadership of solutions development
Evaluates proposed new systems, system changes and additions, provides oversight into the decision process
Quickly and decisively acts in fast changing, unpredictable situations, shows tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations, is exceptional at spotting and seizing opportunities, proactively plans projects and tasks within application
Applies advanced level understanding of assigned clinical/business operations, processes, and workflows. Discusses, and identifies dependencies with project team members and stakeholders. Maintains collaborative customer relationships; Ensures the needs of the customer are fully represented in all updates
Reviews and provides feedback on documentation written by others. Articulates issues and complex concepts in appropriate manner based on the audience
Possesses the skill to develop strong and positive relationships with management at all levels
Demonstrates an advanced level of business strategies understanding, applies expertise to help meet customer goals and outcomes. Tackles new problems using experimentation, including successes and failure experiences. Creative problem solving beyond standard recommendations and practice
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
Minimum Four (4) years of experience in large corporate systems environments working with complex IT systems
Minimum Four (4) years of hands-on experience in infrastructure engineering, software development, system administration, system architecture, application architecture or data system architecture
Minimum Four (4) years of hands-on experience with system or application performance modeling and tuning
Preferred
TOGAF (The Open Group Architecture Framework) certification is preferred
Company
CHRISTUS Health
CHRISTUS Health is a Catholic not-for-profit health care system comprising more than 600 centers, including long-term care facilities, community hospitals, walk-in clinics and health ministries.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (43)
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2023 (54)
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2021 (22)
2020 (26)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Terry Kyle
CEO and CDO The Children's Hospital of San Antonio Foundation & Friends of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Fnd
Thomas Royer, MD
CEO Emeritus
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