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CommonSpirit Health · 5 hours ago

Principal IT Solutions Architect

Englewood, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$76.53/hr - $113.84/hr

15+ years exp

CommonSpirit Health is a leading nonprofit Catholic healthcare organization focused on building a healthier future through integrated health services. The Principal Solutions Architect will shape the future of digital health by designing and leading the architecture of critical digital experiences and virtual health capabilities, while driving innovation and collaborating with various teams to enhance patient care.

Health CareMedicalNon Profit

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex digital health platforms and clinical enablement solutions, focusing on scalability, security, and usability

Align architecture with business goals, KPIs, and OKRs related to patient engagement, digital front door, care navigation, remote care enablement, and the centralized Care Base and Patient Connection Centers

Serve as a primary technical advisor and architecture SME to senior leadership, digital product teams, and clinical and business partners on key technology decisions, providing insights and recommendations based on deep understanding of the digital health landscape

Accountable for rationalizing and streamlining third party applications in the Consumer and Clinical enablement portfolio, keeping the technology foundation and consumer, patient and staff experience top of mind

Develop, launch, and scale an architecture board review, as the accountable leader for its technology success, streamlining and rationalizing the Consumer and Clinical Enablement technology stacks

Establish and advocate for architecture standards, patterns, and design principles

Accountable leader to drive towards streamlined technology strategy and translate into an achievable roadmap; accountable leader to demonstrate progressive and continuous value

Driver of translating conceptual engineering concepts into deliverable plans; this leader is aware of the accountability from concept, to design, to scalable delivery, and relentless about executing on time, within budget, and high quality

Leads with unwavering ownership, understanding that the strength of our technology foundation is defined by its weakest link

This leader doesn't just acknowledge accountability for outcomes, but proactively drives actionable change to ensure success

Define and champion the long-term architectural vision for omni-channel digital health and the room of the future at CommonSpirit, ensuring that our technology investments are aligned with our strategic goals

Foster a culture of innovation and continuous learning across matrixed architecture, platform and engineering teams, encouraging experimentation and the adoption of new technologies

Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and trends, and implement recommendations on how they can be leveraged to improve patient care and the overall healthcare experience

Accountable for ensuring solutions are designed with a system-wide perspective, prioritizing scalability, sustainability, and long-term integration to create a cohesive and robust technology foundation

Serves as the central connector for lead architects across portfolios, fostering collaboration and driving architectural alignment through influence and technical leadership

Ensure interoperability between EHRs (e.g., Epic, Cerner), CRM platforms, and other clinical/operational systems through scalable integration patterns

Drive best-in-class software engineering practices across teams, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and modern DevSecOps pipelines

Guide the evolution of cloud-native platforms (GCP, Azure, or AWS), microservices, APIs (FHIR, HL7), and frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Flutter, etc.)

Lead architecture for omni-channel patient experiences across mobile, web, and digital health tools (e.g., self-scheduling, telehealth, remote monitoring), and ensures this seamlessly translates for the patient experience in room, and beyond

Collaborate closely with engineering managers, tech leads, and product leaders to ensure performant, high-quality codebases and robust systems design

Design intuitive and inclusive digital interfaces and services that improve the consumer journey and provider workflows

Act as a mentor and coach to architects and engineers across multiple teams and disciplines

Qualification

Cloud architectureHealthcare IT experienceAPIs RESTAPIs GraphQLAPIs FHIRSoftware engineering best practicesDigital health platformsAgile certificationsSystems thinkingCross-functional leadershipEmotional intelligence

Required

15+ years of experience in software engineering and/or application architecture

10+ years of experience in a senior technical leadership or principal-level role

Demonstrated experience in healthcare IT, digital health platforms, or clinical systems integration required

Expert level understanding of cloud architecture (GCP, AWS, or Azure), APIs (REST, GraphQL, FHIR), mobile/web development and Artificial Intelligence

Expert level understanding in modern backend full-stack systems and frontend language/frameworks

Advanced proficiency with modern API-led architecture, event-driven design, data driven services and healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR)

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Education, Management, or related field required; Master's degree preferred

Agile certifications strongly desired

Systems thinking and the ability to abstract and decompose complex problems

Demonstrated experience engaging, translating and influencing with both technical and non-technical executive level stakeholders; Strong verbal and written communication skills

Proven ability to align technical decisions to broader organizational strategy and goals

Deep experience working in Agile product environments and DevOps cultures

High emotional intelligence and cross-functional leadership ability in matrixed enterprise environments

A proven track record of driving innovation and delivering impactful results in a complex, enterprise environment

Company

CommonSpirit Health

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Common Spirit Health is a healthcare organization that provides research programs, home health programs, and virtual care services. It is a sub-organization of CommonSpirit Health.

Founded in 2019

Chicago, Illinois, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.commonspirit.org

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