TEKsystems · 1 day ago
Senior Enterprise Architect - Healthcare
Greater Chicago Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$148K/yr - $222K/yr
10+ years expTEKsystems is a growth solution provider that focuses on technology, strategy, design, execution, and operations. They are seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to lead client projects in developing enterprise architecture strategies primarily for healthcare clients, aligning business and IT transformation initiatives with enterprise objectives.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Engage with clients as a trusted advisor to understand their business goals, challenges, and strategic priorities and how they relate to their enterprise Architecture and potential transformational initiatives
Drive & facilitate and/or participate in strategy and planning workshops with key stakeholders and customers to pinpoint areas of value
Provides comprehensive analytical thinking to ensure transformation costs, impact, and value are properly understood, estimated, and controlled across people, processes, and technology
Collaborates with customers, vendors, industry consultants, and company leadership to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance our technology strategy and provide value for customers
Drive innovation and the adoption of best practices in business & transformation strategy development, modern enterprise architecture frameworks
Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to identify opportunities for innovation and strategic investment
Provide recommendations on technology adoption and implementation strategies based on client’s unique needs and outline architectural vision
Responsible for the development and maintenance of enterprise architecture technology blueprints that articulate the client’s business strategy, future state business and technology architecture, and multiyear execution roadmap within an account
Conduct comprehensive assessments of client’s current IT infrastructure and systems as it relates to their processes to identify areas for improvement, perform maturity analysis of key IT enablers
Leverage in-depth expertise in enterprise IT space, staying updated on the latest advancements on tools and services available in the market and guiding the team in applying best practices to build offering that can be delivered to customers at scale
Collaborates with other architects (Enterprise, Practice, & Client) to create and document standards and patterns that can be leveraged for future re-use and actively seek opportunities to leverage industry solutions for new business offerings and services
Develops and maintains the reference architecture which includes the reference models for enterprise platforms, data and applications and databases, guiding principles, standards, patterns, and usage guidelines
Create contextual and conceptual models that help document and simplify potentially complex topics
Understanding of Information Architecture of Information Architecture
Manages the creation and maintenance of models that identify interdependencies between application, information, and technologies
Work with Agentic AI and tools such as UiPath and Camunda to build out processes and create agents
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
10 or more years of broad and relevant business and IT Experience
7 or more years of broad healthcare experience knowledge (Payer & Provider)
5 or more years in enterprise architecture, solution design, and technical leadership roles
3 or more years in IT consulting and IT services organizations
Proven track record in building, leading, and successfully implementing architecture and strategy for large scale IT modernization
Champions portfolio to enterprise level strategic initiatives across multiple business units
Develop and maintain strategies and solutions for the enterprise in collaboration with executive leadership across the business and IT
Demonstrates thought leadership influencing one or more business units and has a tangible impact on the strategic direction of enterprise initiatives
Experience within the healthcare landscape and broad understanding of business problems, objectives, and potential solutions
Understanding and experience with enterprise transformation and the ability to see the big picture and connect the dots within an organization
Familiarity with building strategies that include AI and Gen AI implementations
Demonstrated proficiency in understanding enterprise architecture methodologies and ability to analyze complex business requirements and translate them into architectural solutions
Senior level architect who champions and continuously contributes to the advancement of the architecture operating model, governance, processes, policies, standards, and framework for the enterprise architecture capability
Has strong competencies and exhibits strong thought leadership in digital architecture domain, including digital applications, modern web app architecture, mobility architecture, cloud-native application architecture, micro-services architecture, integration, and interoperability
Broad understanding of Business Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Analytics, Integration Architecture, DevOps, Release Management, Infrastructure Platform Engineering and Cloud Operating models
Use repeatable architecture frameworks and processes to enable complex cross-functional initiatives related to major business initiatives
Understanding of application design & integration methods and tools
Understanding of in-depth business processes and how they are interconnected with systems and people
Familiarity with BPMN Files and how to work with them
Experience in using EA tools like Lean IX
Experience working with Business Process Tools such as Camunda and UiPath
Experience building agents in UiPath a plus
Possesses the excellent interpersonal skills necessary to articulate the value of a strong enterprise architecture function to critical business stakeholders
Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities
Displays strong learning agility and business acumen
Must be a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity
Collaborative, inclusive, adaptable
Customer first attitude
Willingness to continually learn
Occasional travel to client sites up to 25% (Subject to client asks)
Preferred
advanced degrees (Master's, Ph.D.) preferred
Certification from Lean IX, TOGAF, MODAF, DODAF, Business Architect Guild, or equivalent preferred
Benefits
Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc.
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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