Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

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United States

External Job Description and Responsibilities

Job Overview

The Enterprise Architect is responsible for expanding enterprise architecture as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives. This role partners with business and IT stakeholders to understand the "how" and the "why" behind processes, capabilities, and technology needs, and translates those needs into clear, decision-grade architecture artifacts. The Enterprise Architect contributes to enterprise roadmaps, standards, and governance by producing current-state and target-state models (concept/system/owner and as built/system/owner), maintaining enterprise repositories (LeanIX and associated architecture libraries), and facilitating collaborative working sessions that improve alignment and delivery outcomes.

Essential Duties \& Responsibilities

Strategy \& Planning* Partner with business and IT stakeholders to translate goals, processes, and capability needs into current-state and target-state architecture views

• Contribute to the enterprise architecture roadmap by identifying dependencies, sequencing, and reusable patterns that reduce duplication and improve delivery speed
• Create and maintain architecture models and artifacts in enterprise tooling (LeanIX, reference library, diagrams) to improve accuracy, completeness, and decision support
• Assist with methods and procedures for tracking quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement opportunities across the application portfolio
• Support feasibility studies and analysis (lifecycle, capacity, usage requirements) in coordination with domain architects and engineering teams
• Partner with security and infrastructure stakeholders to ensure designs consider security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving requirements

Acquisition \& Deployment* Support enterprise-level initiatives (new systems, upgrades, rollouts, and M\&A) by documenting architecture, integration impacts, and transition states

• Participate in vendor and solution evaluations by capturing requirements, mapping processes, documenting options and trade-offs, and assessing alignment to standards
• Ensure solution proposals include required architecture artifacts and governance inputs for review and approval

Operational Management* Participate in architecture governance forums (e.g., ARB, design panels) by reviewing materials, facilitating working sessions as needed, documenting outcomes, and tracking follow-up actions

• Help develop, socialize, and maintain enterprise architecture standards, reference architectures, and reusable patterns
• Maintain and improve LeanIX and supporting architecture repositories as sources of truth, including data quality, completeness, and artifact linkage
• Document the enterprise architecture environment to maintain an accurate view of current-state and target-state topography, including system connections and dependencies
• Identify opportunities for reuse, migration, consolidation, or retirement of systems and integrations; communicate recommendations and impacts
• Address enterprise problems related to systems integration, compatibility, and multi-platform integration by mapping interfaces, data flows, and ownership
• Coordinate with delivery teams to ensure architecture decisions are understood and implemented; escalate risks and issues as needed
• Contribute to continuous improvement of governance processes, templates, and documentation practices (including process mapping and decision records)

Our Values* We advance exceptional clinical quality care and uncompromised patient safety

• We center on trust, well-being, and respect
• We forge partnerships with our clients that support our communities and enhance the lives of our patients
• We support our decisions with comprehensive, evidence-based measures
• We prioritize stability, longevity, and innovation to foster growth

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience* Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, or equivalent experience

• 3\+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, architecture analysis, or a related technical role
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong documentation and facilitation capability
• Experience supporting architecture governance processes, procedures, and decision support communication
• Ability to facilitate working sessions to document current-state and target-state architecture and business processes (process mapping)
• Strong organizational and documentation skills; ability to maintain accurate architecture artifacts and decision records
• Hands-on knowledge of enterprise repository and diagramming tools (LeanIX, LucidChart, or equivalent)
• Working knowledge of systems integration concepts, data flows, and multi-platform environments
• Working business and technical knowledge of current systems software and standards, including cloud fundamentals and modern design patterns
• Familiarity with applicable healthcare privacy and security practices and laws
• Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders, drive progress to defined goals, and communicate trade-offs clearly
• Demonstrated analytical skills to understand the "how" and the "why" behind requirements and operational processes
• Comfort operating with moderate independence; uses judgement appropriately to escalate and collaborate on issues

Personal Attributes* Excellent client/user interaction skills to build relationships and trust

• Strong written and oral communication skills; able to translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills; comfortable facilitating cross-functional groups
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language and produce clear, decision-grade documentation

Beneficial Experience* Agile program management and organizational skills; experience with Azure DevOps a plus

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon Web Services and common cloud design patterns
• Healthcare IT experience and strong business awareness a plus
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks or a willingness to adopt a tailored, lean architecture framework
• The ability to lead and influence teams through collaboration and facilitation

Location

Remote

Working Level

Full-Time