Information Technology Architect Senior - IM Enterprise Data in Irving, TX

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Summary:

Design Information Technology systems including system infrastructure, system security, application architecture, software and data life cycle management. Provide enterprise architectural framework for the design, development, and deployment of information/business systems. Prioritize key technology enablers for achieving enterprise level system objectives while ensuring scalability, reliability, and availability of implemented systems. Provide leadership and expertise to evaluate planned platform growth, increasingly demanding enterprise service level requirements in order to identify, design, and implement technology solutions that exceed expectations. 

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 the development of enterprise standards, and the 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 developing vendor support relationships. 
• Maintains in-depth knowledge and current certification in various areas of information technology. 
• Oversees infrastructure design, performance modeling and capacity planning. 
• Independently provides guidance and leadership on architecture design 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. 
• 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. 
• 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 an appropriate manner based on the audience. 

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, information security, or related area, or foreign equivalent; 
• minimum of 8 years’ experience, including experience in: 
• (i) infrastructure engineering, software development, large corporate systems environments, system administration, system architecture, application architecture, or data system architecture; 
• (ii) working with complex IT systems; and 
• (iii) system or application performance modeling and tuning

Work Type:

Full Time