Description
The Enterprise Architect is assigned to the Health Information Systems (HIS) department supporting Cook County Health (CCH). The Enterprise Architect collaborates with CCH leaders and HIS subject matter experts to evaluate projects, establish architecture standards, and define technology strategies that guide the health system toward achieving its goals. They ensure solutions transition from current state to target state solutions that achieve business outcomes. They monitor IT services to ensure compliance with technical standards and support the needs of a modern, digital health system. CCH is a fast paced, multi-priority environment and team members will frequently face new challenges.
This is a hybrid position. Some work can be remote, but the Enterprise Architect must be able to be physically onsite at the John H. Stroger Central Campus in Chicago, IL within 2 hours.
Typical Duties
• Evaluate projects to ensure alignment with HIS standards, identify technology requirements, estimate required HIS involvement, and define high-level architecture.
• Monitor IT projects and solutions to ensure compliance with architectural standards, providing guidance and adjustments as needed to maintain alignment.
• Develop and maintain architecture frameworks across application, data, infrastructure, integration, and security domains.
• Integrate risk management and compliance into architecture and governance practices.
• Oversee systems architecture governance, standardization, and lifecycle management to support the scalability and modernization of IT services.
• Mentor and coach technical teams and stakeholders to instill architectural thinking and facilitate adoption of architecture principles.
• Create architectural diagrams, roadmaps, and blueprints to visually communicate system designs and guide the implementation of enterprise solutions.
• Position the Enterprise Architecture practice as an internal consultancy offering services and skills to IT service delivery teams.
• Define and evolve enterprise architecture strategies that align technology with business objectives.
• Assess trends, disruptions, and emerging technologies to evaluate their impact on organizational objectives and technology strategy.
• Collaborate with IT and business leaders to ensure interoperability, secure solutions, and alignment with organizational priorities and standards.
• Develop tools and processes to map IT systems to organizational business capabilities, ensuring investments align with priorities.
• Establish and utilize feedback mechanisms to continuously refine IT strategies and solutions.
• Communicate the value of enterprise architecture, and its portfolio of services.
• Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Ten (10) years of experience supporting or developing enterprise technology solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline from an accredited college or university.
• Experience developing enterprise technology solutions in a large healthcare system.
• Experience with solution development utilizing public cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Experience managing technology projects
