Resource Profile

• The client is seeking a Solution Architect with extensive experience in the Health Services industry. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in evaluating, recommending, designing, and implementing technology solutions within the health services sector. Knowledge of the public sector is considered an asset.
  
• The successful candidate must be adept at researching available technology solutions in the market, evaluating them, and documenting recommendations with a detailed implementation strategy, high-level design, timeline, and budget requirements.
  
• Proficiency in writing RFIs, RFQs, and RFSs, as well as evaluating responses from various proponents and clearly documenting recommendations with proper reasoning and taking it through the required process for approval, is essential. All tasks must be performed in adherence to relevant legislation, regulations, and policies.
  
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders is a key aspect of this role.
  

Resource Responsibilities

• As a Solution Architect, you will define and develop solution architecture diagrams, different viewpoints, models, matrices and design documentation for implementation projects that supports the most efficient, reliable, scalable, and secure solutions to meet the business needs and technology strategy. This includes planning, evaluating, recommending and designing products and architectural solutions in compliance with corporate and IT strategies, legislative requirements, policies, standards, architecture principles, patterns and reference architectures.
  
• The Solution Architect will build cohesive, future forward solutions that leverage enterprise technology assets and best practices using modern software development, deployment and operations principles. Leads and facilitates the design and implementation of repeatable technical solutions and processes related to technology solution architecture.
  

Solution Architecture:

• Work closely with stakeholders, lead the conversation and development of the end-to-end solution architecture, documenting solution Blueprints and Solution Architecture Documents (SAD) including conceptual and logical architectural diagrams, leveraging integration patterns, standards and architecture best practices.
  
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems, taking into consideration operational costs, security, performance engineering, application development and systems management.
  
• Work with Enterprise Architects to ensure alignment with architecture directions, reference architectures, strategies and roadmaps.
  
• Explore solution options and secure stakeholder support for the selected option.
  
• Manage communication with various internal and external stakeholders about requirements, technical solutions and any issues; this requires good communication skills and the ability to adapt to different audiences.
  
• Provide consulting and advice to the business community and stakeholders regarding products, plans and strategies.
  
• Participate in the preparation of estimates related to effort, cost, timelines and resources for the successful delivery and implementation of solutions.
  
• Participate in the definition of metrics and performance goals with stakeholders.
  
• Partner with internal and external resources including vendors to develop and maintain effective working relationships and achieve desired results.
  
• Lead, facilitate and actively participate in meetings related to initiatives.
  
• Support knowledge management processes.
  

• Identify, research, prototype, and recommend relevant technologies for future product architecture to meet business strategies for large scale/complex portfolio of IT and business platforms.
  
• Lead Proof of Concept (POC) and technology evaluations/assessments.
  
• Lead analysis of the current architecture and components to identify opportunities, efficiencies, risk, and provide recommendations for investment/remediation or replacement.
  

• Lead solution architecture reviews with stakeholders and incorporate any feedback to address architecture alignment, quality, security, standards, compliance, reusability, and ease of maintenance.
  
• Present the solution architecture in architecture governance forums and lead the solution architecture review to obtain solution architecture approval.
  
• Follow and ensure action items assigned from architecture governance processes are satisfactorily resolved and closed.
  

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience working in the health services industry and developing and implementing end-to-end technology solutions in a multi-Cloud Hybrid environment.
  
• Experience in evaluating different technology solution options, documenting recommendations, and presenting to different stakeholders including senior leadership to secure support and approval.
  
• Expert-level proficiency in application, data, and integration domains and technologies.
  
• Hands-on experience in producing architectural artifacts at the conceptual and logical stages, incorporating an end-to-end view of application, integration, data, and technology.
  
• Strong understanding of open systems architecture including integrations with vendor packages, relational databases, message queues, web services, and legacy systems.
  
• Expertise in analyzing and documenting existing business processes and technical solutions.
  
• Proven experience with end-to-end business process mapping, business and technical requirements analysis, business planning, modeling, verification, and methodology and product development.
  
• Analytical, evaluation, and problem-solving skills to assess requirements and translate these into functional, non-functional, and information documentation (e.g., re process/IT requirements and changes).
  
• Ability to understand complex technical concepts and present them in simple terms to non-technical team members and stakeholders.
  
• Strong communication, interpersonal, presentation, and collaboration skills to work with diverse stakeholders.
  
• Experience working in the public sector is desirable.
  

Skill set

• 10+ years of experience in Health Services industry and related technology solutions.
  
• 10+ years in design, development and architecture of multi-tier systems – preferably within Insurance and health industry.
  
• 10+ years of experience in business requirement analysis, technologies solution options analysis and technology recommendation and selection.
  
• 5+ years of experience working with cloud technologies and deploying solution in cloud
  
• Experience with Cloud migration from On-Prem to Cloud
  
• 5+ years of experience in working with multi-stakeholder solutions (technology vendors, in-house technology stakeholders and lines of businesses)
  
• 5+ years senior level communications experience including document prep, conducting workshops