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Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

Technical Architect, IT Security & Compliance

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Technical Architect, IT Security & Compliance

Northwestern Memorial Healthcare

is a leader in quality healthcare and service, bringing together faculty, physicians and researchers to support and advance that care through leading-edge treatments and breakthrough discoveries.At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better healthcare, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, we take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?Job Description

The

Technical Architect

reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.The primary function of this position is to provide facilitation, analysis, design, and execution of solution architecture for an architectural domain and ensure it is leveraged.Responsibilities:Collaborate with other Architects and I.S. operational teams (business, information, application, software, technology).Define key solutions and ensure they are managed.Define principles to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.Define models, including solution patterns, to guide solution decisions for the enterprise.Create, document, and communicate the integration approach of all the components of the architecture.Analyze enterprise business context (trends and business strategy) to derive the enterprise solution architecture change requirements.Research, analyze, determine capabilities and propose solution alternatives that address specific business needs and product/service strategies.Develop road maps describing the evolution of all enterprise solution portfolios from current state to future state.Perform design reviews of solutions to ensure the design aligns with the specified architecture.Consult with application or infrastructure development projects to harmonize systems or infrastructure with the enterprise solution architecture.Ensure that project management or solution delivery life cycle efforts leverage all aspects of enterprise architecture.Work closely with the enterprise program management office (EPMO) to ensure alignment of architecture in plans and project delivery.Understand and advocate the principles of business and IT strategies, as well as of enterprise architecture development and service delivery.Demonstrate strong technical knowledge and familiarity with how portfolios of systems work together to create enterprise solutions.Establish and maintain a high level of trust, confidence and intellectual integrity with both Business and IT partners.Support enterprise tools needed for development and QA processes.Work with each line of business to ensure the successful adoption and use of enterprise solutions.Lead by example, influence and shape outlook and attitudes to facilitate change from a tactical to a strategic oriented enterprise.Qualifications

Required:1-3 years in enterprise, application, technical, or information architecture design.Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of application delivery methods.Demonstrated results managing/influencing virtual teams.Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Technology preferred.Knowledge on a domain specific area (i.e. coding languages, networking, applications, technology).Expertise in architecture frameworks is required.Experience working in a matrixed organization.Expertise in design methodologies and business functions.Working knowledge of Unified Modeling Language (UML) or other architecture modeling notations.Understanding of current IT trends, key vendors and their impact on business strategies.Pragmatic, articulate, persuasive and able to develop and drive architectural solutions.Ability to effectively translate and present technology solutions in business terms.Visionary thinker that can anticipate future computing capabilities.Ability to work effectively in a team environment.Preferred:

None.Additional Information

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

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