Principal Architect

SCA Health is a dynamic organization that has grown to 11,000 teammates who care for 1 million patients each year. We support physician specialists holistically in many aspects of patient care, aligning physicians, health plans, and health systems around a common goal: delivering high-quality outcomes and a better experience for patients and providers, all at a lower total cost of care.

We participate in an integrated care delivery system that enables us to support our partners as they navigate a complex healthcare environment. Our organization has a unique group of physician-driven, specialty care businesses that allows us to customize solutions, no matter the need or challenge.

• We connect patients to physicians in new and differentiated ways as part of our integrated care delivery system.
• We have pioneered a physician-led, multi-site model of practice solutions that restores physician agency by aligning incentives to support growth and transition to value-based care.
• We lead the industry in value-based payment solutions through our Global 1 bundled payment convener, providing easy predictable billing to patients.
• We help physicians address everything beyond surgical procedures, including anesthesia and ancillary service lines.

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Architect - Networking & Infrastructure to join our team. As a key member of our IT organization, you will be responsible for working with stakeholders to shape our IT Infrastructure and Network strategy. You will provide technical leadership across the organization, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.

• Document and develop in-depth knowledge of existing IT Infrastructure & Network Architecture and Technology portfolio.
• Align the Information Technology (IT) strategy and solutions with the Company's business objectives.
• Build, maintain, promote, and evangelize an enterprise view of the IT architectural blueprint and roadmap.
• Research and champion emerging technologies to enhance infrastructure development efforts, recommending technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and network flexibility in a hybrid environment with both data center and cloud workloads.
• Collaborate with PMO, business users, and stakeholders across various projects to understand functional and technical aspects of projects, ensuring adherence to Enterprise Architecture principles.
• Collaborate and partner with Optum to understand broader roadmap.
• Represent SCA Health and be an influencing voice at the table.
• Analyze the IT Infrastructure & Network environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Support developing business case and cost benefit analysis, while reducing project risk.
• Orchestrate, design, and architect solutions that leverage the existing investment made in current heterogeneous IT. Drive to homogenize the technology environment.
• Provide portfolio governance and oversight to drive lifecycle optimization and alignment across all initiatives.
• Present ideas with qualitative and quantitative findings, including developing, documenting, recommending, and communicating plans for investing in IT infrastructure & Network, including analysis of cost reduction opportunities.
• Articulate technology solutions and analytical findings to Executive Management, Business leadership, software developers, and end users.
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce technology standards.
• Influence and guide implementation best practices at the individual performer level, work through technology challenges faced by the team, and provide solutions.
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of the IT department by providing mentorship, fostering development and knowledge transfer, and thought-leading by example.
• Develop, manage and publish Technical Reference Architectures and various levels of Architecture diagrams.
• Monitor and manage Technical Debt within the environment. Define, track, and report accrued value through the life of technology.
• Shares best practices, lessons learned and constantly updates the technical system architecture requirements based on changing technologies, and knowledge related to recent, current and upcoming vendor products and solutions.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 8-10+ years of experience with Enterprise Infrastructure support, with strong focus on Networking (Cisco, Juniper Arsita), Infrastructure (VM Ware, Citrix).
• 5+ years of experience working in an architect or technical leadership capacity, most recent role included in Networking and/or Infrastructure space.
• Solid understanding of interoperability issues in a hybrid environment - traditional data center and cloud (Azure) setting.
• Proven expertise in designing, implementing, and managing large-scale network infrastructures in traditional Data Center and in cloud (Azure). Certifications preferred: CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent in networking fields.
• Knowledge of TOGAF, ITSM and ITIL.
• Excellent design pattern skills irrespective of technology, and willingness to assume total ownership of technology solutions from inception to delivery.
• Fluency in modern-day IT management concepts, including strategic planning, enterprise architecture, capital planning, cloud computing, and IT portfolio management.
• Experience in creating an effective framework and process model for establishing enterprise-wide infrastructure architecture.
• Ability and willingness to document Infrastructure/Network/Security architecture and dependencies for existing platforms, that are currently in use at SCA.
• Understanding and experience implementing the strategic alignment of business and IT.
• Demonstrated competency in communicating the value of enterprise architecture to stakeholders and senior management.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to develop and conduct executive-level presentations.
• Ability to collaborate and influence with various levels of individuals - both IT and business.
• Experience with Vendor management and building vendor relationships.
• Self-directed with the ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Experience with Mergers & Acquisitions, in areas of Diligence & Integrations is desirable.

USD $160,000.00/Yr. USD $170,000.00/Yr.