IT Architect Senior

Job ID

68507

Location

Aurora, Colorado

Full/Part Time

Full-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Why Work at Children's....

Here, it’s different. Come join us.

Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.

We’ve been Magnet-designated three times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation’s top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. 

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 12 specialty care centers, 400 outreach clinics and 7,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

We need your expertise.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different. Do you have what it takes?

Additional Information

Department: Analytics Resource Center

Hours per week: 40, eligible for benefits

Shift: Days

Job Overview

This position is responsible for full performance complex work providing enterprise level system content design guidance and consultation, utilizing a thorough understanding of applicable technology, tools and existing designs. Duties include collaborating with technical team, manager, subject matter experts, customers and project managers to develop system and technology requirements to meet organizational and end user needs. Provides recommendations regarding configuration, design, usability and maintainability of data marts, sources, virtual data warehouse and other dependencies that integrate with system platforms. This position may perform lead work over lower level staff.                                                              

Potential Specialty Areas: Business Intelligence, Clinical, Enterprise, Epic, Caboodle, Data virtualization, Clarity

Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Designs, implements, and maintains the organization's data assets and ARC infrastructure. Provides an architectural framework for database system development, maintenance, and enhancement efforts.

Ensure the evolution of the organization’s architecture is aligned with changing business requirements, emerging technologies, and industry’s standards and best practices.

Establishes, guides and monitors architectural approaches and technical solutions for clinical requests and desired functionality. Provides complex architecture options and makes recommendations to meet project objectives.

Partners with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and laboratory experts along with developers, engineers, and analysts (when appropriate) to create technology road maps and align development plans to ensure effective integration among information systems and the IT/ARC infrastructure.

Collaborates with user groups to solve complex clinical problems with technology including hardware, software, databases, medical devices and peripherals. Partners with project managers and business analysts to validate project-specific functional and technical requirements and on issue resolution and change control.

Designs complex solutions according to specifications, clinical needs and organizational guidelines and standards. Reviews designs from other technologists to maintain reliability and promote reuse.

Recommends, documents and maintains standards for clinical content, IT systems and IT services provided by the team.

Communicates architecture and design details to team members, senior management and stakeholders.

Troubleshoots and resolves complex technical issues related to architecture, performance, and tools. Communicates issues and perceived risks. Collaborates with infrastructure engineers and other staff to analyze, address and eliminate performance problems.

Develops design techniques, standards, and best practices for the organization. Creates and recommends standards for associated peripheral technologies and IT processes in support of application platforms. Establishes and documents standards according to industry best practices and methodologies. Adapts standards to new and changing methodologies and changing technology platforms.

May lead complex projects and ensures the success of enterprise-level system rollouts.

Analyzes systems and performs testing to ensure performance and reliability, enhance scalability, and meet security requirements.

Monitors technological advancements to ensure that solutions are continuously improved, supported, and aligned with industry and company standards and emerging business requirements.

Supports project initiatives by reviewing designs and estimates to validate implementation projections, scope and deliverables. Proactively communicates issues or perceived risks to the project.

Supports outreach, education and communication of standards under the organization governance and quality initiative.

Creates, maintains, assists and/or mentors with departmental documentation.

Other Information

SCOPE AND LEVEL

Guidelines: Possesses and applies a broad knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures within a particular field of specialization.

Complexity: Duties and tasks are broad and complex, usually requiring a greater degree of responsibility. Procedures, methods and techniques to carry out work may not be well defined, requiring advanced knowledge in specific specialties and of the organization.

Decision Making: Has latitude in making most decisions. Decisions and recommendations are made after contemplative analysis and with independent judgment and ingenuity. May escalate the most complex and important decisions to a higher level employee, supervisor and/or manager.

Communication: Communicates explanatory and/or interpretive information relative to the organization and/or advanced knowledge of own function with team members, peers, management, clients and in some cases, the public. Uses discretion and independent judgment is exchanged, defended, gathered and/or presented. Defers to higher level team members and/or management only when necessary.

Supervision Received: Works under limited supervision and with a high degree of independence, conferring with supervisor and/or manager on unusual matters. May be assisted by lower level employees.

Qualifications

EDUCATION – Bachelor's degree is required.

EXPERIENCE – Minimum of eight (8) years of related experience is required.

EQUIVALENCY – Combination of post-high school education, job related certification and/or related experience equivalent to twelve (12) years may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.

Physical Requirements

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

Vision - Near: clear vision at 20 inches or less

Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: up to 10 pounds/4.5 kilos, up to 1/3 of time

Hearing: able to clearly hear details

Sit: 2/3 or more of time

Talk: able to communicate verbally

Mental/Emotional: able to work in close proximity to others and/or in a distracting environment

Mental/Emotional: able to cope with stress effectively

Mental/Emotional: able to prioritize effectively

Work Environment

Mental/Emotional: able to tolerate ambiguity

Mental/Emotional: able to prioritize effectively

Mental/Emotional: may be subject to many interruptions

Office Work Environment: Regular/frequent exposure

Bloodborne Pathogen Category 2: Occasional exposure to blood/body fluid

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation.  Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Salary Information

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $109,446.55 to $164,169.82

Hourly Salary Range: $52.62 to $78.93

Benefits Information

As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, 403b employer match (retirement savings), and a robust wellness program.

Salary : $53 - $79