Technical Architect

Role Description

• Architecture & Solution Design
  • Assess the current application architecture and identify performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability challenges.
  • Design a target-state architecture that supports growth from 380+ users to 580+ users and beyond.
  • Define application, data, integration, and security architecture patterns aligned with healthcare best practices.
  • Establish scalability strategies including horizontal scaling, caching, asynchronous processing, and database optimization.
  • Design solutions that maintain high availability and resiliency for critical patient care workflows.
• Healthcare Interoperability
  • Lead the architecture and implementation of FHIR-based integrations.
  • Design scalable healthcare data exchange mechanisms using HL7 FHIR APIs.
  • Integrate with EHR/EMR systems such as eClinicalWorks, Epic, Cerner, Athena, or equivalent healthcare platforms.
  • Ensure healthcare regulatory compliance including HIPAA and healthcare data security requirements.
• Performance Engineering
  • Conduct architecture reviews and performance assessments of existing applications.
  • Identify bottlenecks across:
    • Angular UI
    • .NET APIs
    • SQL Server database
    • Integration services
    • Infrastructure components
  • Define performance tuning strategies for:
    • API response times
    • Database queries
    • Search operations
    • Reporting workloads
    • Concurrent user handling
  • Create performance benchmarks, capacity planning models, and growth forecasts.
• Platform Modernization
  • Define modernization roadmaps for legacy components.
  • Recommend cloud-native and microservices adoption where appropriate.
  • Drive implementation of event-driven and loosely coupled architectures.
  • Introduce observability, monitoring, logging, and telemetry frameworks.
• Technical Leadership
  • Work closely with Product Owners, Delivery Leaders, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders.
  • Mentor development teams on architecture best practices and coding standards.
  • Conduct architecture governance reviews.
  • Drive security, reliability, and quality initiatives throughout the SDLC.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect.
• Experience architecting large-scale healthcare platforms.
• Proven experience scaling enterprise applications supporting hundreds to thousands of concurrent users.

Requirements

• Technical Expertise
  • Front-End
    • Angular 10+ (preferably Angular 15+)
    • Angular Material
    • State management frameworks
    • Performance optimization techniques
    • UI scalability and accessibility
  • Backend
    • .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
    • REST API architecture
    • Microservices architecture
    • Event-driven architecture
    • Background processing frameworks
  • Database
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Query optimization
    • Indexing strategies
    • Database partitioning
    • Data modeling
    • High-availability architectures
  • Healthcare Standards
    • HL7 FHIR
    • SMART on FHIR
    • Healthcare interoperability patterns
    • Healthcare data governance
    • HIPAA compliance
  • Cloud & DevOps
    • Azure (preferred)
    • Azure App Services
    • Azure SQL
    • Azure Functions
    • Azure Service Bus/Event Grid
    • CI/CD pipelines
    • Infrastructure as Code

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with population health management platforms.
• Experience building clinical workflow applications.
• Knowledge of healthcare payer/provider ecosystems.
• Familiarity with CQRS, Event Sourcing, and Domain-Driven Design.
• Experience performing application Well-Architected Reviews.
• Experience with Azure Architecture Center and Microsoft Well-Architected Framework.

Key Deliverables (First 90 Days)

• Current-State Architecture Assessment.
• Performance Bottleneck Analysis Report.
• Future-State Architecture Blueprint.
• Scalability and Capacity Planning Model.
• Database Optimization Strategy.
• FHIR Integration Architecture Framework.
• Security and Compliance Assessment.
• Technology Modernization Roadmap.
• Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) and Performance Benchmarks.
• Architecture Governance Standards and Reference Implementations.

Success Criteria

• Platform response times improved by at least 40–60%.
• Ability to scale seamlessly beyond 580 users.
• Improved system stability and reliability.
• Reduction in production performance incidents.
• Establishment of a scalable healthcare platform architecture supporting future growth and interoperability initiatives.