Enterprise Architect

Job Description

We are searching for an Enterprise Architect -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide technical services to analyze, design, and deliver clinical/business solutions. Lends expertise to answer technical consulting questions, individually or as part of a project team. Serves as a subject matter expert associated with content, processes, and procedures associated with enterprise applications plans. Prepares and participates in "deep dive" technical evaluation meetings, investigating processes to understand data and communications flow within Integrated Delivery System

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Job Duties & Responsibilities
• Translates business needs into detailed requirement specifications. Identifies system or application needs. Analysis of current business practices, user needs, and workflow processes. Develops Architecture Specification deliverables that map customer business requirements into complete information systems (technologies, processes, and people) or operational solutions.
• Facilitates enterprise systems design and architecture. Ability to lead the architectural design, development, deployment, and technical quality of large enterprise solutions that span multiple technologies and disciplines. Leads complex technical data warehouse discussions on modeling, integration, and overall technology solutions and design. Devises or modifies procedures to solve problems considering system capacity, limitations, and desired results.
• Performs systems design and analysis. Develops a conceptual (theoretical) model from multiple data sources to improve performance. Identifies and documents the data sources, recipients, and interfaces that need to be developed to support data collection and maintenance. Prepares technical architectural and implementation design documents.
• Analyzes system problems and modifications. Analyzes clinical & business use of existing systems to identify problems to be resolved and defines system applications or process improvements. Recommends modifications to application design or current procedures to maximize advantages of existing resources.
• Participates in committees as an IS representative. Represents Information Services as a participating member of the designated committee. Communicates with IS management of the goals, problems, and solutions of the designated committees.

Skills & Requirements
• Required H.S. Diploma or GED
• Required 11 years of Information systems architecture, design, and /or maintenance experience
• A bachelor's degree will substitute for 4 years of experience

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city's Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.


Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO focused on children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.