Enterprise Solutions Architect

Role Description

The Enterprise Solutions Architect is responsible for participating in the design, construction, maintenance, and enhancement of the Navitus IT infrastructure and application landscape. With minimal leadership and tactical supervision, the incumbents collaborate with clients, staff, IT colleagues, and other stakeholders to identify user requirements, assess available technologies, and recommend solution options to meet the operational needs of Navitus. In addition to administering multiple systems, this role will architect and implement long-term and short-term solutions to achieve the business needs. Incumbents also play an important leadership role as a senior member of the Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture teams. Incumbents apply knowledge of various technical strategies to accurately anticipate organizational impacts. They share responsibility with other team members to ensure on-time product delivery, which requires a clear understanding of expectations and capabilities and the ability to act effectively as a team member. This role will function as a technical lead for corporate strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Research utilization and capacity planning of existing technologies to plan for future growth
• Collaborate with other IT teams to perform a Proof of Concept for solutions that show promise
• Analyze and design effective and clear technical solutions for infrastructure and enterprise application related projects
• Act as subject matter expert on infrastructure and architecture items
• Assist in the development and implementation of corporate information system policies and procedures
• Maintain knowledge in Infrastructure Operations, Data Center Operations, Virtualization (Server, Network, Storage, Desktop, and Application); attend conferences, meet with vendors, and keep current on technology trends
• Analyze, provide guidance and diagnose issues that may be caused by server-side applications, server operating system issues and networking problems
• Recognized as a system expert in multiple core enterprise systems and be able to effectively provide knowledge training to peers
• Provide after-hours support
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• A four-year college or university degree required in the field of Information Technology and/or a minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in hardware or software installation and support
• Participate in and support capacity planning and the development of long-term strategic goals for systems and software in conjunction with end-users, third party vendors, and department managers
• Participate in the planning of upgrades/releases of Linux and Windows operating systems and associated software to limit user impact
• Research and recommend innovative, automated approaches for system administration tasks and integration with other enterprise level business applications
• Research emerging technologies, products, languages, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts
• Participate in the design, planning, implementation and coordination for all activities needed for the successful integration of new solutions
• Proven ability to interview end-users for insight on functionality, interface, problems, and/or usability issues
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle
• Healthcare industry practices and HIPAA knowledge would be a plus
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws
• On-call availability
• Some travel may be required
• Participate in, adhere to, and support compliance program objectives
• The ability to consistently interact cooperatively and respectfully with other employees

Benefits

• Top of the industry benefits for Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 20 days paid time off
• 4 weeks paid parental leave
• 9 paid holidays
• 401K company match of up to 5% - No vesting requirement
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Educational Assistance Plan and Professional Membership assistance
• Referral Bonus Program – up to $750!