IT Solution Architect

IT Solutions Architect  

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. You will work alongside dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.    

This role is in direct support our Sustain the Mission initiative to reduce the reliance of UiPath as an automation platform. The role will assist in creating a new architecture design to support the existing 300+ digital FTEs as well as new uses within the Division of Finance. 

A caregiver in this position works days, 8:00am—5:00pm. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Deliver standards-compliant project solution architectures that meet business’ functional requirements. 

• Collaborate with other architectural stakeholders in a project – technology architects, business architects, information architects or integration architects – and integrate their various requirements into one solution. 

• Prepare multiple solution options for projects to provide transparency to Solution decisions 

• Contribute to the development of enterprise technology strategy. 

• Provide information to development teams by sharing strategic information around enterprise standards, processes and patterns. 

• Create synergies and promote reuse within and across projects by eliminating complexity, leveraging enterprise tools, and maximizing existing investments. 

• Provide cross-project perspective to create benefits that extend beyond immediate project goals. 

• Influence development teams to accept architectural compliance as a requirement in the best long-term interests of the organization. 

• Promote increased understanding of architecture standards across the ITD organization. 

• Align with Business Partners to identify upcoming projects and manage demand for Solution Architecture Services. 

• Develop deep understanding of overall project goals 

• Create project solution Blueprints with maximum leverage of existing enterprise services or architectures 

• Participate in project planning 

• Advise and align delivery teams to ensure that project deliverables adhere to the solution architecture 

• Work with Technology and Service Architecture to ensure all models are accurately updated upon Solution implementation 

• Collaborate across IT to account for the needs various stakeholders in enterprise technologies 

• Co-ordinate solutions across multiple projects to drive implementation of enterprise-wide capabilities in concert with Project Solution delivery 

• Create project solution Blueprints with maximum leverage of existing enterprise services or architectures 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Bachelor’s degree (in information Technology, Computer Science, Business preferred). 

• For Information Technology Division caregivers, ITIL Foundations certification is required within 6 months of the position start date. 

• 9 years of IT experience with at least 3 years in designing and documenting Solution Architectures and leading cross-functional teams to implement them. 

• Experience with large, complex engagements. 

• Good understanding of architecture frameworks and ability to implement a framework through solution blueprint. 

• Prior knowledge of EA toolsets, ability to model enterprise capabilities and functions, business processes and technology interdependency using an EA tool. 

• Broad knowledge of enterprise architecture concepts and best practices, standards, and industry trends including Agile development techniques, Cloud brokering, and DevOps. 

• Can apply critical thinking and understanding to the problems and opportunities that arise with large, complex multi-disciplinary engagements. 

• Can juggle a broad set of competing functional-level requirements while also considering the near and long-term impact on non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, and reliability. 

• Can create active and varied communication programs that reach out to business and IT, management, and the line staff and evangelize the role. 

• Can resolve competing requirements by analyzing situations without bias and make decisions based on what is best for everyone involved. 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Experience with Enterprise Architecture frameworks e.g. TOGAF. 

Our caregivers continue to create the best outcomes for our patients across each of our facilities. Click the link and see how we’re dedicated to providing what matters most to you: https://jobs.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-2/