Enterprise Architect - Infrastructure

Additional Information About the Role

The Enterprise Architect provides strategic architectural leadership across the enterprise. This role owns enterprise direction, architectural coherence, and cross-domain alignment by translating business strategy into architecture principles, guardrails, reference architectures, lifecycle decisions, and roadmaps. The Enterprise Architect guides and governs rather than designing project-specific solutions or performing implementation work. 

We are looking for an Infrastructure Enterprise Architect.   This is a remote position.  We are looking for candidates in MO or IL. 

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; master’s degree is a plus.
• 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in architecture roles spanning multiple technology or business domains.
• Demonstrated experience with architecture principles, governance models, reference architectures, portfolio analysis, modernization planning, and business capability-based planning.
• Broad knowledge across cloud, integration, data, security, infrastructure, and applications, with the ability to operate with breadth rather than deep implementation ownership.
• Strong working knowledge of architecture governance, cross-domain dependency management, and arbitrating architectural conflicts.
• Strong executive communication, facilitation, and influence skills in complex environments.

Overview

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3 billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14 hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital with the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country.

Department maintains the network and is responsible for network connectivity.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

The Enterprise Architect develops strategies and requirements to ensure the integrity of the domain-specific architecture. The Enterprise Architect is committed to developing long-term domain-specific roadmaps, assuring that technology solutions meet business requirements, while aligning with long-term architectural goals and integrating seamlessly across multiple platforms and systems. The Enterprise Architect will collaborate effectively with technology teams for planning and problem solving efforts.

Responsibilities

Collaborates to develop current state, future state architectures and implementation plans. Mentors solution architects in architecture development and execution of architecture processes. Reviews proposed architectures and provide guidance for mitigation of critical issues.

Researches and collaborates with teams to identify relevant technology change drivers and opportunities that will impact the enterprise environment. Leads and mentors enterprise proof-of-concept efforts to insure alignment with business requirements and key principles. Develops technology roadmaps which have organizational support and commitment. Develops and presents planning, status and guidance documents that are audience appropriate.

Develops enterprise and domain reference architectures and processes to provide technical guidance.Reviews and mentors architecture reviews and provides guidance for mitigation of critical issues.Facilitates and mentors solution development and implementation of strategic efforts as needed.

Collaborates with technical teams and SMEs in the development, maintenance and publication of technology standards.Collaborates with multi-domain technology working groups to identify key issues and develop solution plans.Collaborates in events focused on information and perspective sharing with internal and external technology leaders and experts.

Actively identifies and engages in efforts to assist with process guidance and information evaluation.Develops and shares processes that allow for consistent execution of analysis and decision making efforts.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Bach Deg and/or Equivalent Exp

Experience

5-10 years

Supervisor Experience

No Experience

Preferred Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience

10+ years

Licenses & Certifications

MS Azure Solns Arch Expert

The Open Group Arch Framework

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer