Senior Business Solutions Architect

Overview

Quartz Health Solutions is seeking a self-motivated candidate that can help build and drive the platform roadmap related to our core administration EMR (Electronic Medical Records) platform. Come find your spark at Quartz as a Senior Business Solutions Architect within our Business Capabilities Team.

The Senior Business Solutions Architect will partner with technology leadership and business partners to scale Quartz enterprise architecture. This position will collaborate with executive leadership and delivery teams to develop scalable solutions that align with business and technical goals. They will assist with decisions and develop recommendations and roadmaps for highest degree of technical complexity with a thorough understanding of implications across the organization. The Senior Business Solutions Architect will provide technical expertise and direction for platform architecture and solutions design of complex software projects. They will analyze and translate business, information and technical requirements into a design blueprint which outlines solutions to achieve business objectives and organizes the development effort working with analysts, technology and peer architects. This role will also collaborate with vendors and technology teams to align platform roadmaps and produce optimal high-level architectural designs for the project.

Benefits:

• Work as a technical lead with complex and cross-functional application integration
• Strategic influence on Epic platform roadmap across the enterprise and with Quartz's external partners
• Exposure to new technology and platform alignment for health plan digital strategies including Interoperability and Customer Experience
• Present and interact with leadership across the organization and well with our vendors and providers
• Starting salary is based upon skills and experience: $119,200 - $149,000 plus robust benefits package

Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture

• Partners with business or executive leadership to assist in building or maintaining future vision, strategic business objective, and core operating model. Responsible for strategic integrations to support Quartz multi-year planning, working with technology leadership on the following:
  • Determines and selects appropriate design patterns leveraging pre-establish enterprise architecture standards.
  • Contributes to and participates with Quartz architecture review and enterprise governance. Independently develops and maintains architecture standards for assigned platform(s), as applicable.
  • Collaborates with Business Owners to adopt strategies for business applications, integrations, and security required to support technical requirements and alignment to roadmap.
  • Evaluates new technologies/solutions and develops recommendations including value propositions to enhance capabilities, practices, and methodologies.
  • Leads or participates in review and vetting of new vendors and software providers following Request for Proposal (RFP) standards.

Technical Expertise & Strategic Alignment

• Evaluates and assesses new implementation projects upon size, complexity, and timeframe. Participate in identification of resources for projects.
• Oversees the Quartz discovery and serves as a technical leader with business partners and third-party vendor(s) with planning sessions that align with platform roadmaps and organization strategy.
• Develops and maintains platform(s) architecture and roadmaps, collaborating with stakeholders, project owners, and vendors.
• Contributes to project backlog(s), serving as an expert in refining backlog items in alignment with solution and organizational strategy.
• Provides expanded technical or business leadership by serving in functions as implementation coordinator, assisting or providing technical coordination with projects, or vendor management.
• Provides design leadership for development efforts by integrating business processes and technologies such as browser-based applications, relational databases, information security, core claim processing system, and other systems as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, computer science, software engineering or related field with 4+ years of experience in a combination of application design, business analysis, technical leadership, or hands-on technology implementation, and 3+ years of experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
  • OR associate degree in IT, computer science, software engineering or related field with 7+ years of experience in a combination of application design, business analysis, technical leadership, or hands-on technology implementation, and 3+ years of experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
  • OR high school equivalents with 10+ years of experience in a combination of application design, business analysis, technical leadership, or hands-on technology implementation, and 3+ years of experience with SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
• Certifications or willingness to obtain certification within a year for two Epic Tapestry Tracks.
• Demonstrated expert-level proficiency in Agile methodologies and Scrum values, serving as a role model who consistently exemplifies best practices, reinforces team adoption of Agile principles, and elevates overall delivery maturity through influence and example.
• Ability to serve in functions as implementation coordinator or providing vendor management, etc.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, as well as both technical and business knowledge.
• Knowledge of architecture standards such as TOGAF.
• Knowledge of advanced technology, applications and the development process and systems design.
• Demonstrate sound technical understanding of healthcare claims processing systems and/or related systems.
• Ability to diagnose issues and match resources to technical issues appropriately.
• Demonstrated ability to grasp the “big picture” with the ability to road application integration.
• Must be proficient at developing and giving presentations to large and small groups.
• Excellent organizational skills, time management, and negotiation skills.
• Advanced computer skills – fluency in Microsoft Visio and project management tools
• Ability to work well under pressure independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to define and solve practical problems by collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions while dealing with a variety of concrete variables in situations of limited standardization.
• Create strong relationships and provide positive experiences for internal partners.

Hardware and equipment will be provided by the company, but candidates must have access to high-speed, non-satellite Internet to successfully work from home.

We offer an excellent benefit and compensation package, opportunity for career advancement and a professional culture built on the foundations of Respect, Responsibility, Resourcefulness and Relationships. To support a safe work environment, all employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.

Quartz values and embraces diversity and is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified person with disability.