IT Principal Solutions Architect Barrow

Here your calling will flourish. Were not just a workplace; were a community dedicated to a mission of service.

Leaders in Specialized Care:

• Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI): A world-renowned center for groundbreaking neurological research and innovative treatments.
• Norton Thoracic Institute (NTI): A national leader in advanced thoracic care with pioneering surgical techniques.
• Level I Trauma Center: One of Arizonas busiest ERs providing immediate comprehensive care for critically injured patients 24/7.

Why SJHMC

• Culture of Excellence & Well-being: We care for our people fostering professional and personal growth.
• Community & Collaboration: Be part of a network committed to global health and well-being.
• Join a Legacy Shape a Future: Over 20% of our patients travel internationally for our specialized care.

This is an invitation to join a family of dedicated professionals at the forefront of medical innovation united by the power of humankindness.

As the Principal Solutions Architect you will serve as a technology visionary responsible for supporting groundbreaking neuroscience-based clinical practice and research by enabling advanced technological platforms. This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you will design and lead the architectural strategy for mission-critical initiatives and advanced neuro-technology capabilities directly serving Barrow Neurological Institutes world-renowned clinicians researchers and educators. You will bridge software engineering excellence with a robust enterprise architecture discipline to accelerate the modernization of Barrows unique and complex technological ecosystem.

Every day you will be responsible for specific application database network infrastructure and/or engineering portfolios/platforms and will support high-performance computing architecture. This involves driving successful solution adoption from technology planning investment decisions implementation to ongoing operational support for medium complexity portfolios. You will actively identify and accelerate the elimination of non-strategic technology platforms optimizing our landscape.

To be successful in this role you will possess a strong combination of business technical and leadership skills with extensive experience in solution architecture and technology strategy. You will demonstrate exceptional problem-solving abilities strategic thinking and a deep understanding of application infrastructure and network technologies.

This encompasses highly specialized requirements for:

Clinicians: Developing intuitive tools for enhanced patient care delivery clinical decision support secure data access and streamlined workflows.
Researchers: Architecting advanced platforms for high-compute environments complex data analysis AI/ML model deployment and collaboration that accelerate discovery.

Educators: Designing innovative solutions for simulation virtual learning curriculum delivery and knowledge
sharing that elevate neuro-education.

This role is not just about system architecture; its about igniting innovation and transforming neuroscience through advanced technology. Acting as a thought-leader chief architect and technical mentor you will work cross-functionally with neuro-clinical teams research scientists educators data science professionals and Barrows dedicated IT infrastructure teams. Your goal will be to build scalable secure and intuitive digital and high-performance computing experiences that directly impact the discovery of new treatments the delivery of cutting-edge patient care and the education of future neuroscience leaders.

As a member of CommonSpirit Health with focus on Barrow Neurological Institute you will leverage your specialized and unique skill sets to work with other chief architects and technical leads within the broader CommonSpirit system to architect and deploy innovative technologies across shared scalable platforms. You will be an advocate for innovation change and clarity across both Barrow and CommonSpirit supporting and motivating both local and system-wide teams. Assignments will include complex initiatives with direct clinical relevance significant scientific scope and deep organizational impact. You will be an experienced product engineering leader championing software engineering best practices while delivering technology products through modern cloud platforms on-premise high-performance computing environments and full-stack development frameworks. You will have the autonomy to make critical architectural decisions within Barrows domain directly influencing the selection delivery and adoption of the new technologies that will define the next generation of neurological care research and education.

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture for complex digital health platforms and clinical enablement solutions focusing on scalability security and usability. Represent own and influence with expertise the Digital Solutions in architectural review boards and enterprise IT strategy forums.
• Align architecture with business goals KPIs and OKRs related to patient engagement digital front door care navigation remote care enablement and the centralized Care Base and Patient Connection Centers.
• Serve as a primary technical advisor and architecture SME to senior leadership digital product teams and clinical and business partners on key technology decisions providing insights and recommendations based on deep understanding of the digital health landscape.
• Accountable for rationalizing and streamlining third party applications in the Consumer and Clinical enablement portfolio keeping the technology foundation and consumer patient and staff experience top of mind.
• Develop launch and scale an architecture board review as the accountable leader for its technology success streamlining and rationalizing the Consumer and Clinical Enablement technology stacks.
• Establish and advocate for architecture standards patterns and design principles.

Required

• Bachelors Degree in either Business Administration Information Technology Education Management or related fields
• Ten (10) years of experience in software engineering and/or application architecture OR
• Ten (10) years of experience in a senior technical role technical leadership role or principal-level role
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare IT digital health platforms or clinical systems integration
• Expert level understanding of cloud architecture (GCP AWS or Azure) APIs (REST GraphQL FHIR) mobile/web development and Artificial Intelligence
• Expert level understanding in modern backend full-stack systems and frontend language/frameworks
• Advanced proficiency with modern API-led architecture event-driven design data driven services and healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR HL7 SMART on FHIR)
• Systems thinking and the ability to abstract and decompose complex problems
• Demonstrated experience engaging translating and influencing with both technical and non-technical executive level stakeholders; Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to align technical decisions to broader organizational strategy and goals
• Deep experience working in Agile product environments and DevOps cultures
• High emotional intelligence and cross-functional leadership ability in matrixed enterprise environments
• A proven track record of driving innovation and delivering impactful results in a complex enterprise environment

Preferred

• Masters Degree
• Agile certifications