About Us

Harris Health System is the public healthcare safety-net provider established in 1966 to serve the residents of Harris County, Texas. As an essential healthcare system, Harris Health champions better health for the entire community, with a focus on low-income uninsured and underinsured patients, through acute and primary care, wellness, disease management and population health services. Ben Taub Hospital (Level 1 Trauma Center) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level 3 Trauma Center) anchor Harris Health’s robust network of 39 clinics, health centers, specialty locations and virtual (telemedicine) technology. Harris Health is among an elite list of health systems in the U.S. achieving Magnet® nursing excellence designation for its hospitals, the prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance designation for its patient-centered clinics and health centers and its strong partnership with nationally recognized physician faculty, residents and researchers from Baylor College of Medicine; McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine at the University of Houston.

Job Profile

Job Summary
The Enterprise Architect position is responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of Information Technology (IT) architecture models. This position interprets, uses, and applies information contained within IT architecture to inform businesses in the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of IT support, and to ensure service is in line with the Harris Health technology, governance, policies, and standards. The role ensures that the overall IT architecture is maintained in a coherent and consistent manner and that appropriate considerations are made for its security and quality. In addition, the Enterprise Architect will partner with the Chief Technology Officer to communicate the solutions and roadmap to business as well as technology leaders, achieve buy-in from all stakeholders, and ensure that solutions achieve Harris Health's business goals and adhere to enterprise architecture standards. The Enterprise Architect position is responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of Information Technology (IT) cloud architecture and operations models. This position interprets, uses, and applies information contained within IT architecture to inform businesses in the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of IT support, and to ensure cloud services and operations is are in line with the Harris Health technology, governance, policies, and standards. The role ensures that the overall IT cloud architecture and operational model are maintained in a coherent and consistent manner and that appropriate considerations are made for its security and quality. In addition,the Enterprise Architect will partner with the Chief Technology Officer to communicate the solutions and roadmap to business as well as technology leaders, achieve buy-in from all stakeholders, and ensure that solutions achieve Harris Health's business goals and adhere to enterprise architecture standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Degrees: Bachelors in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent.

Licenses & Certification:
Certification in Network/Cloud Architecture; From Cisco, AWS, Azure, Google, etc. preferred
Certification; TOGAF/Department of Defense Architecture, or Federal Enterprise Architecture preferred

Work Experience:
Ten (10) years of experience in IT experience in a large Enterprise (5000 employees or more with multiple locations) plus five (5) with IT people management, senior level engineer, consultant, or solution architect role.
Two (2) years work experience in Healthcare preferred

Management Experience: Five (5) years of experience Lead and Implement large scale Enterprise IT project with some Cloud integration

Communication Skills: Above average Verbal Communication (Heavy Public Contact), Writing/ Correspondence, Writing/ Reports

Proficiencies: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Access, MS Outlook, MS Project, PC, Typing

Duties include but are not limited to:

Leverages recognized domain expertise, business acumen, and overall cloud systems leadership to influence decisions of executive business leadership, development partners, and industry standards

groups.

Demonstrate knowledge of cloud architecture and implementation features (OS, multi-tenancy,

virtualization, orchestration, elastic scalability)

Act as a Subject Matter Expert to the organization for cloud end-to-end architecture, including AWS,

Google, Azure and future providers for networking, provisioning, and management

Advocate and define cloud architecture vision from a strategic perspective, including internal and

external platforms, tools, and systems helping the company use the cloud efficiently

Develop solutions architecture and evaluate architectural alternatives for private, public, and hybrid

cloud models including IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud services

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities: Analytical, Design, Mathematics, Research, Statistical, Other; Excellent Customer Service

Benefits and EEOC

Harris Health System's benefits program is designed to provide you with more flexibility and choices in meeting your specific needs. Harris Health System's benefits program allows you to protect your income in case of illness, death and disability, and to help you save for retirement.

It is the policy of Harris Health System to provide equal opportunity for all applicants for employment regardless of political affiliation, race, color, national origin, age, sex, religious creed or disability. Applicants may request any reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the application process.

Job Category

Management