New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting company, is seeking a part-time Senior Technical Architect to provide technical architecture leadership and advisory services supporting CST Cerner and associated clinical and business systems. The successful candidate will design, implement, and optimize integrated healthcare technology solutions to improve system performance, reliability, interoperability, and the end-user experience across a complex healthcare environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, architecture, implementation, and operational support of CST Cerner technical components and supporting infrastructure, including Citrix, authentication and access solutions, and systems integrations.
- Provide technical architecture guidance to ensure solutions align with business, clinical, security, and enterprise architecture requirements.
- Support clinical application integration using HL7, Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI), interface engines, and related interoperability frameworks.
- Assess, document, and manage technical dependencies, risks, and impacts across applications, networks, storage, databases, infrastructure, and identity services.
- Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, testing, validation, and resolution of complex technical issues within a multi-vendor healthcare environment.
- Develop and maintain architectural designs, technical standards, implementation roadmaps, and supporting documentation.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, and clinical teams to deliver scalable, secure, and supportable solutions.
- Participate in projects, operational initiatives, and strategic planning as a technical subject matter expert.
- Provide technical oversight and recommendations for system lifecycle management, modernization, optimization, and continuous improvement.
Requirements:
- 15+ years of experience in solution architecture, enterprise architecture, and the design, implementation, and support of complex enterprise technology solutions.
- 15+ years of experience supporting and optimizing enterprise healthcare information systems within large, complex clinical environments.
- 10+ years of experience with Oracle Health Cerner, formerly Cerner Millennium, including EHR implementation, operational support, optimization, and integration.
- Experience supporting large-scale Oracle Health Cerner environments within a Canadian healthcare organization.
- Advanced knowledge of Oracle Health Cerner architecture, workflows, integrations, and supporting technical components.
- Strong understanding of healthcare interoperability standards and technologies, including HL7, EMPI, interface engines, and related integration frameworks.
- Expert knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory, identity and access management, SQL Server, Oracle databases, virtualization, application delivery, and roaming profile technologies.
- Experience implementing and supporting Citrix platforms, enterprise single sign-on solutions, and clinical workstation technologies such as Imprivata OneSign.
- Experience designing and delivering healthcare technology solutions across multiple organizations while addressing clinical workflow requirements.
- Experience in technical architecture, systems engineering, and infrastructure design for highly available, mission-critical healthcare environments.
- Ability to assess dependencies and impacts across networks, wireless technologies, storage, identity services, databases, applications, and integrations.
- Proven ability to develop and govern application and technical architectures aligned with business requirements, enterprise strategies, and architectural standards.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills, including experience leading cross-functional teams and building consensus among clinical, business, operational, and technical stakeholders.
- Recognized subject matter expertise in one or more relevant disciplines, including identity and access management, Active Directory, database administration, systems engineering, end-user computing, enterprise architecture, or healthcare systems integration.
If you have the necessary expertise and are able to work in Canada, please submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their application, only those shortlisted will be contacted.
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