Technical Architect

 

 

Technical Architect – Health Information Exchange - Cary, NC (Hybrid Office Policy) 

 

Nice to meet you!

 

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We’re also a debt-free multi-billion-dollar organization on our path to IPO-readiness. If you're looking for a dynamic, fulfilling career coupled with flexibility and world-class employee experience, you'll find it here.

 

About the job

 

As a Technical Architect (Health Information Exchange), you will focus on understanding complex technical and business requirements and translating them into highly scalable, robust integration architectures, specifically in the context of Health Information Exchange.  A successful candidate will have excellent technical and interpersonal skills, as well as hands-on Architect experience with complex systems supporting healthcare interoperability use cases.     

 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build credibility and trusted-advisor relationships with customers, including strategic high-level influencers, policymakers, decision-makers, technical staff, and end-users.
• Architect and configure a complex healthcare interoperability platform that utilizes multiple software solutions.
• Utilize best practices to author technical documentation related to interoperability architecture and assist delivery teams as these practices are implemented.
• Provide architecture recommendations for new solutions; support efforts to scope and define work effort, resource plans, and time/cost estimates.
• Collaborate with Technical Support teams to troubleshoot issues and recommend solutions related to system architecture.
• Support development of API and Web Services-based solutions; implement authorization frameworks, e.g., OAuth, SAML.
• Participate in product and solution training to acquire and maintain a detailed level of knowledge.
• Work effectively in a cross-functional team environment to support large scale data exchange programs used by thousands of provider organizations in North Carolina.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, health care, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience architecting and developing solutions using Intersystems HealthShare products and/or other interoperability software, e.g. Orion, Health Catalyst
• Strong Knowledge of common technical environment technologies
• Understanding of electronic medical record (EMR) systems, interoperability software and standards related to clinical data.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills; ability to be concise, independent and provide defensible decisions in writing.
• Ability to travel as business needs require.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with EMR clinical workflows and how data from other systems can be integrated with those workflows.
• Knowledge of SAS products to support healthcare use cases, particularly in the context of an integrated platform utilizing multiple software solutions.
• Understanding of current and future State and U.S. Health Information Technology (HIT) Policy, Standards and Legislative Agendas from ONC/ASTP, HHS, etc.

 

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

 

Diverse and Inclusive

 

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to