Principal Infrastructure Architect

Company: Change Healthcare
Location: Grand Prairie
Posted on: November 14, 2020

Job Description:

Transforming the future of healthcare isn’t something we take lightly. It takes teams of the best and the brightest, working together to make an impact.

As one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the U.S., we are a catalyst to accelerate the journey toward improved lives and healthier communities. Here at Change Healthcare, we’re using our influence to drive positive changes across the industry, and we want motivated and passionate people like you to help us continue to bring new and innovative ideas to life.

If you’re ready to embrace your passion and do what you love with a company that’s committed to supporting your future, then you belong at Change Healthcare.

Pursue purpose. Champion innovation. Earn trust. Be agile. Include all.

Empower Your Future. Make a Difference.

Title: Principal Infrastructure Architect

Overview of Position

This is a key technology leadership role that plans, designs and implements services enabling a consolidated infrastructure estate.  To enable a shift to a virtualized and cloud enabled infrastructure, this position will engineer solutions that will enable self-service infrastructure, automate build of infrastructure (cloud and internal), and transition legacy infrastructures to modern technologies.  This role will be critical in the engineering of a high-performance integrated solutions and constructing an enterprise scale high performance infrastructure that supports numerous customers in the healthcare market. Engineered solutions developed by this role will enable a service-based model, where self-service will be made available across all Change Healthcare engineering teams.  This role collaborates closely with cross-functional engineering teams to continuously innovate these systems and is a leader in self-service infrastructure delivery platforms.  Role operates in a DevOps manner, supporting and /troubleshooting issues and coordinating with 3rd parties for installation, delivery, and operational excellence. Works on project implementation, provides training, writes proposals, performs cost analysis and vendor comparisons.

As an expert in the field, uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues and broad design matters. Works on issues that impact design/selling success or address future concepts, products or technologies. Creates formal networks with key decision makers and serves as external spokesperson for the organization. Exercises wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.

What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?

Responsible for design and implementation of infrastructure and security strategy, architecture and platforms

Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including infrastructure and security monitoring and metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise controls

Accountable for adhering to enterprise architecture standards, ensuring technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to enterprise architecture strategy-setting

Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs

Participates in security governance and audits

Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas and client groups

Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for design and issue resolution

Serves as infrastructure architecture subject matter expert to business areas, project teams and vendors to apply and execute appropriate use of technology solutions and lead efforts to examine technology vision, opportunities and challenges

Builds consensus around principles of infrastructure architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles

Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options

Provides technical guidance to less experienced Engineers

Create design documentation and runbooks that can be easily implemented by build engineers and transitioned to operational support

Conducts post-event reviews of incidents

Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blue prints

Evaluates strengths and flaws in Infrastructure Architecture designs including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership

Facilitates project hand-offs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions

Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns between projects

Leverages and postures technology stacks to lead the organization into an automated self-service model

Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise

Establishes and maintains relationships with IT and business area partners to evaluate designs and controls

Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience.

Benchmarks technology strategies and architectures.

Monitors and anticipates trends and investigates organizational objectives and needs.

Provides guidance on solutions and prepares benchmarking reports and presentations

Promotes implementation of new technology, solutions and methods to improve business processes, efficiency, effectiveness and value delivered to customers

The essential functions listed represent the major duties of this role, additional duties may be assigned

What are the requirements needed for this position?

Position requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8 year’s experience; or equivalent experience

Strong leader and communicator and have good problem solving and analytical skills

experience with web technologies and building enterprise architecture

Must strong hold on designing, integrating and managing complex infrastructure solutions

Assist in planning and support processes and adhering to best practices

What are the preferred certifications needed for this role?

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)

Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence (EACOE)

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

What are the working conditions and physical requirements of this job?

General office demands

Join our team today where we are creating a better coordinated, increasingly collaborative, and more efficient healthcare system!

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement

Change Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information,  national origin, disability, or veteran status. To read more about employment discrimination protections under federal law, read EEO is the Law at https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo-law-poster and the supplemental information at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf .

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