Director IT Architecture
Boston Medical Center
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Job summary
Boston Medical Center is looking for a Director of IT Architecture to lead the IT architecture strategy. The position requires significant experience in IT architecture, managing teams specialized in network, cloud, and systems. The role aims to optimize technology use within the healthcare setting, ensuring compliance and security.
Key responsibilities include defining IT architecture strategies, evaluating emerging technologies, and enhancing system interoperability. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree, with a Master's preferred, and possess strong leadership skills.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in IT architecture, including 5 years in a leadership role.
- Strong experience with SD-WAN, VPNs, network security protocols.
- Experience in managing IT architecture teams, particularly in healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute IT architecture strategy aligned with business goals.
- Lead a team specializing in network and cloud architecture.
- Provide strategic direction for IT infrastructure and security.
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Job description
Reporting to the Sr. Director of IT Technology, we are seeking a polished, technical Director of IT Architecture who will be responsible for leading the overall IT architecture strategy for our dynamic, growing healthcare organization. This individual will be tasked with designing systems that align with business goals, regulatory requirements, and emerging industry technologies. This role manages a talented team of IT Network, Cloud, and Systems Architects, overseeing the design, implementation, and optimization of all enterprise technology solutions. The Director works closely with IT leadership and business stakeholders to drive innovation, improve system interoperability, optimize cost and enhance security across the healthcare organization.
Position: Director IT Architecture
Department: Information Technology
Schedule: Full Time
- Define and execute a comprehensive IT architecture strategy aligned with business, clinical, and operational goals.
- Lead and manage a team specializing in network, cloud, and systems architecture, ensuring seamless collaboration and efficiency.
- Establish and enforce IT governance, standards, and best practices to ensure compliance with industry regulations (HIPAA, HITECH, HITRUST, etc.).
- Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies (microservices, AI, ML) to improve healthcare delivery and operational efficiency.
- Provide strategic direction for IT infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance optimization.
- Strong financial acumen, ensuring positive ROI for Architecture-led initiatives.
- Responsible for all aspects of the Network Architecture, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performance network infrastructure to support healthcare applications and data exchange.
- Responsible for all aspects of the Cloud Architecture initiatives, including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, ensuring compliance, cost optimization, and interoperability with on-premises systems.
- Guide Systems Architecture development, ensuring robust design, security, and integration of core business and healthcare applications, including EHR/EMR (Epic).
- Act as the primary liaison between IT architecture teams and IT leadership, translating business needs into technology strategies.
- Partner with IT Security team to develop and enforce security frameworks that protect patient data and mitigate cybersecurity threats.
- Partner with Cloud team to establish common tooling and automation (e.g., CloudFormation, AWS CDK, AWS Landing Zone Accelerator, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins).
- Work closely with software vendors, system integrators, and cloud service providers to optimize technology investments.
- Foster collaboration across cross-functional IT teams, ensuring alignment within infrastructure, security, and application teams.
- Establish KPIs and performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of IT architecture initiatives.
- Identify and mitigate risks related to network vulnerabilities, cloud security, and system failures.
- Optimize IT spending by implementing cost-effective solutions.
- Continuously assess system performance and scalability to meet the growing demands of healthcare operations.
(The above statements in this job description are intended to depict the general nature and level of work assigned to the employee(s) in this job. The above is not intended to represent an exhaustive list of accountable duties and responsibilities required).
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in IT architecture, including at least 5 years in a leadership role managing network, cloud, and systems architecture teamspreferably within a healthcare organization.
- Network Architecture: Strong experience with SD-WAN, VPNs, firewalls, network security protocols, and healthcare data exchange networks.
- Cloud Architecture: Strong experience with AWS, Well-Architected Framework, and hybrid cloud solutioning.
- Demonstrated history of assessing, testing, implementing modern platform visibility solutions (DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Prometheus / Grafana).
- Master's degree preferred
- Recent certifications in relevant cloud platforms (AWS Certified: Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty, etc, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, etc)
- CISSP, CCNP, HITRUST, or FinOps Certification
- Systems Architecture: Expertise in the M365 suite, server infrastructure, virtualization, storage solutions, disaster recovery, and healthcare IT standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM, etc).
- Security & Compliance: Knowledge of HIPAA & HITRUST compliance, and cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27K). Ability to work cross-functionally with the BMCHS Information Security Team to define and design according to industry best-practice.
- Fluency in Agile, waterfall, and industry standard tooling (e.g., Jira, Project, Confluence).
- Strong leadership and team management skills. You are a thought-leader and a mentor.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. You have excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving and analytical skills. You see the big picture and how it affects patient care and our bottom line.
$140,500.00- $204,000.00
This range offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications. However, our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and a broad range of factors is considered when making an offer. This includes education, experience, skills, and certifications / licences as they directly relate to position requirements; as well as business/organizational needs, internal equity, and market-competitiveness. In addition, BMCHS offers generous total compensation that includes, but is not limited to, benefits (medical, dental, vision, pharmacy), discretionary annual bonuses and merit increases, Flexible Spending Accounts, 403(b) savings matches, paid time off, career advancement opportunities, and resources to support employee and family well-being.
NOTE: This range is based on Boston-area data, and is subject to modification based on geographic location.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans
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