Enterprise Solution Architect: Healthcare IT Strategy

The University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 189,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

The Principal Solution Architect at The University of Texas at Austin leads enterprise-wide technology solutions, translating strategy into roadmaps and guiding cross-functional teams across clinical, research, administrative, and enterprise tech environments.

Reporting to the CTO, this role shapes technology portfolios, evaluates emerging technologies, and ensures compliance with healthcare regulations while aligning with university goals and transformation initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of eight years of experience developing and overseeing solution architecture, enterprise systems design, or IT strategy.
• Experience in vendor relationship management.
• Experience leading IT transformational initiatives in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate institutional vision into tangible architectural roadmaps and actionable designs.
• Develop solution and integration architecture for EHR, ERP, digital, and IT transformation initiatives.
• Design secure, scalable, and interoperable systems across clinical, research, and administrative domains.
• Establish architecture principles and an escalation model for resolving project-level disagreements.
• Deliver solution architectures to support human health research and hospital build initiatives.

Skills

Strategic agility

Technical learning

Organizational agility

Dealing with ambiguity

Influence without authority

Drive for results

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Job description

The Principal Solution Architect at The University of Texas at Austin leads enterprise-wide technology solutions, translating strategy into roadmaps and guiding cross-functional teams across clinical, research, administrative, and enterprise tech environments.

Reporting to the CTO, this role shapes technology portfolios, evaluates emerging technologies, and ensures compliance with healthcare regulations while aligning with university goals and transformation initiatives.