ITS Engineer Architect / ITS Data Governance

Hartford HealthCare; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare in Farmington, CT seeks an Enterprise Architect to shape the organization’s strategy, processes, information and IT assets, ensuring business and IT are aligned across the system. You will link business goals to IT architecture using models and views, guiding current and future needs.

The role leads efforts to promote shared infrastructure, reduce costs, and deliver scalable, adaptable IT solutions while managing risk and developing staff capabilities. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum 5 years of experience
• Ability to align business needs with IT strategy
• Strong leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• Ability to explain complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders
• Knowledge of IT governance and operations
• Knowledge of hardware, software, applications, and systems engineering
• Familiarity with healthcare information technology laws and regulations

Responsibilities

• Optimization of information management approaches through evolving business needs and technology capabilities
• Long-term strategic responsibility for the company's IT systems
• Promote shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flows
• Work with leads to provide a scalable, adaptable enterprise solution aligned with business and IT strategies
• Management of risks to information and IT assets through standards and security policies
• Build employee knowledge and skills in areas of expertise
• Develop policies, standards and guidelines for IT within the enterprise

Skills

Systems thinking

Business-IT alignment

Leadership & collaboration

Explain complex tech to non-tech

IT governance knowledge

Enterprise architecture knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Location Detail: 9 Farm Springs Rd Farmington (10566)

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

The creation of the HHC System Support Office recognizes the work of a large and growing group of employees whose responsibilities are continually evolving so that we and our departments now work on behalf of the system as a whole, rather than a single member organization.

With the creation of our new umbrella organization we now have our own identity with a unique payroll, benefits, performance management system, service recognition programs and other common practices across the system.

Position Summary

• Architects work with stakeholders, leadership and subject matter experts, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets. The role of the architect is to take this knowledge and ensure that the business and IT are in alignment.
• Links the business mission, strategy, and processes of the organization to its IT strategy, and documents this using multiple architectural models or views that show how the current and future needs of HHC will be met in an efficient, sustainable, agile, and adaptive manner.
• The Architect is responsible for the completion of their own scheduled and non-scheduled assignments.

Position Responsibilities

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Optimization of information management approaches through an understanding of evolving business needs and technology capabilities.
• Long-term strategic responsibility for the company's IT systems.
• Promotion of shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flows. Ensure that projects do not duplicate functionality or diverge from each other and business and IT strategies.
• Work with other leads to provide a consensus based enterprise solution that is scalable, adaptable and in synchronization with ever changing business needs.
• Management of the risks associated with information and IT assets through appropriate standards and security policies.
• Build employee knowledge and skills in specific areas of expertise.
• Direct or indirect involvement in the development of policies, standards and guidelines that direct the selection, development, implementation and use of Information Technology within the enterprise.
• Other job duties as assigned

Qualifications

Requirements and Specifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum 5 years of experience
• Systems thinking - the ability to see how parts interact with the whole (big picture thinking)
• Knowledge of the business for which the enterprise architecture is being developed
• Interpersonal and leadership skills - servant leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may understand
• Knowledge of IT governance and operations
• Comprehensive knowledge of hardware, software, application, and systems engineering
• Knowledge of financial modeling as it pertains to IT investment
• Customer service orientation
• Time management and prioritization
• Ability to communicate effectively, develop successful relationships with coworkers and management at all levels within the organization. Ability to work effectively and professionally under pressure.
• Strong critical thinking skills, ability to develop alternative solutions to a posed problem or conflict; ability to independently plan, organize, develop, prioritize, and execute decisions.
• High degree of accuracy, efficiency, and dependability in a fast-paced environment; strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to work independently, manages priorities, and meets deadlines.
• Ability to use personal computer and related software; including knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion and sound judgment.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Working knowledge of state and federal health care information technology laws and regulations.
• Working knowledge of general information technology policies and procedures.
• Healthcare experience preferred
• Ability to maintain records and filing systems
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to operate various office machines including printers, computers and various software packages
• Ability to problem-solve Ability to work independently Interpersonal skills Knowledge of LAN, WAN and other server technologies Knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Process improvement and quality skills
• Project management skills
• Written and verbal communication skills

We take great care of careers. With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.