Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Vizient, Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive plan

Job summary

Vizient, Inc. in Irving, Texas is seeking a Senior Technical Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise data, analytics, application, and AI-enabled solutions for healthcare clients.

You will translate clinical, operational, and business needs into scalable data products and establish reusable patterns across large engagements. You will guide teams from discovery to production deployment, ensuring alignment with technology standards and governance while mentoring engineers and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in technical architecture and delivery.
• Healthcare data analytics or healthcare technology experience.
• Advanced SQL and modern cloud-based data/application development platforms, including Databricks.
• Experience integrating data platforms, APIs, apps, visualization tools, and cloud services.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development, LLMs, agentic workflows, or related AI tech.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, security-by-design, source control, and CI/CD.
• Willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of enterprise data, analytics, applications, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Own delivery across complex engagements from discovery through deployment and transition.
• Define reusable architecture patterns, frameworks, and engineering best practices.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, observable and compliant with governance standards.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering excellence across teams.

Skills

SQL

AI development

Cloud architecture

CI/CD

Architecture patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

Cloud services

Job description

When you’re the best, we’re the best. We instill an environment where employees feel engaged, satisfied and able to contribute their unique skills and talents while living and working as their authentic selves. We provide extensive opportunities for personal and professional development, building both employee competence and organizational capability to fuel exceptional performance through an inclusive environment both now and in the future.

Summary: In this role, you will lead the technical design and delivery of complex, client-facing data, analytics, application, and AI-enabled solutions that address real-world healthcare challenges. You will serve as a senior technical advisor and hands‑on solution leader across large engagements, translating clinical, operational, and business needs into scalable solutions and data products. You will define solution architecture, establish reusable development practices, and guide teams from discovery and experimentation through production deployment while ensuring alignment with technology, data governance, security, and architecture standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise-level data, analytics, application, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Own technical delivery across complex engagements from discovery and solution design through development, deployment, validation, and transition.
• Define reusable architecture patterns, development frameworks, code libraries, integration standards, and engineering best practices.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, observable, and aligned with established technology and governance standards.
• Facilitate technical design sessions, architecture reviews, solution reviews, and technical working sessions.
• Identify and address delivery risks involving infrastructure, data access, integration, security, architecture, and governance.
• Partner with client leaders, analysts, engineers, clinicians, and business teams to translate complex healthcare challenges into technical solutions.
• Advise senior client leaders on solution strategies aligned with clinical, operational, and business objectives.
• Communicate technical concepts, architectural decisions, and implementation considerations to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Apply AI‑assisted and agentic development approaches to accelerate delivery while maintaining appropriate controls and guardrails.
• Develop experimentation frameworks that enable rapid prototyping, evaluation, refinement, and production transition.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Application Engineering, Product, and Analytics teams to deliver cohesive, integrated solutions.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, knowledge sharing, and guidance on complex architecture and development decisions.
• Drive engineering excellence through reusable assets, documented practices, communities of practice, and consistent technical standards.
• Define and govern architecture patterns, integration standards, and agentic development frameworks that promote scalability and consistency.
• Develop reusable frameworks, code libraries, reference architectures, and best practices that accelerate solution delivery.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree preferred. 7 or more years of relevant experience required.
• Experience leading the architecture and delivery of complex, multi‑component technical solutions required.
• Experience with healthcare data, healthcare analytics, or healthcare technology required.
• Advanced expertise in SQL and modern cloud‑based data and application development platforms, including Databricks required.
• Experience designing solutions that integrate data platforms, APIs, application layers, visualization tools, and cloud services required.
• Experience with AI‑assisted development, large language models, agentic workflows, or related AI technologies strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of cloud‑native architecture, application integration, security‑by‑design principles, source control, and CI/CD practices preferred.
• Experience rapidly prototyping solutions and transitioning successful concepts into scalable, maintainable implementations preferred.
• Strong consultative skills with the ability to translate healthcare and business challenges into actionable technical strategies preferred.
• Experience facilitating technical discussions and presenting recommendations to senior technical, business, clinical, and operational leaders preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence technical standards across teams without direct reporting authority preferred.
• Knowledge of Vizient data, analytics products, or the Clinical Data Base preferred.
• Willingness to travel.

Estimated Hiring Range

At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $117,600.00 to $206,000.00. This position is also incentive eligible. Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:

Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.

Working at Vizient means shaping the future of healthcare, every day. Alongside our clients, we're building a healthier, more human healthcare system. We connect people, data, and solutions to enable healthcare organizations to improve financial sustainability, enhance system performance, and deliver better care.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with 11 offices across the United States, Vizient has more than 5,000 employees who bring deep expertise and a shared commitment to transforming healthcare. Together, we're solving some of the industry's most complex challenges while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and drive lasting change for healthcare organizations and the communities they serve.

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