Mission-Critical Systems Architect: Telehealth & Comms

Houston Methodist; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Houston Methodist seeks a Systems Architect to preserve architecture and system integrity for mission-critical applications. You will coordinate with IT leaders to align design with the system architecture plan and division strategy.

The role leads complex workflows, documents best practices, and guides upgrade installations and maintenance. Collaboration across IT is essential to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration or related field, or clinical degree (RN, RT, PharmTech) or additional four years of experience (in addition to the minimum experience requirements listed below) in lieu of degree
• Ten years of progressive IT application system experience to include three years leading mission-critical information systems with expertise in an application portfolio, or seven years of progressive IT application system experience to include three years leading mission-critical information systems with expertise in an application portfolio and three years of related business or clinical operations experience
• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Demonstrated expert understanding of enterprise system workflows

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership for IT and Business partners through consultation, education, and planning of application system.
• Mentors and builds consensus with all levels of the team through both formal and informal methods concerning the application build process.
• Designs, plans, and implements major system installations, updates, and upgrades, including task delegation, programming, vendor consultation, testing, and deployment.
• Works directly with customers on design of optimization requests for development plans and maintenance input on application installations, upgrades, and changes.
• Creates custom solutions or advanced configuration options to solve operational or workflow issues.
• Responsible for change management and quality control processes to ensure system integrity across all clinical applications and technical layers of the architecture, and ensures integrity of applications.
• Manages appropriate authorization of production moves and maintains documentation audit trail.
• Drives and mentors project teams to align on governance and roadmaps for large-scale projects.

Skills

Enterprise workflows

Project management

Technical communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or related field

Job description

Houston Methodist seeks a Systems Architect to preserve architecture and system integrity for mission-critical applications. You will coordinate with IT leaders to align design with the system architecture plan and division strategy.

The role leads complex workflows, documents best practices, and guides upgrade installations and maintenance. Collaboration across IT is essential to deliver scalable, compliant solutions.