Senior Architect

Apex Systems; St. Louis, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

HSA

EAP

Professional development

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Senior Architect to lead a major healthcare modernization and migration program in St. Louis with remote work options. You will set modernization strategies, evaluate readiness, and guide teams through secure, compliant migrations across on-premises and cloud environments.

You will define standards for HIPAA/HITRUST, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and provide hands-on architectural leadership throughout the migration lifecycle.

Qualifications

• IT architecture experience with healthcare provider environments.
• Experience modernizing legacy apps and leading large migrations to cloud.
• Strong communication and leadership to guide diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization across clinical and business applications in the healthcare ecosystem.
• Develop upgrade roadmaps for OS, databases, and middleware.
• Oversee end-to-end migration to data centers and cloud (IaaS/PaaS).
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security, and Clinical IT teams.
• Define cloud migration approaches including lift-and-shift and replatforming.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Cloud migration

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Azure

GCP (Google Cloud)

HL7

FHIR

Job description

Senior Architect

Location: St. Louis, Missouri (Remote)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Architect with a background in healthcare provider technologies to lead a major application modernization and migration initiative. This program focuses on upgrading the technical stack, including operating systems, middleware, and databases, while modernizing applications and enabling cloud adoption. The ideal candidate will define modernization strategies, evaluate application readiness, and guide teams through implementation, ensuring compliance with healthcare security, privacy, and interoperability standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture planning and modernization efforts across clinical and business applications within the healthcare provider ecosystem.
• Assess current-state application portfolios and develop upgrade roadmaps for operating systems, databases, and middleware platforms.
• Design and oversee end-to-end migration strategies for applications moving to new data centers and cloud environments (IaaS/PaaS).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Infrastructure, Integration, Security, and Clinical IT.
• Define and implement cloud migration approaches such as lift-and-shift, replatforming, and application refactoring.
• Establish modernization, integration, resiliency, and high-availability architecture standards.
• Ensure all solution architectures comply with healthcare regulations and industry standards, including HIPAA and HITRUST.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership, governance, and technical guidance throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Support risk management, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning during transition activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor and liaison between technical teams, business leaders, and clinical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• An Associate's, Bachelor's, or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field is required.
• Candidates must have a minimum of 7 years of IT architecture experience, with at least 3 years supporting healthcare provider organizations.
• Hold experience in modernizing legacy applications and leading large-scale migrations to cloud platforms or new data centers.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure technologies, including servers, networking, storage, virtualization, and operating system upgrades.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and manage stakeholder relationships, along with communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing and implementing hybrid cloud strategies and legacy-to-modern application transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud-native architecture principles.
• Understanding of healthcare security, compliance, and data privacy requirements, including HIPAA and HITRUST frameworks.
• Professional certifications such as TOGAF, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.
• Working knowledge of healthcare interoperability and integration standards, including HL7 and FHIR, and the supporting infrastructure.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits Overview

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan).
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• Professional development training program, certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.