Senior Healthcare Data Architect & AI Solutions

Children's National Medical Center; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's National Hospital is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deploy complex data solutions that support patient care, research, and operations. You will refine data models, ensure data quality, and integrate new sources while mentoring junior staff.

The role requires deep knowledge of data architecture, ML-ready modeling, Python, and cross-functional collaboration across clinical, operational, and IT teams in a regulated healthcare setting. Strong communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a heavily regulated industry; healthcare is a plus.
• Advanced knowledge of data management and analytics.
• Experience with global distributed multicultural teams.
• Experience with agile leadership.
• Experience building production-ready data products.
• Knowledge of statistical data analysis and ML models (e.g., linear models, time series, neural nets, NLP).
• Expert in Python coding for modeling and ML packages.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL and ETL coding.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Attention to detail and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Enforce enterprise information standards and data architecture guidelines.
• Lead data architecture discussions and validate data quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to refine healthcare technology data requirements.
• Design scalable data solutions aligned with business goals.
• Mentor junior architects and promote best practices in analytics.
• Govern data security, governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Guide roadmap development for enterprise data initiatives.

Skills

Advanced data modeling

Python for ML

SQL & NoSQL

Agile leadership

Data quality & governance

Cross-functional collaboration

Statistical analysis

Production-ready data products

Healthcare data experience

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative/statistical or business field

Master's degree

Tools

ETL tools

Job description

Children's National Hospital is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and deploy complex data solutions that support patient care, research, and operations. You will refine data models, ensure data quality, and integrate new sources while mentoring junior staff.

The role requires deep knowledge of data architecture, ML-ready modeling, Python, and cross-functional collaboration across clinical, operational, and IT teams in a regulated healthcare setting. Strong communication is essential.