SalaryThe salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour
Job SummaryThe Cloud Solution Architect develops an implementable design and plan to realize business solutions using information technology leveraging the standards and best practices of the organization. The architect would be expected to develop, evolve and maintain reusable architecture assets such as reference architecture, best practices, policies and standards. These assets would be used to govern projects to ensure constancy of design and implementation.
Fraser Health in in the process of maturing its cloud solutions capabilities and is searching for an individual who can build and operate a holistic cloud solutioning practice. This opportunity goes beyond the technical details of cloud implementations and supporting how Fraser Health can be strategic in its use of cloud services.
Build on your education and career experience as you:
- Build a cloud solutioning practice within the existing architecture team.
- Provide oversight on architecture methodologies and best practices in the implementation of building or buying cloud solutions.
- Develop and maintain architecture models
- Provide mentoring, advice and guidance to other solution architects, projects and clinical & business stakeholders on where cloud solutions can address their needs.
- Create a development plan for staff to become cloud competent.
- Support the creation of a support structure that operates and manages our cloud presence across multiple providers.
- Provide cloud solutioning expertise in parallel with building the cloud program.
To join our team, we will look for you to have:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related study or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- At least seven (7) years of related experience in a large complex organization including at least three (3) years' experience in a leadership position.
- Hands on experience creating or leading an architecture practice, this role is more than just developing solutions, it’s developing an organizational capability to support an increasing demand for modern solutions and technologies is preferred.
- Experience with working in a multi-disciplinary environment involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Certifications in architecture, leadership and cloud technologies would be an asset.
- Current BC Drivers' License and access to a vehicle for business related purposes.
An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.
We current have a full time permanent positions, based at our Central City Offices in Surrey, BC.
If this sounds like the ideal role for you, here are more reasons why you should apply:
- A career with FH will offer you a chance to be a member of a dedicated team in a dynamic and exciting health care environment.
- We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.
Take ownership for your own performance and seek to model integrity, resilience and confidence! If you are passionate about building an engaging environment that supports and challenges others to achieve their goals then this is an outstanding opportunity for you!
Detailed OverviewSupporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health:
The Solution Architect provides business architecture design expertise and leadership to the Information Management (IM) service within Fraser Health including identifying, designing, and evaluating alternative IM solutions that will enable effective health care delivery, optimize the realization of business benefits, and mitigate IM risks. The IM Solution Architect develops IM solution models from the conceptual level through logical to high level physical. To ensure effective outcomes, the IM Solution Architect demonstrates strong links among the desired benefit/outcome, the capabilities of the solution, and the overall investment of funds.
While embracing whole business solutions, the Architecture encompasses automated processes (purchased or custom-built applications), electronic information collections, defined domains of automation, interfaces and integration points with other systems, interfaces to manual business procedures and information collections, and information technology (computers, networks, operating system software, database management systems, security software, middleware, etc.). The Architecture directly integrates business information, functions and processes, must be implementable within the organization and other stakeholders impacted (change management), and must be deliverable given current technology standards and established solution and delivery constraints (project management).
Responsibilities
- Provides business architecture design expertise by understanding and reviewing requirements and analyzing and translating business and clinical needs into an architectural plan that outlines whole solutions to meet those needs. Identifies and considers alternative IM conceptual solutions and recommends an IM Solution Architecture. Determines the viability of IM solutions and investments in them. Provides related consultation and advice to Executive, Senior Management, Informatics Councils, Initiative Executive Sponsors, project teams and to the Initiative Delivery Steering Committee.
- Designs the IM Solution Architecture to enable the business solution at the conceptual and logical architecture level (and high-level physical as necessary), to integrate across applications, systems and platforms, and to support Fraser Health's business needs. Reviews change requests that impact the architecture and scope of the solution, making recommendations as appropriate.
- Participates in risk assessments, risk management planning and audits related to Information Management processes, applications, technology and security.
- Participates in the business solution design of assigned initiatives and within the scope as defined in the business case by the health care program area; provides skills and expertise in the areas of modeling function and process, information and data. Contributes to the development of a program tactical plan (initiatives roadmap) to achieve the health care program strategy.
- Ensures that all solution features are necessary and sufficient to support business needs and benefits as documented in the business case including enabling business/function/process, change requirements and project management requirements.
- Collaborates with IM staff to ensure that the Solution Architecture will function in the FH Technology environment; collaborates with delivery management to develop delivery plans that estimate effort and that assess the project's scope and quality.
- Provides expertise during the phases of the system implementation lifecycle to ensure that the solution adheres to the approved architecture; ensures that exceptions are documented and approved by relevant committees or management. Participates in the procurement of IM solution components including the creation of requests for proposal and proposal evaluation.
- Provides education to the Executive, Informatics Council, and initiative Executive Sponsors on relevant topics.
- Leads the evaluation and refinement of tools and methods used to document Solution Architecture and mentors other IM staff in the benefits and use.
- In collaboration with the Director, develops annual goals and objectives for the assigned area of responsibility, ensuring consistency with department plans and Fraser Health objectives and strategies.
- Participates in maturing a Fraser Health Enterprise Architecture and supporting business function.
- Participates in assigned Fraser Health, Provincial, and Federal committees and projects; chairs and/or leads discussion as required.
QualificationsEducation and ExperienceBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business, Health Information Science or related field supplemented with seven (7) to ten (10) years as a Senior Business Analyst, including two (2) to three (3) years as a Solution Architect (SA) with experience related to the design, development and implementation of information management solutions with a strong emphasis on meeting business objectives, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Current BC Drivers' License and access to a vehicle for business related purposes.
CompetenciesDemonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.
Professional/Technical Capabilities
- Expert knowledge and understanding of architecture, application design, systems engineering and integration.
- Familiarization with concepts of complex systems and systems of systems of systems engineering (SOSE).
- Strong ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders and on various working groups and to explain IM complexities to others.
- Ability to translate business needs into solutions architecture requirements and knowledge of the concepts of benefits realization.
- Ability to apply a range of solutions to business and clinical system problems.
- Knowledge and understanding the British Columbia health care system.
- Ability to perform business and system analysis.
- Ability to contribute effectively to business case development and to major project plans and estimates and to map IM solution features to the business case benefits and to explain the contribution.
- Practical knowledge of function and process modeling techniques such as Component Business Modeling, Line of Visibility Modeling, and Structured Analysis and Design.
- Ability to use information and data modeling techniques such as object modeling, data model kiagrams and entity relationship diagrams.
- Knowledge of techniques for development application architectures such as process and data affinity analysis (CRUD diagrams).
- General knowledge of enterprise architecture concepts and current information technology.
- Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work and meet deadlines.
About Fraser HealthFraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
Together, we are the heart of health care.
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