Enterprise Architect IS - Clinical Applications

Our teams shape strategic initiatives, have passion, and work to improve health outcomes. They advance our mission and exemplify excellence, compassion, teamwork and purpose in all that they do. Indiana University Health is seeking individuals who embody these values to join our IS Networking and Telephony team in the role of Enterprise Architect – Clinical Applications.  This position is a full-time position, located in Indianapolis, IN.

Role Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Strategy & Blueprint Ownership

• Define and maintain the enterprise-wide business, information, and systems architecture blueprint and multiyear roadmap aligned to enterprise strategy, clinical/business priorities, and financial constraints.

  • Capture and evolve current state and future state architectures, ensuring clarity on capabilities, dependencies, risks, and sequencing. 

   

EA Discipline, Operating Model & Playbook Leadership

• Own and actively drive the Enterprise Architecture discipline by establishing, evolving, and enforcing a consistent EA operating model, standards, principles, governance processes, and playbooks.

  • Ensure EA methods, artifacts, and decision frameworks are applied consistently across programs, portfolios, and domains. (Explicit enhancement per request; complements governance and alignment responsibilities in source) 

   

Architecture Governance & Solution Alignment

• Lead formal governance to assess solutions, programs, and releases for alignment with enterprise architecture principles, blueprints, and roadmaps.

  • Review solution architectures, prototypes, and scopes to ensure architectural integrity, cross capability coherence, and adherence to standards. 

   

Domain & Solution Architect Enablement and Assurance

• Direct, guide, and coordinate domain architects and solution architects, ensuring architecture work is performed as envisioned—using the EA playbook, following standards, and supporting enterprise outcomes.

  • Engage appropriate architects to develop blueprints, identify cross domain issues and risks, and deliver consistent, high quality architecture outputs. (Clarifies and elevates partnering responsibilities already stated) 

   

Value, Investment & Technology Stewardship

• Evaluate current and emerging technologies for fit, modernization, retirement, and risk; assess TCO and financial impact of architectural recommendations.
  • Drive architectural decisions that improve value, reduce cost and complexity, and support sustainable delivery through informed estimates and release planning. 
    

Candidate Qualifications

Candidates for the position will be evaluated according to the following criteria and competencies.

• Bachelor's Degree is required. Master's Degree is preferred.

• Requires 7-10 years of relevant experience.

• Requires a fundamental understanding of application development, package configuration, application/data integration, infrastructure design principles and best practices, and how these activities combine to form a system. 

• Requires 10+ years of combined experience in at least two of the following disciplines: clinical applications development, business applications development, analytics, security or infrastructure.

  • Clinical Applications Development is highly preferred 

• Requires experience leading virtual teams, facilitating constructive debate and driving outcomes within time and budget constraints. 

• Demonstrates the ability to weigh short-term tradeoffs against long-term alignment to achieve goal.

Indiana University Health is unlike any other healthcare system and we're looking for team members who share the things that matter most to us. IU Health leaders play a crucial role in advancing the mission of our organization and inspiring teams to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. As one of Indiana’s largest employers and the most comprehensive medical system in the state, our vision is to lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation and education, and make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.

IU Health is the largest health system in Indiana with nearly 40,000 team members, 15 hospitals, and $8.64 billion in operating revenue. The system’s programs in cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatrics and transplants have received national recognition for quality patient care.  IU Health, in partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine, bring together highly skilled physicians, researchers, and educators into close collaboration to provide world-class care for children and adults and improve the health of patients and communities across Indiana. 

Indiana University Health is dedicated to a fair hiring process and is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all individuals, regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, gender identity, expression, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

• Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
• IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
• A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of the nation’s largest medical schools – gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing healthcare for all.
• With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
• At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
• Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.