Enterprise Architect
About The Position
Banner Health was named to Fortune’s Most Innovative Companies in America 2025 list for the third consecutive year and named to Newsweek's list of Most Trustworthy Companies in America for the second year in a row. We’re proud to be recognized for our commitment to the latest health care advancements and excellent patient care. Banner Health is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect – AI & Data to help define and shape the technology foundation for the organization’s next generation of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and enterprise data platforms. This role is part of Banner’s Enterprise Architecture organization and is responsible for establishing the strategic architecture, standards, and technology roadmaps for generative AI, large language models (LLMs), advanced analytics, and data engineering solutions across the health system. The architect will collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, compliance, and business teams to design scalable, secure, and HIPAA-compliant solutions leveraging technologies such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Bedrock, Databricks, LangChain, LangSmith, CData, and BannerWise, Banner Health’s internally developed AI platform. This is a unique opportunity to play a key leadership role in accelerating Banner’s AI and data transformation while helping improve clinical, operational, and business outcomes across one of the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems. In this role, a typical day includes leading architecture workshops, developing reference architectures and technical standards, evaluating emerging AI and data technologies, and guiding engineering teams in the design and implementation of enterprise solutions. The Enterprise Architect – AI & Data will review solution proposals, participate in architecture governance and security reviews, and work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical and innovative technology strategies. The ideal candidate combines deep experience in enterprise and data architecture with strong knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, and cloud-based platforms. This fully remote position offers significant opportunities for skill development, executive visibility, and career growth while helping define the future of AI and data capabilities at Banner Health.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience in a related field.
- Minimum of 10 years technical experience in architecture, design, and/or project management
- Minimum of 8 years of experience architecting or delivering large scale information technology environments.
- Proven track record of providing end-to-end technical thought leadership on large scale initiatives that integrate multiple complex systems.
- Knowledge of multiple programming languages, database products, computing environments, hardware architectures and integration strategies.
- Proven experience solving complex problems in a multi-platform systems environment, including on-premise and Cloud / XaaS solutions
- Knowledge of EA frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman or FEAF.
- Demonstrated comprehensive expert knowledge and exceptional insight into the information technology industry and broad knowledge of business process including disaster recovery, business continuity and risk management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and persuasion skills
- Able to collaborate and engage effectively with technical and non-technical resources, speaking the language of the business
- Ability to communicate and influence at all levels.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate degree preferred.
- Additional related education and/or experience preferred.
- Deep experience in enterprise and data architecture
- Strong knowledge of generative AI, LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, and cloud-based platforms.
Responsibilities
- Leading architecture workshops
- Developing reference architectures and technical standards
- Evaluating emerging AI and data technologies
- Guiding engineering teams in the design and implementation of enterprise solutions
- Reviewing solution proposals
- Participating in architecture governance and security reviews
- Working closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical and innovative technology strategies
- Developing the architectural artifacts, models, patterns, and transition initiatives and activities ensuring strategic initiatives and goals are achievable, operationally efficient, technically sound, and accounted for.
- Developing and maintaining capability documentation, targets architecture and partners with IT and the Business to develop architectures in support of strategic initiatives, goals, and industry trends.
- Serving as a credible expert advisor to executives on the appropriateness of current and future technologies based on the highest level of TCO, ROI, and strategic value to the business.
- Developing and fostering relationships with business stakeholders and information technology management.
- Advising functional leaders and executives making strategic investments in applications, databases, technologies, systems, services, or processes as a result of architectural development.
- Ensuring consistent adherence to standards for architectural artifact documentation and implementation.
- Accountable for the development of complex architecture documentation and presentations based on business and technical requirements, based on business, operational, and achievable goals.
- Participating in meetings, presentations, visioning sessions, planning sessions, implementation activities, and supporting functions system wide.
Benefits
- Health and financial security options
- Comprehensive benefit package for all benefit-eligible positions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
