Information Security Systems Architect Senior

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

The senior system architect provides leadership, analysis, and design for technology solutions, products, and systems, ensuring they meet business needs and align with architectural standards. The role typically covers multiple related solutions, products, and systems, or complex major systems, and guides the technical direction of solutions in collaboration with product management, project management, other leaders, and teams. The architect also works with domain and enterprise architecture to align solutions with broader architectural direction and may significantly contribute to domain and enterprise architecture and the architecture community of practice.

As a primary technology leader and subject matter expert for one or more systems or agile release trains, the architect defines and communicates a shared technical and architectural vision. The role helps ensure systems are fit for purpose, supports high-quality continuous delivery, and develops an architecture roadmap and runway to accommodate future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.

This position is full time, based at Corewell Health Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The stated schedule is day shift, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, for 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in the field.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or equivalent.
• Prior architecture experience.
• Software, system, or technology engineering experience at the highest level of proficiency.
• Experience developing architecture patterns and standards.
• Experience with systems development lifecycle and technology implementation.
• Experience developing technical portfolios, roadmaps, frameworks, and controls.
• Prior healthcare provider or payer experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary technology leader and subject matter expert for one or more systems or agile release trains, potentially spanning multiple release trains.
• Define and communicate a shared technical and architectural vision for a system or agile release train.
• Participate in and often lead Program Increment Planning, Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt events.
• Work with product management, project management, stakeholders, internal customers, and team members to align architectural direction and support high-quality continuous delivery.
• Define and facilitate delivery of nonfunctional requirements and enabler features for agile release trains.
• Work with teams to analyze technical trade-offs, resolve problems, determine components and subsystems, identify interfaces, and support technical design.
• Ensure technical lifecycle needs, such as upgrades and security patches, are incorporated into team backlogs and system designs.
• Support product managers with end-of-life decisions to maintain, refresh, or retire products, services, or systems.
• Guide management and product management on cost, performance monitoring, skillset, and operational support considerations for technical solutions.
• Develop and advocate for an architecture roadmap to evolve solutions.
• Work with product owners and product managers to ensure an architectural runway can support future business requirements throughout the product lifecycle.
• Lead and participate in exploration activities to prototype new technical capabilities for assigned systems and solutions.
• Collaborate with domain and enterprise architecture to align delivered solutions with a shared technical direction.
• Participate in the architecture community of practice and contribute, as appropriate, to domain and enterprise architecture.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to support financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
• Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other items.
• Optional identity theft protection, home insurance, and auto insurance.
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and matching savings.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior