Solutions Architect

Vital Care Infusion Services • Birmingham, AL

1d • Remote

About The Position

As a Solutions Architect, you will serve as a key technical leader responsible for designing, validating, and guiding the implementation of secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions that support business objectives and patient care. You will collaborate closely with business, clinical, security, and engineering teams to translate requirements into well-architected solutions that align with enterprise standards and healthcare regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, systems design, or technical architecture roles, including experience in regulated or healthcare environments.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, integration patterns, cloud platforms (preferably Microsoft Azure), and data systems.
• Strong knowledge of Azure identity and security services, including Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Key Vault, and Managed Identities.
• Azure networking and connectivity expertise (VNets, subnets, NSGs, Private Link, ExpressRoute/VPN, DNS) with an emphasis on secure hybrid architectures.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation, integrated with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions).
• Experience designing AI/ML and GenAI solutions on Azure (Azure AI Services, Azure Machine Learning, and/or Azure OpenAI), including model evaluation, prompt/system design patterns, and integration into business workflows.
• Ability to assess risk, make sound architectural decisions, and balance innovation with stability.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
• Continuous learner with a disciplined, mission-focused mindset appropriate for healthcare technology environments.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end application, integration, data, and cloud architectures that meet functional, non-functional, security, scalability, and compliance requirements.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, solution blueprints, and technical design documentation.
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, platforms, and patterns aligned with enterprise architecture standards.
• Incorporate security-by-design principles including identity management, access controls, encryption, audit logging, and data minimization.
• Partner with security and compliance teams to support audit readiness and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate with business, clinical, and technology stakeholders to understand needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Communicate architectural decisions, risks, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide architectural guidance throughout delivery lifecycles.
• Design systems for high availability, resiliency, monitoring, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Ensure solutions support dependable clinical and operational workflows.
• Document architecture decisions, standards, and reference designs to support consistency and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor engineers and teams on architectural best practices and healthcare compliance considerations.
• Implement the evolution of enterprise applications, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with business and clinical workflows.
• Design and implement AI-enabled solutions, including GenAI, machine learning services, intelligent automation, and decision-support capabilities integrated into operational systems.
• Architect, develop and oversee robotics and automation solutions, including RPA, workflow orchestration, and bot-driven processes, to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across clinical, operational, and administrative functions.
• Implement a standardized service-layer architectures, including APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, and middleware, to enable reusable, loosely coupled systems and partner integrations.
• Lead and implement data integration strategies, including real-time and batch integrations, data pipelines, interoperability frameworks, and secure exchange between clinical, operational, and analytics platforms.
• Ensure all application implementations incorporate security-by-design, privacy controls, audit logging, and compliance with healthcare regulatory standards.
• Support modernization initiatives by refactoring or replacing legacy applications with cloud-native, API-driven, and AI-ready architectures, aligned with enterprise standards.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Paid time off
• Personal days
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid Paternal Leave
• Volunteerism Days off
• Company-sponsored basic life insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• Employee-paid accident insurance
• Employee-paid critical illness insurance
• Employee-paid short-term disability insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance programs (mental health, financial and legal)
• Rewards programs offered by our medical carrier
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Employee Referral Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees