[Hiring] Principal IT Architect @CommonSpirit Health

Role Description

As the Principal Solutions Architect, Consumer Experience and Clinical Enablement, you will be a visionary leader responsible for shaping the future of digital health at CommonSpirit Health. This is a high-impact, individual contributor role where you will design and lead the architecture of mission-critical digital experiences and virtual health capabilities for consumers, patients, and clinicians. You will bridge software engineering excellence with enterprise architecture discipline to accelerate the modernization of CommonSpirit Health's digital ecosystem — including web, mobile, API, and cloud-native platforms.

This role is not just about architecture; it's about driving innovation and transforming healthcare through technology. Acting as a thought-leader, chief architect, and technical mentor, you will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, clinical, operations, and infrastructure teams to build scalable, secure, and intuitive digital and virtual health experiences. You will be instrumental in shaping CommonSpirit’s vision for a connected digital & virtual healthcare experience.

As a key member of the Consumer Experience & Clinical Enablement Team, you will work closely with other chief architects at CommonSpirit and partner with Physician Enterprise, Marketing, Nursing and IT stakeholders for program execution, including the planning, architecture, and development of consumer-facing products and clinical applications. You will be an advocate for innovation, change, and clarity while supporting and motivating the team. You will be assigned to complex initiatives with significant scope, organizational impact, and budget, and you will be an experienced product engineering leader, supporting software engineering best practices and delivering technology products through modern cloud platforms practices and full-stack development frameworks. You will have the autonomy to make critical architectural decisions and the influence to drive the adoption of new technologies and approaches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Education, Management, or related field required
• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and/or application architecture
• 10+ years of experience in a senior technical leadership or principal-level role
• Demonstrated experience in healthcare IT, digital health platforms, or clinical systems integration required
• Expert level understanding of cloud architecture (GCP, AWS, or Azure), APIs (REST, GraphQL, FHIR), mobile/web development and Artificial Intelligence
• Expert level understanding in modern backend full-stack systems and frontend language/frameworks
• Advanced proficiency with modern API-led architecture, event-driven design, data driven services and healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, SMART on FHIR)

Requirements

• Master’s degree preferred
• Agile certifications strongly desired
• Systems thinking and the ability to abstract and decompose complex problems
• Demonstrated experience engaging, translating and influencing with both technical and non-technical executive level stakeholders; Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to align technical decisions to broader organizational strategy and goals
• Deep experience working in Agile product environments and DevOps cultures
• High emotional intelligence and cross-functional leadership ability in matrixed enterprise environments
• A proven track record of driving innovation and delivering impactful results in a complex, enterprise environment

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