Sr. Technical Architect
Location: Burnaby, BC – Hybrid / Predominantly Remote (estimated 90%+ off-site)
Initial Term: Through March 31, 2027 (with up to 3 six-month extension options)
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Architect to provide technical architecture leadership supporting a mission-critical Clinical Information System (CIS) and associated enterprise clinical and business platforms for a major regional health organization.
Working with the Regional Digital Solutions and Clinical Systems teams, this resource will lead complex architecture initiatives spanning enterprise infrastructure, identity and access management (IAM), clinical application integration, and virtualization.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide architectural governance, strategy, and technical design for regional electronic health record systems and related clinical solutions.
- Deliver end-to-end infrastructure architecture across enterprise networks, storage, identity management, database environments, and application delivery tiers.
- Architect and oversee integrations across disparate healthcare platforms using HL7, EMPI, and modern interoperability standards.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration between clinical, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders to ensure architectural alignment with organizational standards and clinical workflows.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Enterprise Architecture: 15+ years of progressive experience delivering complex solution and enterprise architecture within large enterprise environments.
- Healthcare Domain Expertise: 15+ years architecting and supporting enterprise healthcare information systems within complex clinical settings; experience within Canadian healthcare environments is highly preferred.
- Clinical Platform Specialization: 10+ years of deep technical architecture experience with Oracle Health Cerner / Cerner Millennium.
- Healthcare Interoperability: Proven expertise in healthcare data standards, HL7 messaging, Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI), and system interfaces.
- Identity, Access & Delivery: Deep technical expertise in Active Directory, Azure AD, Identity & Access Management (IAM), enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO), Imprivata OneSign, and Citrix application delivery.
- Platform Infrastructure: Comprehensive knowledge of database systems (Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server), virtualization, and modern storage/networking topologies.
- Leadership & Communication: Demonstrated track record of leading technical and clinical project teams with exceptional executive communication and advisory skills.
