Senior Solution Architect

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a Senior Solution Architect? At HCA Healthcare, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

What makes ITG unique as a technology company is that our solutions ultimately impact the care of patients. Although our skills are needed in a number of industries, we in ITG apply them specifically to the noble cause of healthcare. We are "Healthcare Inspired." It is this guiding vision that pervades and positively influences every level of our organization. It shapes our mission, defines our values, and brings our leaders and employees together in a shared enthusiasm for their work, setting ITG apart as a uniquely purpose-driven company in the IT industry. As a part of that, we exist to Raise the bar, Unlock possibilities, and Care like family.

HCA Healthcare ITG Senior Solution Architects are innovative individuals who drive changes for people, policies and processes. The Senior Solution Architect utilizes technical and business expertise and leadership skills to direct staff and resolve issues to ensure automation program requirements are met. Senior Solution Architects assume responsibility for driving HCA Healthcare’s technical automation program through broad policy decision based on strategic business or IT objectives. Senior Automation Architects provide technical direction for automation development teams through consulting, solution design and review. Senior Solution Architects provide direction for HCA Healthcare’s technical automation strategy by being able to connect use cases with the appropriate technology or tool. Individuals also serve as leaders in the development community, providing tools and best practices for automation developers to be successful. Senor Solution Architects work with business units to help them define and execute on automation strategies, and layout the architecture of how those programs should function. Senior Solution Architects have ownership of the technical automation program as assigned. As a recognized leader, Senior Solution Architects will be sought after to coach and mentor colleagues.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Automation Strategy

Portfolio Management

Process Engineering

Compliance and Code Review

Repository Management

Organizational Knowledge

Automation Engineering

Automation Validation

VALUABLE SKILLS

Domain Knowledge

Communication, Diplomacy and Advocacy

Automation Landscape

SPECIALIST/EMERGING SKILLS

Service Management

Statistics and Data Science

Leadership

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide technical and automation consulting services to ITG and Business Units

Serve as technical leaders in HCA Healthcare’s automation community of practice

Conduct architectural evaluation, design and analysis of information and process systems

Ensure automation implementation teams deliver robust system solutions

Develop, enhance and maintain established service design procedures and processes to assure apt and robust solution and service design

Partner with Enterprise Architecture with the automation team to assure constant compliance of strategic blueprints and architecture

Review process assessments and understand applications of automation technology in different business domains

Identify reusable components, manage configurable parameters, queues and robot schedules

Drive design best practices, troubleshoot design/code related issues

Analyze business processes to suggest process improvements and automation solutions around them

Develop and maintain automation testing best practices and standards for enterprise use

Works directly with automation community to be a point of contact for architectural questions, solutioning, and review

Establish and support service management standards for automation

Executes against enterprise-wide, cross-functional automation initiatives

Develop automated tools / scripts for use across the enterprise

Drives the development / implementation of automation work products.

Thoroughly tests developed products.

Establishes standards of scripts and work products developed so others can update / utilize.

Prepares specifications of a highly technical or complex nature.

Analyzes user specifications and requirements.

Identifies opportunities for process improvements.

Develops best practices for software design, retention, documentation, and deployment strategies for automation

Works directly with service operations, product, and vendor teams to resolve, prevent, and eliminate customer technology issues.

Gathers and documents business, user, functional and non-functional requirements for in scope products.

Establishes and maintains solid business relationships.

Actively owns and participates in lifecycle management of assigned applications and infrastructure.

May provide afterhours/on-call support for applications.

Has the ability resolve simple to complex production support issues.

Serves as project management or leadership role in managing work efforts

Training and mentoring of peers and other staff

What qualifications you will need:

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems - Preferred

EXPERIENCE

5 or more years of experience in a Systems Engineering, Automation, or Development - Required

Or equivalent combination of education and/or experience could be considered

LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

UiPath Certified RPA Associate (UiRPA) - Preferred

UiPath Certified Advanced RPA Developer (UiARD) - Preferred

OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES

Understanding of HCA Healthcare’s IT organization and its business functions - Required

Ability to determine best practices and articulate authoritative direction - Required

Ability to review automation code and ensure it conforms to standards - Required

Knowledge of system architecture - Required

Knowledge of CI/CD principles and the design/development of Azure DevOps Pipelines - Required

Knowledge of agile and lean development workflows and the ability to execute within them - Required

Ability to evaluate automations utilizing Six-Sigma principles for improvement opportunities - Required

Knowledge of automated testing practices and the ability to execute in their development and setting of frameworks and standards - Required

Extensive depth of knowledge in one or more automation domains - Required

Ability to build relationships, communicate effectively both formally and informally, and advocate for automation across the company - Required

Ability to determine alignment of new technologies to HCA Healthcare’s strategic roadmap - Required

Ability to teach other team members and other external individuals - Required

Skill in Utilizing GitHub repositories as code repositories and version control - Required

Knowledge of frameworks and software design patterns used for implementing software solutions - Required

Skill in devising and implementing technical automation strategy - Required

Knowledge of repository best practices and ability to execute advanced workflows - Required

Understanding what is possible through automation engineering tools and be able to identify which is best suited for use cases - Required

Knowledge of API usage and skill in executing actions utilizing them - Required

Knowledge of general purpose, cloud provider, and device centric policy management techniques - Required

Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence principles and capabilities and the ability to identify use cases for it - Preferred

Knowledge of Machine Learning principles and capabilities, and the ability to identify use cases for it - Preferred

Knowledge of automation landscape, current and future industry offerings, and internal HCA Healthcare’s capabilities - Required

Knowledge of Service Management and ITSM practices and the ability to set guidelines and standards for automation - Preferred

Ability to design, develop, and monitor KPI, operational metrics, and other relevant automation data - Preferred

Ability to become a trusted advisor, lead projects and programs, be a catalyst for change, drive collaboration among the automation community, and be a thought leader at HCA Healthcare - Required

Knowledge of infrastructure capabilities, standards, and administration - Preferred

Skill in multiple programming languages - Preferred

Ability to design/redesign workflows and processes suitable for automation - Required

Understanding of how contracting is handled - Preferred

Ability to perform interviews, evaluate candidates, assist with career path and performance evaluations of team members - Preferred

Skill in using scripts to execute processes - Required

Skill in using object-oriented programming - Required

Skill in utilizing data serialization languages such as YAML or JSON – Required

TRAVEL

The job may require travel from time- to-time, but not on a regular basis.

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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