Enterprise Solutions Architect - Consultant

The Enterprise Solutions Architect - Consultant strategically provides solutions for the design and implementation of in-house information systems, hardware, and networked software architectures that support core organisational functions, and assure their high availability.

This position ensures organisational commitment for all systems and software plans, as well as evaluates and selects all technologies required to complete those plans. In addition, the solutions architect provides technical leadership across the organisation, from strategic decision making down to the project planning level.

The consultant is recognised as a technical solutions expert in one or more critical products, programs and/or technologies. This position is responsible for developing and implementing new products and/or approaches in conjunction with implementing new/existing technologies.

The enterprise solutions architect typically serves as a technical consultant/specialist both inside Intermountain Health/Select Health and to outside organisations. Primary assignment involves Intermountain's most complex and critical technical issues. Provides guidance to all members of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Business & Technology Alignment
• Partner with business leaders, product owners, and engineering teams to understand strategic goals and translate them into technology solutions.
• Facilitate discovery sessions and solution design workshops.
• Develop solution architectures that align to business capabilities, operational priorities, and enterprise roadmaps.
• Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Solution Architecture & Design
• Design end-to-end solutions across applications, integrations, cloud services, data platforms, and enterprise systems.
• Create solution diagrams, architecture decision records, data flow models, and technical documentation.
• Define functional and non-functional requirements including availability, scalability, performance, security, and resiliency.
• Evaluate build-versus-buy options and recommend technology solutions aligned with business objectives.

• Cloud & Integration Architecture
• Architect solutions using Azure cloud services and modern integration patterns.
• Design API-driven, event-driven, and service-oriented architectures.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to establish reusable patterns and platform standards.
• Ensure enterprise systems integrate effectively and support future scalability.

• Data, Analytics & AI
• Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to design data-centric solutions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and intelligent workflows to improve business outcomes.
• Support adoption of Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI, and other AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate.
• Ensure governance, security, and responsible AI principles are incorporated into solution designs.

• Architecture Governance
• Participate in architecture review boards and solution governance processes.
• Ensure solutions adhere to technology standards, security requirements, compliance obligations, and architectural principles.
• Establish and maintain architecture documentation and reference architectures.
• Promote best practices across solution design and implementation teams.

• Technical Leadership
• Provide architecture guidance to development teams throughout project delivery.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads on architecture principles and solution design practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor for complex technical challenges and strategic initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement and technology modernisation efforts.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications for Consultant Level: Eight years of enterprise solutions architect experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information management or other technical field.
• Minimum Qualifications for the Senior Level: Six years of enterprise solutions architect experience, Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information management, or other technical field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within the healthcare payer, healthcare technology, or highly regulated industries.
• Knowledge of healthcare standards and integrations.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or similar platforms.