Enterprise Architect

Job Title : Enterprise Architect

Tenure: 6 Months Contract to hire

Location:

• 4201 Windfield Rd, Warrenville, IL 60555
• 4901 Searle Pkwy, Skokie, IL 60077
• 3040 W Salt Creek Ln, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

Hybrid Schedule: 2x week onsite

Interview Process - 2 rounds

• 1 st - 30 min. virtual screening w/ Director
• 2 nd - 2 hr. in person with Director and 3-4 team leads

Position Summary

The Enterprise Architect is a strategic, non-managerial role focused exclusively on infrastructure within a healthcare technology environment. This position does not involve application development or direct application support. Instead, it integrates proposals from independent solution architects into cohesive, enterprise-wide infrastructure strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide IT strategy.
• Integrate and unify solutions from individual solution architects.
• Design end-to-end infrastructure architecture.
• Coordinate technology implementation across domains.
• Establish comprehensive technology frameworks.
• Translate technical solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with various IT stakeholders and business owners.
• Familiarize with diverse application sets (infrastructure, clinical, business applications).

Technical Expertise Requirements

• Deep cross-platform technical knowledge.
• Experience with:
  • Data centers
  • Virtualization
  • Storage
  • Servers
  • Networking
  • Compute
  • Application delivery
  • Active Directory
  • Infrastructure technologies
• Understanding of security and cloud technologies.
• Ability to bridge on-premise and cloud environments.
• Capable of creating elastic infrastructure solutions.
• Expertise in infrastructure stack integration.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Subject matter expert across multiple technology platforms.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to synthesize solutions from different specialist architects.
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF).
• Not focused on hands-on implementation or troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates strategic thinking and comprehensive infrastructure understanding.

Skill Set Expectations

• Technical depth across networking, storage, and compute domains.
• Ability to connect multiple technology domains.
• Strong ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.
• Capable of integrating different platform specialties into unified strategies.

Career Progression

• Represents advanced technical expertise.
• Entry points vary based on years of experience.
• Growth opportunities through demonstration of infrastructure leadership and strategic vision.