IT Architect II-IM Application Development
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Irving
Posted on: February 11, 2026
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Job Description:
Description Summary: The IT Architect II is responsible for
design of IT systems including system infrastructure, system
security, application architecture, software and data life cycle
management. Provides enterprise architectural framework for the
design, development, and deployment of information/business
systems. Proactively drives the prioritization of key technology
enablers for achieving enterprise level system objectives while
ensuring scalability, reliability, and availability of implemented
systems. Provides leadership and expertise to evaluate planned
platform growth, increasingly demanding enterprise service level
requirements in order to identify, design, and implement technology
solutions that exceed expectations.This role requires excellent
collaboration and communication skills to translate complex
requirements into functional architecture. Responsibilities: •
Assists in the development of the information system vision and
strategy of the organization; assists in the development,
implementation, communication, and promotion of strategic and
tactical plans• Researches and participates in beta testing of new
systems and technologies in order to better evaluate their
suitability to the CHRISTUS environment• Evaluates proposed system
acquisitions and provides critical input to the decision-making
process relative to compatibility, cost, resource requirements,
operations, and maintenance; develops plans and recommendations to
improve the performance and efficiency of assigned systems;
addresses all aspects of assigned systems, including hardware,
software, outside services, etc.; considers cost-effectiveness,
budget, and other resource issues in addition to technical issues;
develops and implements standards and procedures for multiple areas
of technology• Participates in development of standards, design and
implementation of proactive processes to collect and report data
and statistics on assigned systems; performs research and testing
to verify impact and advisability of system installations; assists
in development vendor support relationships• Maintains in-depth
knowledge and current certification in various areas of information
technology• Responsible for infrastructure design, performance
modeling and capacity planning.• Independently provides guidance
and leadership on architecture design initiatives.• Demonstrates
ability to lead team through complex system design and
implementation initiatives.• Ensures architectures are flexible and
support the business needs by maintaining an understanding of
business strategies and infrastructure capabilities.• Works with
various technical resources across the team to facilitate the
development of technical standards.• Possesses communication skills
and ability to develop and present solutions to all levels of
management, including executive levels.• Participates in
requirements gathering, discovery, and interfacing with technical
and business teams - establishing credibility in terms of
experience, presentation and leadership of solutions development.•
Evaluates proposed new systems, system changes and additions,
provides oversight into the decision process.• Quickly and
decisively acts in fast changing, unpredictable situations, shows
tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations, is exceptional
at spotting and seizing opportunities, proactively plans projects
and tasks within application.• Applies advanced level understanding
of assigned clinical/business operations, processes, and workflows.
Discusses, and identifies dependencies with project team members
and stakeholders. Maintains collaborative customer relationships;
Ensures the needs of the customer are fully represented in all
updates.• Reviews and provides feedback on documentation written by
others. Articulates issues and complex concepts in appropriate
manner based on the audience.• Possesses the skill to develop
strong and positive relationships with management at all levels.•
Demonstrates an advanced level of business strategies
understanding, applies expertise to help meet customer goals and
outcomes. Tackles new problems using experimentation, including
successes and failure experiences. Creative problem solving beyond
standard recommendations and practice. Requirements: - Bachelor's
degree in Computer Science, Architecture, Information Systems,
Electrical Engineering or related field preferred, or four years of
relevant experience required. - Extensive technical knowledge of
Healthcare Hospital systems, databases, networks, operating systems
and Information Management "Best Practices", including: local and
wide area networking, network protocols and routing; network,
server, and host operating systems; Interoperability, data storage
and retrieval systems; system backup and recovery; IP networking,
internet and intranet technologies; email, groupware, office
automation and collaboration technologies; voice and/or data
communications; voice and/or data networking; video conferencing
and telemedicine; server hardware, software, and administration. -
Project Management - Technical and Analytical - Problem solving -
Leadership - Multi-tasking ability - Time Management - Vision -
Five years of increasingly responsible Enterprise architecture
experience in Healthcare Hospital systems environments with a wide
variety of Information Services applications and technologies is
required. Also requires specialized technical and procedural
knowledge of system hardware/software, system administration,
operations, problem identification/resolution, system
documentation, and project management. - Experience in of SDLC,
Agile and Waterfall methodologies - Business process analysis and
design, and service delivery, particularly with respect to the use
of information, EMR, ERP and CRM systems - Security model
understanding and maintenance - Solid understanding of Business
Intelligence/Data Warehouse environment with involvement in design
and development of database solution in both traditional as well as
columnar databases. - Experience in data integration with ETL
techniques and frameworks - Experience in Big Data querying tools,
such as Hive, Impala and Spark SQL Work Schedule: MULTIPLE SHIFTS
AVAILABLE Work Type: Full Time
Keywords: CHRISTUS Health, Waco , IT Architect II-IM Application Development, IT / Software / Systems , Irving, Texas
