It Enterprise Architect

Overview

 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

 

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

 

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

The Fred Hutch IT organization is looking for an IT Enterprise Architect (EA) to support and evolve the organization's technology portfolio of systems, applications and infrastructure as well as providing technical consulting functions. This role is a cross between the traditional responsibilities of an Enterprise Architect and Solutions Architect

The EA helps the organization achieve its objectives by enabling the delivery of business capabilities and stewarding technology resources to their most efficient and effective use. The EA builds and maintains IT roadmaps aligned to business strategy and establishes architectural standards and guidelines to minimize complexity of the technical portfolio. They also help improve integration, support innovation, and enable enterprise productivity and collaboration. The EA plays a key role as a cross-domain, cross-functional SME in collaborating, influencing, and guiding technology decisions and strategy in partnership with key stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

 

• Create and maintain long-term strategic and technology roadmaps for critical IT systems, infrastructure and applications.
• Asist with the alignment of IT strategy and planning with the goals and objectives of the Fred Hutch.
• Integrate business/research/clinical strategies into the enterprise architecture roadmaps.
• Work with business and technology subject matter experts to gather and translate business requirements into innovative technical solutions.
• Help develop and maintain technology standards, principles, practices, and policies to govern the acquisition and evolution of technology solutions and services
• Provide technical consulting services to IT departments, leadership, business, research and clinical communities.
• Keep up to date on the latest technology trends in the industry, focusing on the areas of cloud computing, storage, applications, software development, data systems and automation.
• Technical leadership of projects to evaluate, select, design and assist with the implementation of technical solutions.
• Drive the development, adoption and consistent implementation of architecture principles, and standards throughout the technical stack and across a broad range of environments.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation and diagrams (physical, logical, process flow) for current critical systems architecture including integrations and workflows.
• Act as an evangelist for technology by way of communication, socialization of ideas, concepts, and building partnerships in alignment with change management methodologies.
• Assist with the development, maintenance and testing of IT disaster recovery plans

Qualifications

 

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT architecture experience spanning all facets of IT; strong expertise and understanding of IT systems, security, applications, data, and cloud architecture.
• BA/BS Math, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent job experience.
• Strong verbal, written, visual communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passion for learning, testing and evangelizing the latest technology trends and practices.
• Self-starter that can educate themselves on required topics and operate without close supervision.
• Enterprise architecture processes, principles and standards, frameworks and methods.
• Experience with Microsoft Windows (server/desktop) and Linux systems management.
• Experience with public IaaS cloud computing management: Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with directory and identity management: Active Directory, Azure AD, SSO, MFA.
• Experience with networking protocols and tools: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SSL/TLS, VPN, VLAN.
• Experience with server virtualization technologies, such as: VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, KVM.

Desired Experience 

• Gathering, analyzing and summarizing empirical data for problem analysis and decision making.
• Gathering and documenting system and solution functional and technical requirements.
• Creating presentation quality documents and diagrams: Word, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Familiarity with agile project management methodologies
• Creating test plans, leading testing efforts, documenting and communicating the results.
• Experience serving in the role of solutions architect or technical consultant
• Familiarity with security and regulatory compliance standards: HIPAA, FISMA/NIST
• Storage systems and protocols: SAN/NAS/SMB/NFS/iSCSI/S3
• Microsoft M365: SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Power Platform.
• Database systems: Microsoft SQL or PostgreSQL and the SQL query language.
• Scripting and automation tools: BASH, Python, PowerShell, Terraform, Ansible.
• Application containerization and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes.
• Software development practices (source code management, CI/CD)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirement, with exceptions only for approved medical or religious accommodations. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees must, prior to their first day of employment: Provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 ; ORInitiate the accommodations process to request a religious or medical accommodation (medical accommodations require a healthcare provider's certification).

 

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism in your career or that will be made through your work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $131,450 to $219,083 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

 

This position may be eligible for relocation assistance. 

 

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (12-22 days per year), paid sick leave (12-25 days per year), paid holidays (13 days per year), paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks), and partially paid sabbatical leave (up to 6 months). 

Our Commitment to DiversityWe are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) Employer. We are committed to cultivating a workplace in which diverse perspectives and experiences are welcomed and respected. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, sex, age, disability (physical or mental), marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, political ideology, or membership in any other legally protected class. We are an Affirmative Action employer. We encourage individuals with diverse backgrounds to apply and desire priority referrals of protected veterans. If due to a disability you need assistance/and or a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to our Employee Services Center at hrops@fredhutch.org or by calling 206-667-4700.Employment Type: FULL_TIME