Compensation:
Pay Range: $104,045 - $169,075/year

- Benefits available for eligible positions include: 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligible employer, plus more. In addition to our many benefits and perks, UAB Medicine provides a variety of resources to support employees both personally and professionally.

Job Highlights:
A team of more than 400 professionals, Health System Information Services (HSIS) works to keep UAB Medicine’s IT systems and infrastructure running smoothly to deliver quality care to our patients. Join our nationally ranked team at UAB Medicine, the No. 1 Best Large Employer in 2021 as ranked by Forbes magazine.

Work with the Best at UAB Medicine:
UAB Medicine is Alabama’s largest single-site employer and operates over 1,200 beds and over 200 clinics in Birmingham, Alabama. When you become part of UAB Medicine, you join a nationally ranked academic medical center committed to education and advancing medical science through research.

- U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, #1 in Alabama
- America’s No. 1 Best Large Employer, Forbes, 2021
- Level I Trauma Center
- NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Comprehensive Transplant Institute, Comprehensive Stroke Center

Our success in patient care, innovation, and education is a direct result of our supportive and inclusive culture. Whether you are looking to start your career, fast-track your development, or diversify your skills, UAB Medicine offers avenues for advancement that other employers cannot match.

Duties

The Enterprise IT Systems Architect collaborates with domain leaders, subject matter experts, and key decision-makers to design, implement, and support the IT infrastructure of a large hospital system. This role ensures seamless integration of critical hospital applications, such as EPIC EHR and third-party healthcare support systems, within a secure, high-availability enterprise environment. By bridging IT strategy, business goals, and operational requirements, the Architect develops scalable, cost-effective solutions that support patient care and hospital operations. This position requires expertise in networking, enterprise storage, compute infrastructure, cloud integration, security, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures.

Primary Responsibilities

· Lead technical planning, system architecture design, and implementation of IT infrastructure projects.

· Serve as a subject matter expert for infrastructure services, ensuring seamless integration across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.

· Provide technical leadership in diagnosing and resolving complex system issues, offering strategic solutions and escalation guidance.

· Collaborate with development teams, engineers, and business units to ensure technology solutions align with hospital IT standards, legacy systems, and business objectives.

· Define and document cost-effective, scalable system solutions that meet performance and integration requirements.

· Develop and implement technology integration and migration strategies for on-premises and cloud-based systems.

· Identify technical risks, propose mitigation strategies, and provide proof-of-concept evaluations for emerging technologies.

· Ensure interoperability and seamless communication between enterprise systems.

· Assess infrastructure security, performance, and scalability needs, recommending improvements to meet evolving clinical and business requirements.

· Translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, ensuring IT initiatives align with hospital operations.

· Stay current with industry trends, healthcare IT best practices, and emerging technologies to enhance system reliability and efficiency.

· Mentor junior team members, fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing.

Minimum qualifications

Associate s degree in Information Systems or a related field and ten (10) years of related experience required. Work experience may substitute for education requirement.

Desired Qualifications

· 10+ years of enterprise architecture experience, preferably in a large hospital system.

· 10+ years of IT support experience with hospital systems, including EPIC EHR.

· Extensive experience with server and application virtualization (VMware, Citrix); migration expertise is a plus.

· Strong background in healthcare IT, network design, security, and HIPAA compliance.

· Deep expertise across cloud, storage, compute, security, networking, and virtualization domains.

· Proven track record in backup and disaster recovery (DR) strategy design for hospital environments.

· Advanced knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, certificate lifecycle management, scripting, and log management.

· Strong proficiency in large-scale network design (LAN, WAN, wireless, data center) with an emphasis on security.

· Experience with high-availability storage solutions (SAN, NAS, object storage) and data protection strategies for sensitive patient data.

· Hands-on expertise in load balancing, clustering, and scalable server design.

· Strong troubleshooting skills for server and client performance issues, permissions, and security.

· Implementation experience with VDI, SaaS solutions, and Citrix application delivery.

· Familiarity with AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid cloud solutions, optimizing multi-cloud strategies.

· Solid understanding of cybersecurity best practices, encryption, access control, and incident response.

· Knowledge of healthcare data standards and high-performance computing applications.

· Excellent communication, problem-solving, and prioritization skills in high-pressure environments.

· Availability for after-hours change and on-call support as needed.

· Other duties as assigned.