Solution Architect - EPIC

Duration: 6 months to start�

Job Description

Designing and implementing Epic EHR solutions, leading projects, and collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical specifications. This role requires expertise in Epic modules, healthcare workflows, and technical design, with responsibilities such as creating architectural blueprints, guiding build teams, and ensuring system integration, optimization, and compliance.

Certifications

Relevant Epic certifications along with cloud-specific certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert are highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical design and architecture: Design, develop, and deploy clinical application technology solutions within the Epic ecosystem. Create architectural designs, technical specifications, and integration requirements based on client and business needs.
• Cloud Integration & Migration: Design strategies for migrating Epic environments, data warehouses, and integrated applications to public or private cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Infrastructure Optimization: Optimize cloud resource utilization to manage costs, improve performance, and ensure scalability and high availability of healthcare systems.
• DevOps & Automation: Leverage DevOps principles and tools for automated deployment, configuration management, and monitoring of cloud-based Epic solutions.
• Project leadership: Lead large-scale projects from inception to deployment, including implementations, upgrades, and conversions. Manage project scope, schedule, status, and documentation.
• Workflow optimization: Engineer and optimize existing clinical and operational workflows within Epic to improve efficiency and align with best practices.
• Collaboration and communication: Act as a liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, and clinical staff. Communicate technical concepts to various audiences and facilitate requirements gathering.
• System management and support: Provide technical guidance for system upgrades and new module implementations. Troubleshoot issues and perform root cause analysis for performance or availability problems.
• Compliance and strategy: Ensure solutions comply with IT standards and regulatory requirements. Stay updated on industry trends and recommend strategic innovations to improve system performance and business value.
• Validation and guidance: Guide build teams to ensure technical accuracy and design integrity without necessarily performing the build itself. Participate in establishing testing criteria.
  
  

Required Skills And Qualifications

• A minimum of 7-10 years of experience in healthcare IT, with significant focus on technical architecture, major system development, and implementation, including hands-on experience deploying and managing systems within cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• 7 years experience in the Epic EHR system and its various modules.
• 7 years experience with healthcare workflows, standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR), and terminology.
• 10 years experience with enterprise software implementation and integration.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, SQL) and database concepts.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to balance technical details with business goals and lead technical projects.
  
  

Education

• Bachelor s degree preferred or equivalent