What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Architect position at Ascension?
Details
- Department: Infrastructure
- Schedule: Full Time, 8-hour shift, Monday-Friday
- Location: Remote
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
 
As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.
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Responsibilities
Technical Skills:
- In-depth knowledge of various infrastructure components, including servers, storage systems, networking, virtualization, and operating systems.
- Familiarity with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their services, including infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS).
- Experience with designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure solutions.
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Understanding of network design principles, protocols, and security.
- Knowledge of data center technologies and best practices.
- Familiarity with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
- Understanding of compliance and regulatory requirements related to infrastructure design and management.
 
Soft Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify infrastructure needs and propose appropriate solutions.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders, development teams, and other IT professionals.
- Leadership and project management skills to lead infrastructure-related initiatives and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to stay updated with emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices related to infrastructure architecture.
- Facilitate open and candid assessment of proposed architectures, leading to a solution that provides dependable service to our clinicians. Above all else, do what is right for patient care.
- Champion holistic architecture that ensures designs remain consistent with the overall enterprise architecture.
- Architect to best, modern practice, not the lowest common denominator
- Contribute to process creation and improvement that consistently delivers predictable and desirable results
- Convert business requirements into application/data/infrastructur
e architecture and detailed design.
 
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Requirements
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency with 3 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
degree/Bachelor's degree with 2 years of cumulative experience OR 7 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required. - 3 years of leadership or management experience preferred.
Additional Preferences
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field. 
- Several years of experience working in infrastructure design and implementation roles. 
- Enterprise Architect Certification, TOGAF or equivalent
- Healthcare experience is a bonus.
 
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Why Join Our Team
When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 150,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.
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