Solutions Architect

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The job details are as follows:

Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.


Who you are

The Solutions Architect serves as a trusted and preferred technology consultant to all Unitherians. This dynamic, problem-solving role maintains high-level knowledge of the inner workings of UT business technology systems across the enterprise and is focused on ensuring technology efficacy while reducing operational overhead and risk.

This role also provides technical oversight to IT operations teams by serving as a technical reviewer within the established IT Change Management process, ensuring that technology changes are well planned and properly executed, and is responsible for solving problems, analyzing and improving processes, and presenting findings and recommendations to a wide array of Unitherians.

• Engages with IT and functional stakeholders to conceptually define business processes, align them to appropriate technology solutions, and represent UT’s technology interests on projects with significant technology impact
• Translates functional and technical requirements into solution architecture and provides build and deployment guidance to software developers and infrastructure engineers
• Facilitates the design of scalable, supportable systems through selective implementation of technology stacks that can readily be supported by a wide ecosystem of service providers, as well as technically skilled UT staff
• Reviews contracts, statements of work, and other binding agreements that commit UTC to the acquisition, procurement and/or utilization of technology or technology service providers
• Assists UT business units with identifying and evaluating technology partners and actively maintains relationships with strategic vendors to remain informed of evolving capabilities and risks
• Maintains a keen awareness of leading and emerging technologies and evaluates their fit within UT’s financial, security, and operational requirements
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of the enterprise technology inventory and monitors the utilization, versioning, and overall health of systems across the portfolio
• Creates and maintains technology system and process documentation, including business requirements, reference architectures, and system design specifications
• Ensures that new technologies released to production are well understood, appropriately documented, and effectively socialized to support related business processes
• Serves as a subject matter authority on UT‑owned technology systems and their functional capabilities

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in computer information systems, business administration, computer science, or a related field or
• 5+ years of experience in an information technology engineering role with a Bachelor's degree or
• 3+ years of experience in an information technology engineering role with a Master's degree and
• 2+ years of experience with information security concepts and related technologies and
• 2+ years of experience with designing, deploying, managing, and maintaining Cloud-based technologies and services
• Demonstrated experience designing end-to-end technology solutions, including defining architecture patterns, integration points, and non-functional requirements (e.g., scalability, reliability, security, performance)
• Experience architecting / designing solutions for at least one Hyperscale public cloud platform: Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
• Experience using automation and scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to design or implement repeatable, automated solutions and reduce manual operational effort
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, selecting, and recommending technology solutions based on business requirements, architectural trade offs, and risk considerations
• Experience creating and maintaining architecture documentation and visual artifacts (e.g., solution diagrams, design documents, standards) to support technical and business stakeholders
• Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical business stakeholders, engineers, vendors, and leadership to drive alignment, influence technical decisions, and balance competing priorities
• Strong attention to detail when reviewing technical documentation, solution designs, vendor proposals, contracts, and statements of work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience architecting / designing solutions for Microsoft Azure
• Experience integrating technologies into in a Microsoft 365 (M365 / O365) Enterprise cloud environment and related core services including: Entra, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online
• Experience with relational database platforms (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server), including architecture, deployment models, and operational considerations (not including writing database code)
• Familiarity with common web hosting platforms and web server technologies (e.g., IIS, Apache) and their role in enterprise solution architectures
• Experience designing and evaluating system integrations using common enterprise patterns (e.g., APIs, event-driven architectures, data exchange, middleware)
• Experience with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and low-code/no-code automation platforms (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform)

At United Therapeutics, our mission and vision are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun, we do good.

Eligible employees may participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits suite of programs, including medical / dental / vision / prescription coverage, employee wellness resources, savings plans (401k and ESPP), paid time off & paid parental leave benefits, disability benefits, and more.