Data Solutions Architect

Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions - from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating messages between providers.

Job Summary :

The Data Solutions Architect a strategic role in designing and evolving our data architecture on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling scalable, secure, and intelligent solutions that improve healthcare outcomes nationwide

The Data Solution Architect translates complex business needs into modern data and system architectures, streamlines data flows across the enterprise, and reduces technical complexity. The role helps shape our future-state architecture with a strong focus on data governance, privacy, security, and AI readiness-ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations like HIPAA while enabling innovation.

Responsibilities :

Transform product concepts into secure, scalable, and maintainable data architectures that align with enterprise standards and future growth.

Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are aligned with strategic objectives and deliver measurable value.

Convert complex business needs into actionable data and system requirements.

Develop and manage architecture views that visualize data domains and interactions, minimizing redundancy and simplifying data flows across systems.

Prototype architectural concepts quickly to validate feasibility, accelerate innovation cycles, and inform decision-making.

Assess and recommend modern tools and platforms for data storage, processing, analytics, and integration, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and governance standards.

Continuously refine cloud-based data architectures based on evolving business capabilities, stakeholder feedback, governance policies, and privacy / security requirements.

Participate in early-stage evaluations and demonstrations of emerging technologies to drive innovation and inform architectural direction.

Lead the development of architectural roadmaps and influence prioritized backlogs, incorporating key technologies, design patterns, frameworks, and standards.

Support preliminary project scoping and feasibility assessments, providing guidance on data integration, automation, and solution design.

Champion the integration of metadata requirements into centralized repositories, embedding metadata practices into the software delivery lifecycle.

Create and maintain comprehensive architecture documentation, including conceptual data models, current / future state system views, integration frameworks, and access models.

Engage technical and non-technical stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and shared understanding.

Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Data Governance, Privacy, and AI / ML teams to ensure cohesive and forward-looking data strategies.

Ensure architectural solutions adhere to HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2 and other healthcare data privacy and security standards.

Guide and mentor engineers, analysts, and data scientists on cloud data best practices, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

Qualifications : Basic Requirements :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

8+ years in enterprise data architecture and engineering, including 3+ years in a technical leadership role.

Proven experience developing data management strategies, including metadata, lineage, security, privacy, and lifecycle management.

Strong understanding of data mesh and domain-oriented architecture principles.

Expertise in cloud-native data platforms and analytics pipelines (GCP Preferred; Azure or AWS acceptable).

Deep knowledge of enterprise information management practices.

Proficient in BI architecture, data warehouses, data marts, APIs, lake houses, semantic layers, and reporting frameworks.

Hands-on experience with CI / CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and DevOps methodologies.

Skilled in automation and orchestration using Python (or similar), Airflow, event-driven data flows, and streaming technologies.

Strong knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance in regulated healthcare environments.

Strong analytical and research capabilities with a creative problem-solving mindset with a focus on scalable solutions.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR and HL7 .

Proven expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , including services like BigQuery , Cloud Run , AlloyDB , BigTable , Spanner , and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) .

Familiarity with machine learning workflows and MLOps practices.

Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.

To be considered for employment, applicants must have a valid U.S. work authorization allowing work without restrictions with Surecripts in the U.S. At this time, we are unable to provide support or provide sponsorship for immigration benefits such as work visas. Additionally, we do not participate in academic training programs or work-study programs through an academic institution that require employer endorsement of F-1 / CPT or F-1 / STEM.

Why Wait? Apply Now

We're a midsize company. This means you're not just another employee ID number. Here, you can build real relationships and feel supported by truly awesome people with diverse backgrounds and talents in an innovative and collaborative work culture. We strive to create an environment where you can be yourself, share your ideas and work your way. We offer opportunities for employee development, as well as competitive compensation packages and extensive benefits.

At Surescripts, base pay is one part of our Total Rewards Package (which may also include bonus, benefits etc.) and is determined within a range. The base pay range for this position is $165,700 - $202,500 per year. Your base pay may vary within or outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including (but not limited to) your qualifications, skills, experience, and location.

Benefits include, but are not limited to, comprehensive healthcare (including infertility coverage), generous paid time off including paid childbirth and parental leave and mental health days, pet insurance, and 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting. To learn more, review the Keep You and Yours Healthy, Balancing Work and Life, and Where Talent Takes Shape links under the Better Benefits. Better Work. Better Life section of our careers site.

Physical and Mental Requirements

While performing duties of this job, an employee may be required to perform any, or all of the following : attend meetings in and out of the office, travel, communicate effectively (both orally and in writing), and be able to effectively use computers and other electronic and standard office equipment with, or without, a reasonable accommodation. Additionally, this job requires certain mental demands, including the ability to use judgement, withstand moderate amounts of stress and maintain attention to detail with, or without, a reasonable accommodation.

Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.