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The IT Architect-Epic is responsible for participating in the overall design, implementation, training, documentation, operation and support of Clinical or Business applications and reports. This includes contributing to the planning, design, implementation and optimization of the applications within a portfolio. It also includes developing an understanding of other applications to enable a broader system approach to solution development, troubleshooting, impact assessment, and training. The Architect takes general direction from their manager or director. The Architect may in some instances also serve as a Helios liaison to their associated clinical or business departments throughout the system. This includes, but is not limited to, the assessment of optimization efforts to meet system goals including patient safety/quality of care, revenue capture and efficient operations. The Architect performs these activities following HFHS standards and processes.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.) The Architect is a technical resource who supports application staff in the planning, design/build, test, implementation, support, and operational needs of the organization
- Assembles and leads cross functional teams to assess the impact of new requests, and related estimate work effort and resource requirements.
- Troubleshoots technical problems and conducts analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support business processes, functional and technical requirements.
- Leads overall design and architecture of cross functional solutions, in partnership with operations and other stakeholders, to ensure integration and alignment of build, process design, workflows, training and deployment.
- Coordinate solutions and planning with other IT teams; collaborate with analysts and operational areas to identify and resolve workflow impacts.
- Identifies inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement within application design and recommends solutions.
- Provides knowledge leadership on a portfolio of applications, staying abreast of new developments, organizing cross functional training for application staff, and deepening knowledge of the interdependency between applications.
- Communicates status of work in progress to project team, requestor or Director.
2.) May act as the Helios liaison to associated departments and constituencies throughout the health system. Understands core system processes, interdependencies across applications. Researches trends and best practices in relation to healthcare application software. Provides organizational leadership with respect to Clinical or business applications.
- Participates in leadership of overall direction of application environment.
- Participates actively in key meetings with Operational Leaders to develop best practice processes.
- May represent application team on other various Governance Advisory Councils and organizational Teams.
3.) Promotes workflow analysis and redesign associated with implementation and optimization of system applications. Advises staff on the adoption of processes that improve efficiency with the adoption of the software.
- Recommends process and workflow configurations and/or changes to align with best practices, standardization, integration needs/requirements, compliance and/or regulatory policies.
- Uses human factors and error proofing concepts whenever possible to improve safety and efficiency.
4.) Works effectively as part of a team in resolving issues escalated through the Help Desk in a timely manner. Supports teams in investigating, testing, and resolving problems related to applications. Identifies, escalates and resolves issues that impact infrastructure and application performance.
5.) Promotes, develops and adheres to system standards, and best practices. Collaborates across Helios team to develop unified approaches and standard work. Collaborates with team to promote re-use and develop consistent technical build, implementation and support processes.
- Assists in root cause analyses led by problem managers to identify potential improvement opportunities.
- Provides input on standards, best practices, and process improvements. Input may be, but not limited to, best clinical and /or business process and workflows.
- Supports proofs of concepts for new technology, processes, and/or workflows.
- Implements applications according to requirements, specifications and compliance/regulatory standards.
- Collaborates with vendor partners and contractors.
6.) Communication & Relationship Management
- Works with other Managers and Helios Leadership to lead issue resolution while maintaining HFHS Standards of Excellence.
- Effectively manages conflict and works together with team members, colleagues, and other leaders prepares, shares, and presents. Effectively oversees, leads, communicates, presents, influences and utilizes reasoning skills to earn support of colleagues, and Helios and Operational leadership team.
7.) Provides input to support technology planning
- Works with IT, Helios and Operations management to ensure systems are in line with overall policies, standards, processes, and overall workflows.
- Stays current with vendor capabilities and provides input into software/system implementation strategies and plan.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred.
- Five (5) years required, eight (8) years preferred of strong experience in one of the following:
- Technical experience:
- Strong knowledge of state-of-the art engineering approaches in design, build, testing, debugging problems, and ongoing technical support.
- Able to articulate previous examples of workflows and processes associated with previous IT experience.
AND/OR
- Clinical experience includes:
- Strong knowledge/experience in clinical workflows and processes.
- Able to articulate previous examples of workflows and processes associated with clinical experience integrated with IT solutions.
AND/OR
- Revenue experience includes:
- Specific knowledge of one or more of the following: bed management, registration, scheduling, revenue cycle reports, professional billing, hospital billing, medical records or coding.
- Additionally must be able to articulate revenue cycle workflows and processes for one or more of the above areas with a focus on IT integrated solutions.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Epic Certification and/or Technical Certification specializing in designated applications
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Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The IT Architect-Epic is responsible for participating in the overall design, implementation, training, documentation, operation and support of Clinical or Business applications and reports. This includes contributing to the planning, design, implementation and optimization of the applications within a portfolio. It also includes developing an understanding of other applications to enable a broader system approach to solution development, troubleshooting, impact assessment, and training. The Architect takes general direction from their manager or director. The Architect may in some instances also serve as a Helios liaison to their associated clinical or business departments throughout the system. This includes, but is not limited to, the assessment of optimization efforts to meet system goals including patient safety/quality of care, revenue capture and efficient operations. The Architect performs these activities following HFHS standards and processes.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.) The Architect is a technical resource who supports application staff in the planning, design/build, test, implementation, support, and operational needs of the organization
- Assembles and leads cross functional teams to assess the impact of new requests, and related estimate work effort and resource requirements.
- Troubleshoots technical problems and conducts analyses for efficient program/application solutions which support business processes, functional and technical requirements.
- Leads overall design and architecture of cross functional solutions, in partnership with operations and other stakeholders, to ensure integration and alignment of build, process design, workflows, training and deployment.
- Coordinate solutions and planning with other IT teams; collaborate with analysts and operational areas to identify and resolve workflow impacts.
- Identifies inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement within application design and recommends solutions.
- Provides knowledge leadership on a portfolio of applications, staying abreast of new developments, organizing cross functional training for application staff, and deepening knowledge of the interdependency between applications.
- Communicates status of work in progress to project team, requestor or Director.
2.) May act as the Helios liaison to associated departments and constituencies throughout the health system. Understands core system processes, interdependencies across applications. Researches trends and best practices in relation to healthcare application software. Provides organizational leadership with respect to Clinical or business applications.
- Participates in leadership of overall direction of application environment.
- Participates actively in key meetings with Operational Leaders to develop best practice processes.
- May represent application team on other various Governance Advisory Councils and organizational Teams.
3.) Promotes workflow analysis and redesign associated with implementation and optimization of system applications. Advises staff on the adoption of processes that improve efficiency with the adoption of the software.
- Recommends process and workflow configurations and/or changes to align with best practices, standardization, integration needs/requirements, compliance and/or regulatory policies.
- Uses human factors and error proofing concepts whenever possible to improve safety and efficiency.
4.) Works effectively as part of a team in resolving issues escalated through the Help Desk in a timely manner. Supports teams in investigating, testing, and resolving problems related to applications. Identifies, escalates and resolves issues that impact infrastructure and application performance.
5.) Promotes, develops and adheres to system standards, and best practices. Collaborates across Helios team to develop unified approaches and standard work. Collaborates with team to promote re-use and develop consistent technical build, implementation and support processes.
- Assists in root cause analyses led by problem managers to identify potential improvement opportunities.
- Provides input on standards, best practices, and process improvements. Input may be, but not limited to, best clinical and /or business process and workflows.
- Supports proofs of concepts for new technology, processes, and/or workflows.
- Implements applications according to requirements, specifications and compliance/regulatory standards.
- Collaborates with vendor partners and contractors.
6.) Communication & Relationship Management
- Works with other Managers and Helios Leadership to lead issue resolution while maintaining HFHS Standards of Excellence.
- Effectively manages conflict and works together with team members, colleagues, and other leaders prepares, shares, and presents. Effectively oversees, leads, communicates, presents, influences and utilizes reasoning skills to earn support of colleagues, and Helios and Operational leadership team.
7.) Provides input to support technology planning
- Works with IT, Helios and Operations management to ensure systems are in line with overall policies, standards, processes, and overall workflows.
- Stays current with vendor capabilities and provides input into software/system implementation strategies and plan.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Bachelor's Degree required, Master's Degree preferred.
- Five (5) years required, eight (8) years preferred of strong experience in one of the following:
- Technical experience:
- Strong knowledge of state-of-the art engineering approaches in design, build, testing, debugging problems, and ongoing technical support.
- Able to articulate previous examples of workflows and processes associated with previous IT experience.
AND/OR
- Clinical experience includes:
- Strong knowledge/experience in clinical workflows and processes.
- Able to articulate previous examples of workflows and processes associated with clinical experience integrated with IT solutions.
AND/OR
- Revenue experience includes:
- Specific knowledge of one or more of the following: bed management, registration, scheduling, revenue cycle reports, professional billing, hospital billing, medical records or coding.
- Additionally must be able to articulate revenue cycle workflows and processes for one or more of the above areas with a focus on IT integrated solutions.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Epic Certification and/or Technical Certification specializing in designated applications
LI-VD1
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in IT Architect
Target enterprise employers with dedicated immigration programs
Large technology companies, financial institutions, and consulting firms like Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte have established H-1B visa sponsorship pipelines. They hire architects at scale and already understand OPT work authorization, reducing friction during the hiring process.
Confirm your degree aligns with the specialty occupation standard
IT Architect roles require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, information systems, or a directly related field. A degree in an unrelated discipline, even with strong work experience, can complicate H-1B eligibility. Address this proactively with hiring managers.
Apply for your STEM OPT extension before your initial OPT expires
File your STEM OPT extension at least 90 days before your OPT end date. This gives you up to 24 additional months of work authorization, which covers two full H-1B lottery cycles and significantly improves your sponsorship timeline.
Emphasize cloud and enterprise architecture certifications
AWS Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional Architect, and Azure Solutions Architect credentials signal specialty-level expertise to employers. Certified candidates are easier to justify in Labor Condition Applications, which strengthens the case for H-1B sponsorship at the offer stage.
Ask about sponsorship during the second interview round, not the first
Raising visa sponsorship too early can eliminate you before the employer assesses your value. Once you've demonstrated technical fit through architecture discussions and system design exercises, asking about their sponsorship history is a natural and well-received conversation.
Document your OPT authorization clearly in every application
Include your EAD expiration date, STEM OPT eligibility, and degree field on your resume or application. IT Architect hiring managers often screen for this information early. Clarity reduces uncertainty and keeps you in consideration at companies that sponsor selectively.
IT Architect OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do IT Architect roles qualify for STEM OPT extension?
Yes. IT Architect positions typically fall under CIP codes for computer science, information systems, or computer engineering, all of which qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Your degree must be from a DSCE-certified program and your employer must be E-Verify enrolled. Confirm both before applying for the extension through your DSO.
How do I find IT Architect jobs that sponsor OPT students?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically for OPT-compatible roles, so you can browse IT Architect positions from employers already open to sponsorship. This saves significant time compared to applying broadly and discovering visa policy late in the process. Use the role and visa filter together for the most relevant results.
Can I work as an IT Architect on OPT if my degree is in a related but not identical field?
It depends on how closely your degree field connects to the role. Computer science, information systems, software engineering, and electrical engineering degrees generally support IT Architect positions. A business degree with a technology concentration is a borderline case. For H-1B sponsorship later, the degree-to-job-duty match matters to USCIS, so document the connection clearly.
What happens if I'm between IT Architect jobs while on OPT?
OPT allows up to 90 days of unemployment, or 150 days if you're on a STEM OPT extension. If you lose an IT Architect position, that clock starts immediately. Securing a new role quickly is critical. Report any employer change to your DSO within 10 days and update your SEVIS record to stay in compliance.
Is IT Architect a strong category for H-1B sponsorship after OPT?
IT Architect is one of the more defensible specialty occupation categories for H-1B purposes. The role requires theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge, and degree requirements in the field are well established. Most employers who hire architects at the OPT stage are already familiar with H-1B sponsorship and expect to continue that support.