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Enterprise Architect (IT)

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Posting Date

04/02/2025

2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America

Position Description

This role is part of the Enterprise architecture team which plays an integral role in building a holistic view and roadmap of the Company’s technology strategy and process. An Enterprise Architect is an enterprise-wide expert with broad technical skills, deep industry knowledge, and unparalleled business acumen. The Enterprise Architect supports IT in developing value propositions that align with business strategies on digital transformation and cloud adoption. The Enterprise Architect is a subject matter expert in one or more categories that may include: business strategy, application architecture, data & information architecture. Enterprise Architects are expected to have strong communication and consultative approaches to engage with multiple teams including product management, engineering and other IT partners and define their transformation journey along with steps to get there.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are not intended to be all-inclusive.

Collaborates with Product and IT Leadership to build strategic roadmap for platforms/systems supporting DaVita’s strategic business units. Aligns IT strategy, investments and plans with DaVita’s business goals and objectives.
Effectively communicate IT strategy and vision with C-level executives, business leaders and IT leaders
Develops and maintains enterprise architecture in alignment with the overall IT vision, supporting the information needs of the business and/or may manage and perform research and discovery activities, vet ideas, explore and validate emerging technologies, trends and possibilities relevant to strategic and technical direction, while supporting business innovation and playing the role of a change agent
Partners with product and technology subject-matter experts to elicit and translate business requirements into technological solutions. Partners with Solution Architects to provide a consensus based scalable and adaptable architectural solution
Develops and maintains policies, standards, and guidelines to ensure that a consistent framework is applied across the company. Manages and/or facilitates Architecture Review Boards to evaluate technologies, design patterns and solutions.
Communicate and provide data architecture / business expertise to other associates during system development; ensure systems’ data architecture is compatible with existing and future enterprise data architecture.
Partner to develop strategies and roadmaps for AI & machine learning and other advanced analytics areas (e.g., natural language processing, ML platforms, data lakes)
Create and articulate future state data platform vision via all the relevant architecture & design artifacts. Help validate these proposed future state architectures with proofs-of-concepts and/or MVPs.
Provide technical expertise to design scalable data marts, data lake and data warehouse solutions, including addressing and resolving complex technical issues
Provide formal technical guidance and informal assistance to engineering teams.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrated ability to collaborate with highly skilled technical individuals.
Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas with Senior IT and business leadership
Extensive experience in Data Architecture work, including executing at least 3 large scale Data platform modernization and/or Data Migration projects from inception to production.
Several years of enterprise data integration and management experience working with Datawarehouse technologies, Data pipelines, and cloud data platforms
Deep knowledge of GCP cloud data platform technologies
Clear overall experience and industry knowledge: distributed systems, mobile, middleware APIs, highly available architectures, data/service virtualization, master data, data warehousing and enterprise reporting
Working knowledge of microservices architecture & domain-driven architecture
Proven track record in successfully implementing solutions using distributed streaming platforms such as Kafka
Experience with event-based and message-driven distributed system
Familiarity with Enterprise architecture methodologies such as TOGAF, including certification on TOGAF or similar methodology.
Healthcare industry experience that fosters better requirements aligned to common standards and regulations (HL7, FHIR, CCDA, and HIPAA) is preferable

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education, licenses, certifications, and experience required to fulfill the essential duties, include computer skills as required.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.
10+ years of information technology architecture experience.
5+ years of experience in an enterprise architecture leadership role, architecting complex enterprise solution either in a cloud environment or equivalent.
5+ years of experience of application design and development including using at least one of the object oriented languages such as .NET C#, Java and REST services
2-3 years of hands-on experience in architecting and designing data solutions leveraging GCP technologies like BigQuery, Dataflow, GCP Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Dataplex, Cloud SQL or Spanner
4+ years of enterprise data strategy development, data analytics
8+ years of deep solution architecture with focus on data technologies
2-3 years of working knowledge with modern data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks
Working knowledge of BI analytics tools like Tableau, Looker
Recent strong experience in AI/ML, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs)
Data modeling, Datawarehouse, data lake and DataMart architecture experience
Experience with structured Enterprise Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on premise-to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
Experience in driving solutions that map to the global target architecture, standards, and roadmaps in a distributed hardware, operating systems, and cloud computing

Here is what you can expect when you join our Village:

A "community first, company second" culture based on Core Values that really matter.
Clinical outcomes consistently ranked above the national average.
Award-winning education and training across multiple career paths to help you reach your potential.
Performance-based rewards based on stellar individual and team contributions.
A comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance your health, your financial well-being and your future.
Dedication, above all, to caring for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure across the nation.

About Information Technology

The Information Technology Department designs, develops and maintains software programs required to keep DaVita on the leading edge of medical technology. DaVita's Information Technology Department has both clinic facing and non-clinic facing subgroups that provide our clinician teammates the tools to provide quality patient care. DaVita IT utilizes designers, developers, system architects, project managers, application architects, nurses, trainers and many more professionals to incorporate the technology needs of our clinicians, business and physician customers.

Join us as we pursue our vision "To Build the Greatest Healthcare Community the World has Ever Seen."

Why wait? Explore a career with DaVita today.

Go to http://careers.davita.com to learn more or apply.

To learn more about our Village and the world of dialysis, click here.

What We’ll Provide:

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.

Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.

#LI-SM5

At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second. We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong." Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer. As such, individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

Salary/ Wage Range

$121,200.00 - $177,900.00 / year

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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What You Should Know About Enterprise Architect (IT), DaVita Kidney Care

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? DaVita is looking for a passionate and experienced Enterprise Architect to join our dynamic IT team in the United States! In this pivotal role, you'll be at the forefront of shaping and guiding our technology strategy to align with our business objectives. As an Enterprise Architect at DaVita, you will collaborate with product management, engineering, and other IT partners to define safe and innovative paths for our digital transformation journey and cloud adoption. Your expertise in areas such as application architecture and data architecture will be crucial as you communicate IT strategies with C-level executives and help develop a strategic roadmap that enhances our platform's capabilities. You'll also work on cutting-edge projects in AI, machine learning, and data architecture while maintaining a consistent framework across our diverse technological landscape. DaVita prides itself on being a 'community-first, company second' organization, which means you'll join a culture focused on genuine care and support for both our patients and each other. With over a decade in IT architecture and a knack for translating complex requirements into technological solutions, you’ll be instrumental in driving business innovation while ensuring compatibility across our data architectures. If you have a Bachelor’s in computer science or a related field and are certified in Enterprise Architecture methodologies like TOGAF, you may just be the person we're looking for. Join us at DaVita, where your skills can truly make a difference in healthcare!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for Enterprise Architect (IT) Role at DaVita Kidney Care

What are the key responsibilities of an Enterprise Architect at DaVita?

As an Enterprise Architect at DaVita, you will be responsible for collaborating with IT leadership to build strategic roadmaps that align with business goals. This role includes maintaining enterprise architecture, communicating IT strategies to senior executives, and working closely with product teams to translate business needs into effective technological solutions.