Health Information Technology (HIT) Integration Architect

Health Information Technology (HIT) Integration Architect

Edera L3C is a fast-growing healthcare consultancy that addresses today's issues and helps create tomorrow's solutions by connecting the brightest minds in healthcare. Our team of management, clinical, revenue, technology, and creative services consultants work collaboratively with industry experts who bring deep experience and expertise to create transformational business solutions. We believe complex challenges and multi-faceted opportunities call for multi-disciplinary approaches and that's how we work. We transform healthcare by bringing industry best practices from the private sector to the public sector, and the public sector to the private sector. Edera is an L3C (a variation of a limited liability company) that places "purpose before profit", a social enterprise venture. This means we are focused on a socially beneficial mission to transform organizations rather than being driven to maximize income. Profits beyond our business sustainability goals are reinvested into communities or clients.

The Health Information Technology (HIT) Integration Architect will lead the design, implementation, and optimization of integrated health IT systems across clinical, administrative, and analytics domains. This role is pivotal in ensuring interoperability, regulatory compliance (e.g., HIPAA, ONC), and seamless integration of platforms such as EHRs, telehealth, and data exchange systems. You will collaborate with clinicians, IT teams, and external partners to architect scalable, secure, and standards-based solutions that align with Edera's mission and client goals.

The ideal candidate will be results-driven, work well under defined deadlines, and produce strong work products using innovative thinking and a can-do attitude. You will contribute and support a collaborative team in our pursuit of yet another Edera 5-star client delivery. While not required but rather highly desired, our Federal Health IT Integration Architect will leverage their prior practical experience in military field healthcare environments and HIT system transitions, large scale implementations, or modernizations.

Type of Employment: Part-time or contractor role with opportunity for other employment status options. Work Location/Travel:Moderate to high percentage of travel required. Applicants should be free from travel restrictions. Salary: Highly competitive salary/pay, potential for bonus and/or incentives. There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is highly competitive but dependent upon employment type (1099, contract, W2). Role Reports to: Hiring Manager Direct Reports: This role has no direct reports Responsibilities:

• Interface Control Document (ICD) Analysis and Development: Reviewing and assessing existing ICDs and evaluating data mapping between systems. Writing new ICDs.

• Analyzing capabilities of different products and integration strategies to meet the requirements

• Architect and implement integration strategies for health IT systems including EHRs (e.g., Cerner, Epic), HIEs, and telehealth platforms.

• Ensure compliance with interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, DICOM, and C-CDA.

• Lead technical design sessions and produce architecture documentation, data flow diagrams, and integration blueprints.

• Collaborate with clinical and operational stakeholders to align technology with care delivery models.

• Oversee API development and integration testing across cloud and on-premise environments.

• Support security and privacy compliance, including HIPAA, CMMC 2.0, and FedRAMP standards

• Serve as a technical escalation point for integration issues and change management.

Experience Required:

• 6+ years of experience in healthcare IT integration or architecture roles.

• Proven experience with at least two large-scale health IT implementations or modernizations.

• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM) and integration protocols.

• Experience with cloud-based platforms (Azure, AWS) and secure data exchange.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Knowledge and Technical Skills Required:

• Healthcare IT Expertise: Strong knowledge of clinical systems like EHRs (e.g., Cerner, ViSTA), DoD MHS GENESIS and Operational Medicine, telemedicine, and healthcare IT infrastructure.

• Clinical Workflow Understanding: Experience optimizing clinical processes and aligning technology with healthcare operations.

• Technical Architecture: Proficiency in system design, integration, interoperability standards (e.g., HL7, FHIR), and cloud technologies

• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with healthcare compliance (e.g., HIPAA) and security protocols

• Strong proficiency with MS Office 365 skills to include MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint

• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM); an understanding of FHIR API and app design, familiarity with digital quality measurement, experience with use-cases involving EHR data in downstream/value-add applications; and a good understanding of the challenges and limitations of using real-world clinical data in quality measurement.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Cerner, Epic, or other major EHR platforms

• Familiarity with government healthcare programs (e.g., VA, CMS, DHCF)

• Knowledge of patient-centered design, workflow optimization, and analytics integration

• Custom product experience across multiple DOD products

Education/Certification Required: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field; master's degree preferred, but not required