• Define technical strategy and lead architectural design across cloud, data, and AI/ML systems for end-to-end engagements • Architect scalable cloud-native solutions, including multi-cloud and hybrid strategies (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) • Design data architectures including warehouses, data lakes, and pipelines for batch and streaming workloads (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Spark, Kafka) • Design AI/ML systems including model serving, MLOps pipelines, feature stores, and LLM-based applications (e.g., SageMaker, Vertex AI, MLflow, Hugging Face) • Define infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and DevOps standards across engagements (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions) • Drive performance, scalability, cost, and reliability optimization across deployed systems • Ensure architecture meets security, governance, and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2) • Lead cloud migrations and platform modernization initiatives • Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude, Cursor, and other modern AI assistants to ship higher-quality work at pace • Partner with senior leadership and clients as the principal technical voice on strategy and direction • Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders alike • Engage closely with engineering, data, AI, and product teams to align architecture with broader business priorities • Develop and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and guidelines • Define and champion architectural standards and best practices on the engagements you support • Mentor experienced engineers and architects, helping them grow their technical judgment and impact • Own the most difficult architectural and integration challenges, serving as the senior technical decision-maker • Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend tools, frameworks, and patterns that improve architecture over time.

• Define and evolve the platform's data architecture, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and governance. • Design Big Data solutions for ingestion, processing, and storage of large volumes of structured and unstructured data. • Develop architectures to integrate multiple information sources, including geospatial, climate, production, financial, and cadastral data. • Define standards, frameworks, and best practices for analytical processing and data provisioning. • Contribute to building Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and modern cloud-based architectures. • Support Analytics, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence initiatives focused on agricultural credit and risk assessment. • Ensure data quality, traceability, security, and governance. • Work collaboratively with business teams, data engineering, data science, and software development teams. • Lead architectural decisions considering performance, availability, and scalability requirements.

• Define and strongly influence the execution of a target-state, AI-native architecture that supports both core software services and advanced AI Agentic behaviors. • Establish global standards for architecture consistency, ensuring all platform components maximize reuse and align with the long-term technology roadmap. • Oversee the architectural design of complex AI systems, AI enablement strategies, data engineering, and governance controls. • Understanding the customers and the business is the only way to build strategies for it’s success. • Lead, scale, and mentor a multidisciplinary team of architects, fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning. • Define and create standards and governance mechanisms for software platform and infrastructure security to mitigate data breaches and ensure regulatory compliance. • Act as a coach and decision maker with technical teams and business stakeholders, translating complex technical trade-offs when creating business impact. • Serve as the ultimate "sounding board" for introducing new technologies, 3rd-party integrations, and open-source solutions to keep the platform at the forefront of the industry. • Ensure system and infrastructure architecture results in high reliability, low latency, and minimal outages as a primary measure of organizational success. • Help create a strong culture of innovation and technical excellence across the organization.

Title: Enterprise Architect (2026-49455) Location: Westborough United States Job Description: Enterprise Architect Job Number: 2026-49455 Category: Information Technology Location: Westborough, MA Shift: Day Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt Business Unit: ForHealth Consulting Department: ForHealth Consulting - Digital Transformation Solutions - W401600 Job Type: Full-Time Union Code: Non Union Position -W60- Non Unit Professional Num. Openings: 1 Work Location: 100% Remote Salary Minimum: USD $245,000.00/Yr. Salary Maximum: USD $260,000.00/Yr. The Enterprise Architect is responsible for designing, managing, and optimizing enterprise technology and solution architecture to support the strategic objectives of ForHealth Consulting. This individual works collaboratively across departments to ensure the effective integration of systems, processes, and technologies, maintaining alignment with organizational goals and priorities. The ForHealth Consulting Enterprise Architect reports to the Digital Solutions Managing Director and provides supervision to the Capture Team. The ForHealth Consulting Enterprise Architecture will support solutioning for new business opportunities and drive optimization, innovation, and enhancement across ForHealth Consultings technology portfolio. The Enterprise Architect will collaborate closely with leaders and stakeholders across the organization to ensure our solutions are future-ready, cost-effective, scalable, and meet business unit and client needs, while maintaining strong alignment with Digital Solutions leadership and strategy. - Build and maintain relationships as a trusted advisor, enabling and facilitating cross-organizational collaboration. - Partner closely with executive, business unit and technology leaders to understand strategic and operational priorities, assess and advise on technology standards, architectures and solutions, and provide strategic guidance and recommendations. - Work closely with the Market Growth and Transformation and solution set teams to support business development, relationship development and client relationship management, representing Digital Solutions in sales opportunities, proposals, client meetings, discussions and projects. - Define and propose architecture and solutions for new client and market opportunities. Support the capture process by collaborating with business units, proposal teams, IT solution teams, and other subject matter experts. - Provides oversight and supervision of the Capture Teams activities. - Design end-to-end architectures (business, data, application and tech layers) for related ecosystems. - Contribute to proposal responses, statements of work, estimation, pricing and presentations, providing technical expertise that differentiates ForHealth Consultings offerings. - Develop and maintain an up-to-date enterprise architecture road map that aligns with ForHealths goals and client objectives. - Collaborate with IT solution teams to identify, select, design and deliver solutions that enhance system interoperability, scalability, and security. - Continuously assess ForHealths technology portfolio; identify opportunities for consolidation, modernization, innovation, and improved interoperability and scalability. Partner with technology and business leadership to prioritize and implement recommendations. - Lead strategic technology decisions, including analysis and recommendation of platform, capability or common solution opportunities, and build/buy options, building consensus among key leaders and stakeholders. - Develop, document, and promote enterprise architecture frameworks and strategies to deliver a cohesive, consistent, efficient and effective technology portfolio that supports ForHealth goals and objectives. - Develop, communicate and enforce enterprise architecture standards, policies, guidelines, and governance; ensure compliance with relevant regulations, contractual obligations, security requirements, institutional policies and standards. - Define architecture standards to support interoperability, enable system integration across disparate systems and facilitate real-time data exchange to support population health, care coordination and analytics. - Collaborate with Business Intelligence to define data architecture to support enterprise analytics and address evolving market opportunities and customer needs. Ensure secure, scalable data, reporting and analytics architecture. Support initiatives in value-based care through insights-driven architecture. - Provide architectural oversight for major IT initiatives, projects and vendor/partner engagements; assist with business case development and risk assessments. - Monitor and evaluate emerging technologies and trends. Assess potential impacts and benefits to ForHealth Consulting. Recommend adoption strategies and lead pilot and proof-of-concept projects. - Identify opportunities for technology to improve efficiency, reduce cost, and create competitive advantage. - Prepare detailed technology and architecture analysis, diagrams, documentation, and recommendations. Effectively present complex concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Work closely with Security Architect to integrate privacy-by-design and secure-by-default principles. - Participate in and support IT planning, governance, and budgeting processes. - Support change management, communication, and adoption efforts related to IT initiatives. - Continuously assess and improve the enterprise architecture to adapt to changing health care and market landscapes. - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field - Minimum 7+ years experience in IT architecture, design and delivery - Proven ability to architect enterprise solutions in complex environments - Business development and capture experience, including solutioning, proposal development and presentation - Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, etc. - Demonstrated ability to build effective partnerships and serve as a trusted advisor - Deep experience with current technology trends, architectures, platforms, data, and security requirements - Excellent analysis, communication, facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration skills - Proven ability to influence and lead in a matrixed environment PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field - Relevant professional certifications (e.g., TOGAF, AWS/Azure/GCP Architect) - Background and experience in human services, healthcare, and public sector markets - IT architecture experience in consulting, product or service delivery organization - Demonstrated history of successfully leading technology transformation and optimization projects - Familiarity with relevant industry, state, federal and international security and compliance standards #LI-AC1 Posting Disclaimer: This job posting outlines the primary responsibilities and qualifications for the role but is not intended to be an exhaustive list. Duties and expectations may evolve in response to the needs of the department and the broader institution. In alignment with our commitment to pay transparency, the base salary range for this position is listed above (exclusive of benefits and retirement). At UMass Chan Medical School, final base salary offers are determined based on a combination of factors, including your skills, education, and relevant experience. We also consider internal equity to ensure fair and consistent compensation across our teams. Please note that the range provided reflects the full base salary range for this position. Offers are typically made within the midrange to allow for future growth and development within the role. In addition to base pay, UMass Chan offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which includes paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and participation in a 401(a)-retirement plan, with the option to contribute to a voluntary 403(b) plan. UMass Chan welcomes all qualified applicants and complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws.