Solutions Architect
Department: Information Technology
Location: Rancho Cordova, CA or Oakland, CA: Hybrid, 1-2 days/week in office
Role Type: 6+ months, potential contract to hire
About Our Client
Our client is a growing technology-driven organization focused on scaling and optimizing IT infrastructure to support operational excellence. They are committed to innovation, automation, and secure data practices across their network of locations. The company operates in the healthcare sector and values collaboration, compliance, and continuous improvement in delivering technology solutions that drive organizational growth.
Job Description
The Solutions Architect will be responsible for maintaining, scaling, and evolving our Azure-based technology ecosystem. This role will serve as the technical lead for new practice launches ensuring all systems, integrations, and infrastructure components are deployed consistently, securely, and efficiently.
You will collaborate with IT operations, vendors, and business stakeholders to align technology capabilities with the operational needs of each location, driving automation and standardization across the organization.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Oversee the design, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of the Azure-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.
• Develop repeatable, automated processes for deploying infrastructure, applications, and integrations at new practice locations.
• Manage and evolve integrations between core systems.
• Ensure the uptime, security, and performance of our Azure cloud platform and associated systems, including Networking.
• Design, maintain and enhance observability across systems.
• Plan for capacity and performance as new practices are added; ensure the platform architecture supports seamless scaling.
• Partner with IT and compliance teams to ensure adherence to HIPAA, PCI and other data protection regulations and requirements.
• Coordinate with software vendors, MSPs, and implementation partners for new deployments and ongoing support.
• Maintain architecture documentation, deployment guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, cost efficiency, and automation throughout the environment.
Required Experience/Skills
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Solutions Architect, Cloud Architect, or Senior Systems Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, including compute, networking, storage, identity, and automation services.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure as code.
• Proficiency in monitoring and alerting solutions.
• Must have healthcare experience.
Nice-to-Haves
• Experience with practice management or healthcare IT systems.
• Knowledge of Epic or other Healthcare Records Management software is a plus, including PACS or other medical image management software.
• Familiarity with HIPAA compliance and other healthcare data protection practices, including PCI.
• Experience supporting multi-site deployments.
• Familiarity with DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to learn/adapt quickly to new technologies.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
Education
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
Pay & Benefits Summary
Azure | Solutions Architect | Cloud | Infrastructure | HIPAA | Healthcare IT | Microsoft | Automation | DevOps | Networking | Systems Integration | CI/CD | Cloud Architecture