Integration Architect, BC Health Workday

In accordance with the Purpose, Vision, Values and Coast Salish Teachings, and strategic directions of PHSA, safety, including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA. As such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position. 

 

The BC Health Workday Program is a provincial initiative with seven participating BC health organizations (FHA, IHA, ISLH, NHA, PHC, PHSA and VCHA). The program began in 2023 to implement a Human Capital Management System (HCMS) software solution as part of the BC Health Human Resources Strategy to transform HR services. Designed by Workday Canada, the new provincial platform will replace existing HR and payroll systems in the health organizations with a single, unified technical system that will standardize and modernize HR and payroll services. It is a significant transformation in BC and is vital to the sustainability of BC’s health system. 

 

Reporting to the Manager, Architecture, Data and Conversion, the Integration Architect is an integral team member responsible for providing integration architecture expertise and technical leadership to the BC Health Workday program. The key responsibilities include translating high level business requirements into system requirements that guide the blueprint for the design and development teams. Integration Architect leads the analysis, documentation, prioritization, and alignment of requests and requirements, and provides expert consultation, vision and leadership in the analysis, feasibility, design, planning, implementation, and use of enterprise solutions. The Integration Architect is expected to provide options or recommendations that are sustainable, align with the clinical, operational, business, enterprise architecture and project requirements, and ensures a cohesive and integrated solution across the system solutions, interfaces and other applications.

Key Accountabilities

• Leads and liaises with partners to understand structures, policies, workflows, requirements and operations. 
• Interfaces with and coordinates tasks with internal and external clinical and technical partners. Collaborates with Senior Leadership, Project Managers and team members to develop overall Integration plan, provide estimates and serve as a lead as required, to implement the configuration, integration and implementation efforts.  
• Maintains oversight of architectural topics, including high-level design, file transfers, scheduling, security, and authentication. 
• Champion integration design consistency by promotion patterns, conventions, tools and alignment to architectural best practices.  
• Leads the development of formalized Integration methodologies, including building and maintain repository for deliverables, methodologies, and business development documents.  
• Contributes to the principles that guide technology decisions for the enterprise and develops and implements policies and standards related to Integration architecture. 
• Designs and coordinates the implementation of integration strategies and solutions based on clinical and business requirements across diverse platforms and technologies. Communicates the technology options and solutions to Senior Leadership, project team members and external partners. 
• Conducts reviews of all scoped integrations, including those owned by BC Health, to ensure technical alignment, quality and sustainability. Actively participates in the development of complex integrations (e.g., Studio), providing hands-on design and build support, mentoring developers, and contributing to Proof of Concept efforts for challenging or critical use cases.  
• Leads the selection and implementation of middleware, API gateways, and integration tools.  
• Researches and analyzes market, technology, and industry trends and standards related to relevant technologies for the purposes of determining potential impact on the design and build and the suitability of different approaches in solving emerging business needs. Provides recommendations on the use and evolution of system architecture. 
• Designs and implements Integration architectures in alignment with enterprise wide security policies. Ensures Integration access controls are designed and built in a way that provides appropriate, demonstrable and coordinated security procedures and practices that are compliant with related law, regulation, policy and professional standards. Monitors and troubleshoots integration issues, ensuring high availability and reliability. Provides monitoring, auditing and investigation expertise into security, policy and appropriate use violations. 
• Participates in meetings to support timely provision of information related to design decisions, progress, status, issues, tasks, and solutions related to project deliverables. 
• Provides technical leadership and mentorship to development teams.

 

Qualifications

• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline, plus a minimum of seven (7) years’ recent, related experience in a large, complex organization, including but not limited to, systems integration, software / enterprise architecture, project management, systems analysis, application development, and operations or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a technical architecture role in designing and deploying large scale solutions. 
• Demonstrated technical experience in API technologies, RESTful APIs, SOAP, and other integration protocols in required. Middleware is preferred. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of identity management practices, approaches, and implementation. 
• Demonstrated experience with test cycle management and vendor relationship management. 
• Strong understanding critical path impacts and adopting ownership for decision making.  
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.  
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and customer-focused, with a passion for delivering high quality solutions that meet client needs and expectations. 
• Solid understanding of delivering Architecture services within the Agile methodology.
• Previous Workday implementation experience an asset.