Systems Architect

ECS is seeking an experienced Systems Architect to work remotely providing custom development services for the work performed under this contract for NIH NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technologies (NEAT). All other tasks are intended to facilitate the implementation and operation of Enterprise Clinical Information Systems. This engagement provides a spectrum of management, technologies development, applications/software engineering, bioinformatics support, and professional development.

Please Note: This position is contingent upon [contract win].

The NIAID NEAT Systems Architect serves as the Technical Lead and provides custom development services in support of core task Enterprise Product Management and responds to a wide range of projects and special needs related support for NIAID's mission.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish system information requirements using analysis of the information engineer(s) in the development of enterprise-wide or large-scale information systems.
• Design architecture to include the software, hardware, and communications to support the total requirements as well as provide for present and future cross-functional requirements and interfaces.
• Ensure systems are compatible and in compliance with the standards for open systems architectures, the OSI and ISO reference models, and profiles of standards - such as IEEE OSE reference model - as they apply to the implementation and specification of information management solution of the application platform, across the API, and the external environment/software application.
• Ensure that the common operating environment is compliant with the Agency enterprise architecture and applicable reference models.
• Evaluate analytically and systematically problems of workflows, organization, and planning and develop appropriate corrective action.
• Provide daily supervision and direction to staff.
• Integration between Enterprise Clinical Informatics Systems (COTS or Custom).
• Development of Enterprise Clinical Informatics Systems when COTS does not exist or meet NIAID's requirements.