Senior Solutions Designer

Duration: 6 months

Client: Public Sector

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated experience as a technical design specialist expertly coordinating the design, develop and enhancement of complex large scale, high profile, high-risk technology solutions
• Experience utilizing cloud-based technologies including containerization, orchestration and microservices
• Proven ability to lead development teams to work on the definition and design of application software, hardware and network requirements
• Working knowledge of standards for health care data exchange, in particular Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
• Experience overseeing the development of agreed-to solutions and implementation of those solutions, including designing, testing, installation and monitoring of the new systems
• Experience with automated build processes in the development environment through CI/CD
• Experience with Agile software development process and VSTS/Azure DevOPS
• Provide technical leadership skills with an ability to identify areas for improvement and recommend solutions
• Conduct performance tuning and recommend performance improvement solution
• Demonstrated ability to work with business analysts to translate the business requirements and functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the business and operational/IT needs
• Knowledge of best practices in design, build, development and deployment and their application to meet functional and non-functional requirements, adhering to GO-ITS standards and internal branch standards
• Experience working with architects providing consistent object, data model, interface and application models
• Experience producing low-level design/development artefacts that show sufficient detail to allow developers to code and test
• Experience working with infrastructure, operational, deployment and technical teams to define the physical deployment of the application
• Experience working with security architects and privacy SMEs to ensure the application design and physical deployment meet the required level of security and adhere to data privacy standards
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with the architecture team to create required architectural artifacts
• Working knowledge and experience with the MS Office suite, Visio and SharePoint.

General

• Experience monitoring progress, resolving problems and reporting regularly to business and I&IT management decision makers
• Experience with issues and risk management practices
• Experience developing and providing input to overall solution objectives
• Knowledge and understanding of I&IT technical analysis and data analysis practices
• Proven troubleshooting and analytical experience
• Experience with privacy and security requirements of software development in a health context or equivalent.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to promote OPS I&IT standards and best practices for planning, design and architecture governance.
• Awareness of emerging IT trends and directions and opportunities for client

Communication Skills

• A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated strong leadership and people management skills
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
• Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
• Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
• Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
• A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities, and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

Must Have:

• Demonstrated experience as a technical design specialist expertly coordinating the design, develop and enhancement of complex large scale, high profile, high-risk technology solutions
• Experience utilizing cloud-based technologies including containerization, orchestration and microservices
• Working knowledge of standards for health care data exchange, in particular Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
• Experience working with security architects and privacy SMEs to ensure the application design and physical deployment meet the required level of security and adhere to data privacy standards