Application Architect (eHealth)

Role Overview

Upstaff Employment Services is seeking a highly experienced Application Architect to support the eHealthNB platform under the Provincial Health Application Services branch. The selected candidate will play a critical role in designing, enhancing, and maintaining highly complex healthcare applications, ensuring alignment with strategic healthcare initiatives and business requirements.

This role involves a blend of steady-state operations and project-based initiatives, with a strong focus on solution architecture, integration, and system optimization across Electronic Health Record (EHR) ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design, strategy, and roadmap development for eHealth platforms
• Provide technical leadership on solution architecture, integration design, and development standards
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and high-availability systems
• Develop and maintain system architecture documentation and solution blueprints
• Support integration across healthcare systems including EHR, EMR, registries, and repositories
• Collaborate with stakeholders including business teams, DBAs, developers, and vendors
• Monitor system performance and ensure optimization and fault tolerance
• Provide production support, including after-hours support as required
• Deliver proof of concepts, migration strategies, and integration solutions
• Provide regular reporting to leadership and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Mandatory Requirements

M1. Education

• University degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
• Equivalent combination of education and extensive industry experience will be considered

M2. IM/IT Experience

• Minimum 20+ years of experience in Information Management / Information Technology

M3. Senior Programmer/Analyst Experience

• Minimum 15+ years of experience as a Senior Programmer/Analyst

M4. Communication Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Proven ability to communicate with technical teams and executive stakeholders

M5. Availability

• Must be available to start as per project timelines and work onsite in New Brunswick

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills

Healthcare & Domain Expertise

• Minimum 10+ years experience working with Provincial Healthcare systems in Canada
• Strong experience with Electronic Health Records (EHR) and healthcare integrations

Solution Development & Architecture

• Minimum 15+ years experience in:
  • Designing, developing, documenting, testing, and implementing enterprise solutions
  • Translating business requirements into technical solutions

Integration & Interoperability

• Minimum 15+ years experience with Rhapsody Integration Engine
• Minimum 10+ years experience with:
  • Nextgate / Rhapsody Provider Index
  • EMPI solutions (e.g., Initiate, Infosphere)

Database & Backend Technologies

• Minimum 10+ years experience with:
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Oracle databases

Programming & Development

• Minimum 10+ years experience with:
  • Java
  • JavaScript

Preferred Experience

• Experience with:
  • Clinical Data Repositories (CDR)
  • Client and Provider Registries
  • Integration across EMR/EHR systems
• Familiarity with tools such as:
  • Orion Health
  • IBM Initiate
  • SSIS, .NET, PHP-based applications

Deliverables

• Architecture roadmaps and transformation strategies
• Integration and migration plans
• Proof of concepts and solution designs
• System performance optimization and monitoring reports
• Documentation of system configurations and architecture
• Ongoing operational and production support

Work Environment

• Onsite role based in Fredericton, NB
• Collaboration with cross-functional healthcare and IT teams
• May require occasional after-hours or weekend support (pre-approved)