Technical Architect - Healthcare Platforms (FHIR | .Net )

Title: Technical Architect - Healthcare Platforms (FHIR | .Net )

Location: Remote

Duration:6+ Months

Job Summary

Roles & Responsibilities:

Architecture & Solution Design

• Assess the current application architecture and identify performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability challenges.
• Design a target-state architecture that supports growth from 380+ users to 580+ users and beyond.
• Define application, data, integration, and security architecture patterns aligned with healthcare best practices.
• Establish scalability strategies including horizontal scaling, caching, asynchronous processing, and database optimization.
• Design solutions that maintain high availability and resiliency for critical patient care workflows.

Healthcare Interoperability

• Lead the architecture and implementation of FHIR-based integrations.
• Design scalable healthcare data exchange mechanisms using HL7 FHIR APIs.
• Integrate with EHR/EMR systems such as eClinicalWorks, Epic, Cerner, Athena, or equivalent healthcare platforms.
• Ensure healthcare regulatory compliance including HIPAA and healthcare data security requirements.

Performance Engineering

Conduct architecture reviews and performance assessments of existing applications.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years as a Solution Architect or Technical Architect.
• Experience architecting large-scale healthcare platforms.
• Proven experience scaling enterprise applications supporting hundreds to thousands of concurrent users.

Technical Expertise

• Front-End

1. Angular 10+ (preferably Angular 15+)
2. Angular Material
3. State management frameworks
4. Performance optimization techniques
5. UI scalability and accessibility

• Backend

1. .NET Core / ASP.NET Core
2. REST API architecture
3. Microservices architecture
4. Event-driven architecture
5. Background processing frameworks

Database

• Microsoft SQL Server
• Query optimization
• Indexing strategies
• Database partitioning
• Data modeling
• High-availability architectures

Healthcare Standards

• HL7 FHIR
• SMART on FHIR
• Healthcare interoperability patterns
• Healthcare data governance
• HIPAA compliance

Cloud & DevOps

• Azure (preferred)
• Azure App Services
• Azure SQL
• Azure Functions
• Azure Service BEvent Grid
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code

Performance & Scalability Expectations

• The selected architect will be expected to:
• Evaluate current system limitations and identify root causes of performance degradation.
• Design an architecture capable of supporting:
• 580+ active users immediately
• Future growth beyond 1,000+ users
• Increased transaction volumes
• Additional FHIR integrations
• Expanded clinician-facing capabilities

Define:

• Capacity planning models
• Database scaling strategy
• Application scaling strategy
• Caching architecture
• Load balancing approach
• Disaster recovery architecture
• Monitoring and observability framework