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Summary
In this role, you will serve as a Solutions Architect within Vizient’s Platform Engineering organization, designing and delivering scalable, secure, and reusable solutions that support enterprise platforms, applications, and data services. You will partner closely with Engineering, Architecture, CloudOps, Security, and IT teams to ensure solutions are well-architected, aligned with enterprise strategy, and built using modern cloud-native and AI-enabled patterns. This role blends strong systems design expertise with hands-on technical depth, enabling you to influence architecture standards while guiding teams through complex, end-to-end solution designs.
Responsibilities
Design end-to-end Platform components, solutions and reference architectures spanning applications, APIs, integrations, data platforms, identity, AI, and cloud infrastructure.
Hands-on development to build proofs of concept (POCs), automation scripts, tools, and reference implementations across application, data, security, AI, and integration use cases.
Conduct architecture and design sessions with engineering teams and product stakeholders.
Simplify complexities, build analogies, gain stakeholder buy-in while aligning with Platform vision.
Connect strategy to action while navigating within a matrix structure and understanding organizational, departmental and platform strategies, policies and standards.
Owner the designs from functional, non-functional, operational, risks and economic aspects.
Fluent in executive-level communication and presentations, while being contributor, mentor and learner in technology space.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
10 or more years of software engineering experience, including at least 3+ years in software architecture or systems design roles.
Past development hands-on experience across all tiers, with recent hands-on experience designing, building, or integrating AI-enabled solutions.
Strong diagramming, presentation, and technical communication skills.
Practical knowledge in Data, Ontology, Apps, AI, Middleware, Security, Infrastructure and Cloud architecture.
Experience with data/ontology modeling, data engineering, knowledge graphs, frontend frameworks, APIs, process and event orchestration, middleware, runtime solutions leveraging AI, IaC, kubernetes, and FGA.
Experience with AI platform and architecture patterns with focus on Graph RAG, OBO/Agent Identity, HITL, and agent orchestration.
Estimated Hiring Range:
At Vizient, we consider skills, experience, and organizational needs in our compensation approach. Geographic factors may adjust the range estimate and hires typically fall below the top range. Compensation decisions are tailored to individual circumstances. The current salary range for this role is $135,200.00 to $236,600.00.This position is also incentive eligible.
Vizient has a comprehensive benefits plan! Please view our benefits here:
http://www.vizientinc.com/about-us/careers
Equal Opportunity Employer: Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color, gender identity, ethnicity, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status or any other category protected by applicable law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience
- At least 3 years of experience in software architecture or systems design roles
- Hands-on development experience across all application tiers
- Recent hands-on experience designing, building, or integrating AI-enabled solutions
- Strong diagramming, presentation, and technical communication skills
- Practical knowledge of data, ontology, applications, AI, middleware, security, infrastructure, and cloud architecture
- Experience with data and ontology modeling, data engineering, knowledge graphs, frontend frameworks, APIs, process and event orchestration, middleware, AI runtime solutions, IaC, Kubernetes, and FGA
- Experience with AI platform and architecture patterns focused on Graph RAG, OBO/Agent Identity, HITL, and agent orchestration
- Master's degree
Vizient Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vizient and has not been reviewed or approved by Vizient.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off allowances are generous, with ample PTO and holidays available from day one. Separate paid volunteer days add additional protected time away.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexibility to work from anywhere for part of the year and hybrid options support work-life balance. Policies enabling remote periods complement the broader PTO structure.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a competitive 401(k) company match alongside HSA contributions on eligible plans. These elements strengthen long-term financial security within the total rewards package.
Vizient Insights
What We Do
Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest health care performance improvement company, serves more than 50% of the nation’s acute care providers, which includes 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 20% of ambulatory care providers. Vizient provides expertise, analytics and advisory services, as well as a contract portfolio that represents more than $130 billion in annual purchasing volume. Vizient is based in Dallas and has offices in 20 metropolitan areas across the United States. We have 4,000 employees with a breadth of expertise, experience and compassion, who are eager to develop and implement solutions that advance health care for the greater good.
