Enterprise Architect (Health Domain)

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As an Enterprise Architect (Health Domain), you will develop and maintain the enterprise architecture across the health domain, ensuring current and future technology decisions support MQH objectives and the digital vision. You will: Provide enterprise-wide architectural leadership to guide technology direction, simplify complexity, and align with organisational strategy and priorities. Define, maintain and communicate the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards and roadmaps, including current-state, target-state and transition architectures, capability models and strategic roadmaps. Provide architecture governance and assurance for major programs, projects, procurements and technology investments, and review and endorse solution architectures for alignment with enterprise standards. Contribute to architecture governance boards and design authorities, managing exceptions, risks and technical debt in a controlled and transparent way. Partner with internal IT teams to rationalise, modernise and optimise the technology landscape, reducing duplication and managing lifecycle costs. Ensure architecture decisions incorporate security, privacy, compliance, resilience and sustainability requirements. Mentor and guide solution architects, domain architects and technical leaders to uplift architecture capability and consistency of practice. Macquarie University Health is a trailblazer in healthcare, education and research.Australia's first and only fully integrated academic health sciences centre brings together Macquarie University Hospital, Clinics and the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. Macquarie University Health | Hospital and clinics | Sydney Macquarie University Information Technology (IT) supports the organisation's mission through reliable, contemporary and strategically aligned digital services and technology capabilities. With a strong service ethos and a commitment to collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement, we work in trusted partnership with stakeholders across the University to enable digital transformation that drives clinical outcomes, service improvements and exceptional experiences. About You (Selection Criteria ) You are a seasoned enterprise architect with deep expertise in the health domain, combining strategic insight with the ability to influence technology direction across a complex organisational environment. You bring strong commercial, technical and stakeholder capabilities, and a proven track record of aligning architecture practice with health business strategy and transformational outcomes. Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline, or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience, with a demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development. Extensive experience in enterprise architecture or senior architecture roles within a health context, including an understanding of hospital operations, clinical workflows and the digital health landscape, balancing business value, risk, cost, complexity and delivery feasibility. Sound knowledge of enterprise architecture disciplines, frameworks, governance and strategic planning processes (TOGAF certification or training is highly regarded). Well-developed strategic and critical thinking skills, with the proven ability to translate business needs into enterprise architecture direction, standards and actionable roadmaps aligned to organisational priorities. Broad knowledge of core clinical platforms, cloud, data, integration, business architecture (process excellence) and customer

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PRIMARY DETAIL $198,236 - $209,250 (HEW Level 10, Band 2), plus 17% superannuation and annual leave loading 2-year fixed-term appointment | Hybrid working arrangement (3 days in the office per week) Macquarie University , Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde Macquarie University Health (MQH) is embarking on one of its most significant digital transformations to date. As part of our 2025 to 2029 Digital Health Vision, we are reimagining how technology enables clinical care, research and teaching, with the goal of becoming a leading Academic Healthcare Institution. At the heart of this journey is the replacement of our core Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, a foundational enabler of the strategy. We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect (Health Domain) to provide strategic leadership and architectural oversight that ensures our technology investments, platforms and roadmaps align with the Digital Health Vision, operational priorities and target patient experiences. This is a rare opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology strategy while playing a pivotal role on a landmark EMR program. Reporting to the Director, IT Architecture, you will guide transformation initiatives across health functions, improving interoperability, simplifying complexity, strengthening governance, and enabling scalable, sustainable and secure digital services.

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