Solutions Designer – Senior

• Lead and coordinate the technical design, development, and enhancement of complex, large-scale, high-profile, and high-risk technology solutions.
  
• Translate business requirements and functional specifications into scalable application and technical designs.
  
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams on application software, hardware, network, and infrastructure requirements.
  
• Design and support cloud-based technology solutions leveraging containerization, orchestration, and microservices architectures.
  
• Develop and maintain solution architecture and detailed low-level design artifacts sufficient for development and testing teams.
  
• Work collaboratively with enterprise and solution architects to ensure consistent object, data, interface, and application models.
  
• Apply healthcare interoperability standards, particularly Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), to solution design and integration.
  
• Oversee the implementation of agreed-upon solutions, including design, development, testing, installation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing enhancement.
  
• Work with infrastructure, operational, deployment, and technical teams to define physical application deployment requirements.
  
• Collaborate with security architects and privacy SMEs to ensure solutions meet security requirements and comply with data privacy standards.
  
• Lead technical troubleshooting activities, identify areas for improvement, and recommend appropriate solutions.
  
• Conduct performance tuning and recommend improvements related to scalability, reliability, and system performance.
  
• Support automated build and deployment processes through CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Participate actively in Agile software development processes and utilize Azure DevOps/VSTS for development and delivery management.
  
• Ensure adherence to GO-ITS standards, internal branch standards, architecture governance, and industry best practices.
  
• Monitor project progress, identify and resolve technical issues, manage risks, and provide regular updates to business and I&IT management.
  
• Develop and provide input into overall solution objectives and technical strategies.
  
• Promote OPS I&IT standards and best practices for planning, design, development, and architecture governance.
  
• Stay current with emerging technology trends and identify opportunities to improve client technology solutions.
  

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a Technical Design Specialist coordinating the design, development, and enhancement of complex, large-scale, high-profile, and high-risk technology solutions.
  
• Experience utilizing cloud-based technologies, including:
  
• Containerization
  
• Orchestration
  
• Microservices
  
• Proven ability to lead development teams in defining and designing:
  
• Application software requirements
  
• Hardware requirements
  
• Network requirements
  
• Experience working with architects to establish consistent:
  
• Object models
  
• Data models
  
• Interface models
  
• Application models
  
• Experience producing detailed low-level design and development artifacts that provide sufficient detail for developers to code and test solutions.
  
• Knowledge of best practices for solution design, build, development, deployment, and implementation of functional and non-functional requirements.
  
• Experience working with infrastructure, operations, deployment, and technical teams to define physical application deployment requirements.
  

• Working knowledge of healthcare data exchange standards, particularly Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
  
• Experience designing or supporting solutions within healthcare environments is highly preferred.
  

• JavaScript ES6+
  
• Spring Framework
  
• Quarkus
  
• Angular 9+
  
• Angular Material
  
• TypeScript
  
• Node.js
  
• HTML5
  
• CSS3
  

• Experience with automated build processes and CI/CD pipelines.
  
• Experience working within an Agile software development environment.
  
• Experience using VSTS/Azure DevOps.
  
• Ability to provide technical leadership and identify areas for improvement and recommend effective technical solutions.
  

• Experience working with security architects and privacy SMEs to ensure application designs and physical deployments meet required security levels and adhere to data privacy standards.
  
• Experience with privacy and security requirements related to software development in a healthcare context or equivalent environment.
  

• Experience monitoring project progress, resolving technical problems, and reporting regularly to business and I&IT management stakeholders.
  
• Experience with issue, risk, and dependency management practices.
  
• Experience developing and contributing to overall solution objectives.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of I&IT technical analysis and data analysis practices.
  
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
  
• Ability to promote OPS I&IT standards and best practices related to planning, design, and architecture governance.
  
• Awareness of emerging technology trends, industry directions, and opportunities for technology improvement.
  
• Experience conducting performance tuning and recommending performance improvement solutions.
  
• Strong working knowledge of:
  
• Microsoft Office Suite
  
• Visio
  
• SharePoint
  

• Demonstrated experience as a collaborative team player with a proven record of meeting strict deadlines.
  
• Strong technical leadership and people management skills.
  
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation skills.
  
• Strong listening and facilitation skills with the ability to support issue resolution.
  
• Effective consulting skills with the ability to engage diverse technical and business stakeholders.
  
• Proven ability to build strong working relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
  
• Strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Excellent customer service skills with tact and diplomacy.
  
• Highly motivated, flexible, detail-oriented, organized, and creative.
  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes under tight timelines.
  

• Experience working within the Ontario Public Sector (OPS) or comparable large public-sector environments.
  
• Experience designing and implementing healthcare technology solutions.
  
• Experience with enterprise architecture and architecture governance frameworks.
  
• Knowledge of GO-ITS standards and OPS development and architecture practices.
  
• Experience with modern cloud-native application architectures and enterprise-scale integrations.
  

1. Technical design leadership for complex, large-scale, high-profile, and high-risk technology solutions.
   
2. Cloud-based technologies including containerization, orchestration, and microservices.
   
3. Working knowledge of healthcare data exchange standards, specifically FHIR.
   
4. Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: JavaScript ES6+, Spring Framework, Quarkus, Angular 9+, Angular Material, TypeScript, Node.js, HTML5, and CSS3.
   
5. Experience working with security architects and privacy SMEs to ensure secure application design, deployment, and compliance with data privacy standards.