Lead IoT Solution Architect (Healthcare)

The Lead Solution Architect is responsible for evaluating and defining the future architecture for a patient-facing peripheral platform within a connected healthcare ecosystem. This role assesses hardware, software, and deployment options to identify a scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution that supports patient identification, clinical workflows, peripheral device integration, and digital data collection across cloud-connected, hybrid, and offline environments. The architect will develop architectural recommendations, evaluate technology alternatives, define integration approaches, and establish a roadmap that balances current business needs with future platform evolution. Daily tasks: - Architecture Strategy - Define the target architecture for the patient and peripheral platform. - Evaluate commercial, custom-built, embedded, tablet-based, and kiosk-based solutions. - Assess architecture alternatives based on technical fit, lifecycle, cost, risk, scalability, security, and maintainability. - Create architectural recommendations and decision records. - Solution Evaluation - Lead structured trade-off analyses across hardware and software options. - Develop business and technical recommendations for leadership and engineering teams. - Balance short-term delivery objectives with long-term platform sustainability. - Platform Integration - Define integration patterns with clinical applications, identity services, connected medical devices, edge environments, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems. - Establish interface standards, communication patterns, and data exchange requirements. - Ensure compatibility across online, intermittently connected, and offline deployment models. - Patient Identification & Workflow Design - Define architectures supporting modern identification methods such as NFC, QR codes, biometric authentication, and identity federation. - Support clinical workflows including patient onboarding, treatment preparation, and data capture. - Ensure a seamless and intuitive user experience. - Peripheral Connectivity - Define integration approaches for devices such as scales, blood pressure monitors, temperature sensors, and future clinical peripherals. - Establish standards for USB, Bluetooth, Ethernet, serial communication, and emerging connectivity technologies. - Enable extensibility for future device types and use cases. Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Several years of experience in solution or system architecture for complex, distributed systems. Experience evaluating hardware and software platforms and defining long-term technology strategies. Strong knowledge of edge computing, cloud platforms, device connectivity, identity management, and distributed architectures. Experience integrating hardware devices with enterprise and cloud-based applications. Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Must have: IoT