Job Description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. Our 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbotts life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices and clinics.

The position of Senior IT Architect is within our Acelis Business Unit located at Livermore, CA. In this role, you will drive delivery of business outcomes through IT technology design, development and implementation.

WHAT YOULL DO

This role will be responsible for designing IT software solution deliveries. If hired, you will get to make an impact on how the business works with Salesforce and other tools! We are looking for someone with expertise in technical solution development in Cloud platforms like Salesforce and also in a hybrid cloud environment for this role. This role is responsible for enhancing the quality of IT products and services, analyzing data to inform business decisions, and finding technological solutions to business needs, among other duties.

Do you enjoy driving technical design and implementation? Are you looking to work with a team working on a robust and scalable data integration and API platform in a hybrid cloud environment? Do you enjoy facilitating the evaluations and selection of integration tools? If so, read further!

Below are some day to day tasks you would perform in this role:

* Design and development of data integration and migration strategies.

* Provide data integration and API solution designs for on-premise and cloud business applications that meet business requirements.

* Perform proof-of-concepts (POC) to prove out solutions and establish a core codebase ready for implementation.

* Produce as-is and to-be application solution architecture for a variety of scenarios to meet business requirements and scale the company.

* Document data flows in relevant segments and ratify data ownership and retention policies.

* Participate in organization-wide project planning activities with project managers to advise on implementation strategies and cross-team dependencies.

* Partner closely with product owners and engineering managers to define roadmaps and sprint planning objectives to meet solution designs.

* Represent the IT organization as the domain expert for all technical solutions including data integration and API reference architecture and ensure alignment across teams.

* Collaborate with the broader architecture community, such as Architectural Review Board (ARB), Security Review Board to provide feedback on strategies and standards.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOULL BRING

Required:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or similar degree or the equivalent of years of experience in similar role.

* 13 years of experience in IT including gradual career progression into an IT Architecture role similar to this role.

Preferred:

* 2+ years of hands of experience in Agile methodology.

* 2+ years of experience in Salesforce Health Cloud

* 2+ years of experience in integration API design and development

* 10+ years in a technology-driven Development and Architecture role.

* Health Care Industry experience

* Prior experience with SOX, PCI, and HIPAA compliance

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

* Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance

* Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans

* Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs

* Paid time off

* 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match

* The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

JOB FAMILY:

IT Services & Solutions Delivery

DIVISION:

ARDx Abbott Rapid Diagnostics

LOCATION:

United States > Livermore : 6465 National Drive

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf