Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Innovation starts from the heart. At Edwards Lifesciences, we’re dedicated to developing ground-breaking technologies with a genuine impact on patients’ lives. At the core of this commitment is our investment in cutting-edge information technology. This supports our innovation and collaboration on a global scale, enabling our diverse teams to optimize both efficiency and success. As part of our IT team, your expertise and commitment will help facilitate our patient-focused mission by developing and enhancing technological solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into system qualities that lead to repeatable and executable design strategies and patterns for tactical projects / initiatives in collaboration with project teams

• Identify and define the opportunities for integration, selecting the tools, specifying the shared data & code resources, defining the interfaces and data-flows, and monitoring the success of the integration for tactical projects / initiatives

• Develop, institute, and maintain the IT design methodology, development process methodology, technology standards, and best practices.

• Provide oversight to ensure compliance with architectural standards and practices through all aspects of planning, execution, and operation.

• Lead the evaluation of new technology targeted for possible integration into the existing IT environment.

• Develop, institute, and maintain the design and metadata repository for integrating all aspects of established architectural models.

• Survey external emerging developments, and evangelize new technologies, standards and methodologies.

• Provide expert guidance on tactical projects/initiatives

• Provide training, coaching and knowledge transfer to team members on more complex tasks

• Incidental: General and administrative tasks

Education and Experience:

•Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent in related field (Advanced degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Natural Sciences & Mathematics or a related discipline)

•10 years of IT experience (2 years of demonstrably solid performance in an architect role working with cross-functional teams (within IT and/or within the business) on enterprise-level or complex/novel system implementations of relevant industry experience (e.g. medical device, pharmaceuticals, etc.) or in highly regulated environments)

Additional Skills:

• Ensure endpoint device environment complies with security policies and regulatory requirements

• Establish and maintain enterprise and/or domain level device architecture through the stages of planning, design, execution, and operation

• Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 - Intune, SCCM, Jamf)

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• Excellent documentation and communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives and communicate to various levels of audience or to explain complex or technical matters in a manner suitable for non-technical audiences

• Recognized as an expert in own area within the organization

• Substantial technical knowledge with expertise in at least one technical language or data management system (e.g. SQL Server, PowerShell, JavaScript, etc.)

• Broad and deep technical knowledge – expertise in multiple aspects including hardware, software, applications, and systems engineering and QA/testing

• Expert in developing detailed architecture models, design, executable plans and documentation

• Expertise in conducting RFPs, vendor assessments, and contract reviews

• Knowledge of best practices related to IT governance, operations, and administration

• Represents technical leadership on projects within a specific technical domain, interfacing with other architects, project managers, and production team

• Consultation in project setting within specific technical domain

• Provides technical leadership to outsourcing partners on a task level

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control