P5P5 — Expert Professional
Health Informatics Health Data Interoperability Architect
Architects and implements the seamless exchange of healthcare data between systems and organizations.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Define the overall integration architecture for health IT systems
- Develop and maintain interfaces using health data standards
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to implement and test integrations
- Ensure all data exchange processes comply with healthcare regulations
- Debug integration issues and continuously improve interface performance
- Document integration processes and standards
- Provide technical guidance on interoperability projects
- Evaluate new technologies for data exchange
- Manage interoperability project timelines
- Communicate technical requirements to stakeholders
- Define integration architecture
- Develop interfaces
- Test data exchanges
- Ensure regulatory compliance
- Debug integration issues
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Integration architecture
- Interface development
- Standards compliance
- Problem-solving
- Technical communication
- Project management
- Technical documentation
- Regulatory knowledge
- Technology evaluation
- Stakeholder engagement
- HL7 FHIR standards
- Healthcare data exchange
- Integration architecture
- Regulatory compliance
- Technical documentation
- IT project management
- Interoperability technologies
- Data exchange processes
- Healthcare IT systems
- Stakeholder communication
- Technical mastery
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of regulations
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Integration architecture
- Standards compliance
- Project management
- Technical documentation
- Stakeholder communication
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Health Informatics
- 5+ years experience in interface development or interoperability projects in healthcare
- Deep understanding of HL7 FHIR and other standards
- Proven track record in managing complex projects
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills
Common titles
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What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-1211.01 — Health Informatics Specialists