Director of Technology & Architecture

Company: Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Location: Wheat Ridge
Posted on: January 14, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Job Description The Director is a strong communicator and collaborative leader who provides architectural oversight and technical guidance to engineering, infrastructure, and application teams—but is not the primary owner of hands-on execution. Instead, the Director partners with technical leads, managed service providers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure solutions are well-designed, supportable, scalable, and compliant with healthcare and behavioral health regulations. Hybrid opportunity. Key Responsibilities: Enterprise Architecture & Technology Strategy • Lead definition and governance of enterprise technology architecture for infrastructure, networks, cloud, cybersecurity, data, and clinical applications. • Develop architectural standards, reference models, and guiding principles that support a modern, scalable behavioral healthcare ecosystem. • Partner with the CIO to establish long-term technology roadmaps that align with organizational growth, regulatory needs, and clinical workflows. • Conduct architectural reviews, assess proposed solutions, and provide recommendations to ensure interoperability, security, and sustainability. Infrastructure, Cloud & Network Architecture • Architect enterprise infrastructure strategies across data centers, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), hybrid environments, and multi-site network connectivity. • Define standards for network segmentation, site connectivity, wireless, telephony, and resilience across residential, outpatient, crisis, and administrative programs. • Oversee disaster recovery architectures, high-availability frameworks, and continuity-of operations planning (COOP). • Ensure infrastructure designs align with budgetary parameters, lifecycle expectations, and long-term maintainability. Behavioral Health Systems Architecture • Provide architectural leadership across the behavioral health application stack, including EHRs, telehealth platforms, case management, ePrescribing, and interoperability layers. • Evaluate and recommend behavioral health–centric technologies that enhance clinical operations, patient engagement, and regulatory compliance. • Guide data integration strategy—including API frameworks, FHIR, HL7, and secure data exchange between clinical and administrative systems. Governance, Standards & Compliance • Establish architecture governance processes, including design reviews, solution approval workflows, and change-management alignment. • Ensure all technology decisions adhere to HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, and behavioral health privacy and security requirements. • Collaborate with cybersecurity and compliance teams to incorporate security-by-design principles into all enterprise systems. Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration • Serve as a “player-coach” who provides deep technical insight and mentorship while empowering engineering teams and MSPs to execute. • Influence and guide without micromanagement—ensuring teams have clarity on architectural intent, technical direction, and quality expectations. • Communicate architectural decisions clearly to clinicians, executives, operations leaders, and vendor partners. • Support vendor evaluations, contract discussions, and solution assessments with an architecture-first perspective. Required Qualifications: • 10 years of experience in healthcare IT, with strong understanding of healthcare operations, regulatory frameworks, and architecture patterns. • 3 years of behavioral or mental health technology experience, with familiarity across EHRs, clinical workflows, telehealth, and privacy rules. • Demonstrated expertise architecting enterprise infrastructure, networks, cloud platforms, and clinical application ecosystems. • Proven ability to lead through influence, setting direction and standards while relying on teams, vendors, and MSPs for execution. • Exceptional communication skills with ability to translate complex architecture concepts for non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications • Experience with behavioral health EHRs (Credible, Netsmart, Qualifacts, Athena Cx360, etc.). • Architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or healthcare interoperability standards experience (FHIR, HL7). • Experience designing IT for 24/7 behavioral health operations, including crisis stabilization units. • Cloud, networking, or security certifications (Azure/AWS Architect, CCNP/CCDP, CISSP). Core Competencies • Strategic architecture mindset • Influential leadership • Strong communication and stakeholder management • Healthcare and behavioral health expertise • Security-first design thinking • Ability to balance innovation with operational practicality Working Conditions • Occasional travel between organizational sites in Colorado • Availability for critical architecture decisions or escalations Salary Grade 21: $139,500 to 173,200* * Jefferson Center pay is based on various factors including education level, licensure level, and years of relative experience. * The salary range listed above is based on 1.0 FTE (40 hours per week). Anticipated Close Date: 2/03/2026. Review of applications will begin immediately.

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