The Solution Architect provides independent technical oversight and assurance of the architecture and design of digital health systems, ensuring alignment with user requirements, enterprise architecture, digital health standards and regulatory requirements. The consultant reviews proposed architectures, assesses scalability, security, interoperability and sustainability, and gives evidence-based recommendations to support technical approval. Two-year contract based in Nairobi.
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Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
- Review and evaluate proposed technical architectures for digital health systems.
- Assess suitability, scalability, security, interoperability and sustainability of proposed designs.
- Provide independent technical assurance or audit of vendor-built systems.
- Recommend evidence-based actions to support technical approval decisions.
- Ensure alignment with national digital health architecture, standards and regulatory requirements.
- Define and evaluate performance benchmarks for systems operating at national scale.
- Advise on FHIR/HL7 interoperability and health data exchange.
- Flag data protection and privacy risks in line with the Kenya Data Protection Act.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software/Systems Engineering, Health Informatics, Information Systems or a related field.
- Master's degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
- Enterprise or solution architecture certification such as TOGAF.
- Demonstrated expertise or certification in FHIR/HL7 interoperability standards.
- Cloud architecture certification (AWS, Azure or GCP) or equivalent.
- Minimum 6-10 years in software or solution architecture, including 3-5 years on health information systems or large-scale digital health platforms.
- Experience defining performance benchmarks for national-scale systems.
- Experience providing independent technical assurance or audit of vendor-built systems is preferred.
Skills & Competencies:
- Strong systems thinking and architecture judgement.
- Clear technical writing and documentation.
- Sound knowledge of data protection and secure system design.
- Confident engagement with government, vendor and donor stakeholders.
How to Apply
About Living Goods
Living Goods endeavours to improve access to essential healthcare services in underserved regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. We believe community health is critical to deliver Universal Health Coverage and that community health workers (CHWs) are essential, because they bring health services to people’s doorsteps. But to truly make an impact, CHWs need to be digitally empowered, equipped with treatments, effectively supervised, and compensated.
We also help governments transform their community health systems and workforces. We have transformed ability of community health workers to have a lifesaving impact across Africa. These community health workers educate, assess, treat, and refer for common illnesses like pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria that affect children under 5, they help ensure children get immunized on time, and they support women through their pregnancies and with family planning. They also provide primary healthcare to millions of people at a fraction of the cost of doctors and nurses.
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