EHR Payer Solutions Architect

Razor is looking for an Epic/EHR Solutions Architect who will serve as the technical lead and architectural owner for the implementation of Epic within a healthcare payer environment. This role is responsible for defining and governing the end-to-end architectural blueprint, ensuring Epic is integrated into a cohesive, interoperable healthcare ecosystem. The architect will work closely with enterprise architecture, integration, data, security, and product teams to align Epic with enterprise interoperability strategy, leveraging FHIR-based APIs via the payer platform and supporting long-term scalability, regulatory compliance, and business outcomes. Education & Certification Requirements Bachelor’s Degree Qualifications, Own and maintain the solution architecture blueprint for Epic implementation across payer workflows. Define architectural standards, patterns, and guardrails to ensure consistency and long-term maintainability. Review and approve design decisions to prevent point-to-point integrations and technical debt. Serve as the primary technical authority for Epic-related architecture decisions.

Interoperability & Integration Strategy

Ensure Epic interoperability aligns with enterprise integration and interoperability strategy. Design and govern integrations using FHIR-based APIs, HL7, and industry standards. Partner with the FHIR platform team to ensure Epic integrations leverage reusable, API-first patterns. Guide teams away from tightly coupled integrations toward service-oriented, loosely coupled design.

Epic EHR Ecosystem & Healthcare Context

Understand how Epic fits within the broader healthcare payer ecosystem, including claims, eligibility, provider data, care management platforms, member engagement tools, and analytics. Translate healthcare business requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with payer operations. Ensure solutions support regulatory and compliance needs (CMS, interoperability rules, data privacy).

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Act as the technical lead across vendors, system integrators, and internal delivery teams. Collaborate with enterprise architects, security, data, and platform teams for alignment. Provide hands-on architectural guidance throughout design, build, and implementation. Identify architectural risks early and recommend mitigation strategies.

8+ years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture, preferably in healthcare. Direct experience leading or architecting Epic implementations, ideally within a payer context. Strong understanding of interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, APIs). Experience designing API-first and platform-based integration architectures. Experience avoiding or remediating point-to-point integration anti-patterns. Ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to mixed technical audiences.

Desired Skills

Experience with FHIR platforms. Knowledge of payer systems such as claims processing, utilization management, care management, or member services. Familiarity with cloud-based architectures and modern integration platforms. Experience working with large system integrators and managing vendor architectural deliverables.