Data Architect

Summary

Join MEDFAR Clinical Solutions as a Data Architect and assume ownership of data policies, practices, and architectural guidance. You will ensure data security, high quality, and accessibility. This role blends strategic data governance leadership with technical database architecture expertise. You will shape how a major primary care EMR handles health information. Responsibilities include reviewing database structures, optimizing query performance, resolving performance bottlenecks, monitoring database health, enforcing governance standards, and leading data governance initiatives. You will also enable data accessibility, define access policies, maintain legal and regulatory compliance, and promote responsible data use.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data architecture, or equivalent experience in a related data management role
• Demonstrated expertise designing and optimizing relational databases
• Hands-on experience with full-time databases
• Exposure and understanding of data privacy and compliance frameworks in healthcare for Canada and the US
• Proven ability to develop and implement data governance policies, metadata standards, and access controls
• Strong communication and advisory skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with developers, analysts, security, and product teams
• A methodical and pragmatic mindset, capable of balancing data accessibility, quality, and protection
• Proficiency in both English and French is required, including the ability to hold conversations and lead meetings in both languages, although the exchanges will primarily be conducted in English

Responsibilities

• Review and establish database structure and architecture while ensuring performance and scalability across all platforms
• Reviewing and approving database schema changes across teams, with a focus on minimizing long-term risk and maintaining consistency across shared models
• Optimizing query performance and tuning database configurations to ensure reliable, low-latency access to critical data
• Profiling and resolving performance bottlenecks in collaboration with engineering teams—this includes slow queries, locking issues, indexing problems, and inefficient data access patterns
• Monitoring database health and usage patterns, proactively identifying areas for refactoring or architectural improvements
• Enforcing governance standards around data ownership, versioning, and change control to prevent data sprawl and maintain integrity
• Supporting infrastructure and SRE teams in capacity planning, replication strategy, and backup/recovery policies for critical databases
• Lead Data Governance Initiatives: Develop, maintain, and evolve governance policies to support data accessibility, integrity, quality, security and compliance across systems
• Enable Data Accessibility with Guardrails: Partner closely with Analytics and Interoperability teams to enable access to data that is consistent, governed, and performant
• Define Access Policies with the Application Security & SRE teams: Work with the security and site reliability engineering teams to define access roles and levels, ensuring appropriate controls based on users’ roles and responsibilities
• Maintain Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Review and adjust governance policies to align with evolving compliance requirements, internal standards and provincial laws. (e.g., HIPAA, PIPEDA, PHIPA, QC-Law 25, etc.)
• Promote a Culture of Responsible Data Use: Help embed governance practices into development workflows, promote shared accountability for data quality, and foster alignment across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with health interoperability standards (HL7 / FHIR, etc.)
• Experience working in a SaaS or regulated environment with cross-team data dependencies

Benefits

• Remote work and flexibility (supporting work-life balance)
• Performance bonuses are accessible to all employees
• RRSP contribution
• Healthcare insurance from day one
• Paid time off : 3 weeks + 1 additional week between Christmas and New Year
• Annual training allowance ($1,500) to support your professional development
• An onboarding program to help you get familiar with our environment and the digital healthcare field
• All IT equipment is provided, with additional gear if needed
• Internal growth opportunities (promotions, internal mobility)
• Support from a wellness and social committee , with initiatives to foster team cohesion, mental health, and employee well-being
• A company culture focused on transparency, collaboration, and innovation