PACS Architect / Manager -Sectra Cloud Migration

Day To Day Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, planning, and execution of Sectra PACS cloud migration initiatives.
• Develop migration roadmaps, technical architectures, implementation plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Analyze current-state on-premises Sectra environments and design future-state cloud-based solutions.
• Cook up data migration activities, including image archives, metadata validation, system testing, and cutover planning.
• Ensure business continuity and minimal disruption to clinical operations during migration efforts.
• Design and optimize enterprise imaging workflows, storage architectures, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Validate integration points with Epic, RIS, EMR, VNA, modality devices, and ancillary clinical systems.
• Provide technical leadership for DICOM, HL7, IHE, and image exchange workflows.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, resources, and stakeholder communications.
• Establish governance, operational standards, and documentation for cloud-hosted PACS environments.
• Support compliance with HIPAA, cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and healthcare regulatory requirements.
• Lead troubleshooting and performance optimization efforts for enterprise imaging platforms.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of PACS administration, architecture, or engineering experience within healthcare organizations.
• 3+ years of experience architecting or leading Sectra PACS implementations, upgrades, or cloud migration projects.
• Strong expertise with Sectra PACS architecture and enterprise imaging environments.
• Experience migrating healthcare applications and imaging data from on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms.
• Deep understanding of: DICOM, HL7, IHE profiles, Image lifecycle management, Storage and archive strategies.
• Experience integrating PACS with Epic, RIS, EMR, and VNA platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, networking, security, and disaster recovery practices.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical and clinical teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Desired Skills

• Experience with Sectra Cloud or Sectra managed service environments.
• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud healthcare workloads.
• Background supporting Radiology, Cardiology, and Enterprise Imaging programs.
• Project management experience leading enterprise healthcare technology initiatives.
• Relevant certifications in cloud platforms, healthcare IT, or project management.
• Experience with image archive migrations involving multi-petabyte datasets.