Chief Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +24 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and approve the target-state architecture of the CMS case management program across cloud, data, security, application, and integration layers.

• Act as the technical authority for the program with a focus on CMS.

• Manage the architecture decision record process and provide approval for ADRs prior to implementation.

• Resolve any architectural disputes among architecture and engineering specialists.

• Define solution patterns, reusable components, and architectural standards across multiple workstreams.

• Lead the strategy for secure exchange of provider, beneficiary, and healthcare data using FHIR, HL7, Direct Messaging, RESTful APIs, and event-driven integration.

• Establish the integration strategy between the Pega/Salesforce case management platform and the data layer.

• Oversee the cloud-native architecture on AWS, including strategies for containerized and serverless applications.

• Determine strategies for data ingestion, transformation, quality control, metadata management, and lakehouse/medallion architecture.

• Collaborate with the Security Lead to incorporate CMS ARS, HIPAA, NIST, and FedRAMP requirements.

• Provide authoritative architectural guidance, identify technical risks, and enforce mitigation strategies.

• Mentor senior technical staff and architects.

• Manage program-level technical specifications and implementation guidance.

• Present and defend architectural decisions to technical review boards and government stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

• 12–15+ years of experience in solution or enterprise architecture.

• Previous experience in roles such as Principal Architect, Chief Architect, or Enterprise Architect; this should not be the first leadership role in architecture.

• Direct experience with federal contracts is required.

• CMS experience is highly preferred.

• Proven experience in architecture governance, including ADR processes and architecture review boards, on at least one previous program.

• Experience in designing cloud-native, API-driven solutions utilizing AWS services and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with enterprise application architecture, service-oriented architectures, and microservices architectures.

• Proficient in healthcare interoperability standards including FHIR and HL7.

• Experience with Pega or Salesforce case management/BPM platforms.

• Background in healthcare data integration, transformation, and governance.

• Experience in Agile development environments.

• Ability to mediate technical disagreements and make conclusive decisions.

• Preferred experience with CMS modernization initiatives, federal technical review boards, provider directory and healthcare exchange systems, and cloud migration and modernization programs.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect is preferred.

• Must reside in one of the listed eligible U.S. states or Washington, DC.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work opportunities.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

• Equal employment opportunities and merit-based personnel processes.