Senior Application Architect – Medicaid Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Florida, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and spearhead the strategic direction, roadmap, and modernization initiatives for a large-scale Medicaid account technology architecture.

• Align technology investments with both business objectives and contractual commitments.

• Lead governance for architecture and establish standards and best practices.

• Oversee application, integration, cloud, infrastructure, and security architectures.

• Act as a senior technical advisor to state Medicaid agencies.

• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders on strategic planning, governance, audits, and modernization projects.

• Guide strategies for application modernization, cloud adoption, APIs, and integration.

• Ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and in compliance with enterprise architecture standards.

• Maintain compliance with Medicaid, HIPAA, CMS, NIST, IRS 1075, and other regulatory and contractual requirements.

• Advocate for secure-by-design architecture practices.

• Propel interoperability and data exchange strategies, encompassing APIs, integrations, ETL processes, and healthcare interoperability frameworks.

• Lead activities concerning technical risk, technical debt, and solution oversight throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Provide architectural advice for complex programs and mission-critical Medicaid systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 9 years of experience in enterprise, solution, or technology architecture.

• Proven leadership in large-scale architecture initiatives and strategic technology roadmaps.

• More than 7 years of experience in Medicaid, MMIS, MES, healthcare payer, or government healthcare sectors.

• Experience in supporting complex, mission-critical systems and working directly with state agencies or government clients.

• Strong expertise in application, integration, data, cloud, infrastructure, and security architecture.

• Experience in modernizing legacy systems and enterprise platforms.

• Proven track record in establishing architecture governance frameworks.

• Familiarity with enterprise architecture methodologies and tools such as LeanIX, TOGAF, or equivalent platforms.

• In-depth understanding of SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, security, privacy, compliance, risk management, and technology lifecycle governance.

• Preferred: Experience with CMS Medicaid Enterprise Architecture (MEA), MITA, modular MMIS/MES implementations, and CMS certification requirements.

• Preferred: Practical experience with AWS, Azure, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and large-scale healthcare technology environments.

• Preferred: Experience in designing and supporting APIs, REST services, event-driven integrations, data lakes, data warehouses, analytics/AI platforms, and identity & access management solutions.

• Video cameras must be utilized during all interviews and the initial week of orientation.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities for learning and career advancement.

• Technical credentials and certification support.

• Generous and flexible vacation policy.

• Educational assistance programs.

• Leadership and technical development academies.

• 401(k) employer matching.

• Comprehensive health benefit packages.

• Occasional travel opportunities.