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Principal Solutions Architect (Remote)

Credence · United States · 2 days ago
RemoteRemoteInformation Technology$180k–$220k/yrFull-time

About the role

Credence Management Solutions is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) IT modernization programs. This role is foundational and involves owning the end-to-end technical architecture, setting reference architectures, making platform and integration decisions, and validating solutions through delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Own architecture for VA IT programs: reference architectures, integration patterns, platform decisions, and roadmaps — with clear documentation of trade-offs

  • Write proof-of-concept code and hands-on prototypes to de-risk architectural decisions and validate solutions before they reach customers

  • Represent Credence technically to VA stakeholders (OIT, EHRM, VHA) — in RFI responses, oral presentations, and relationship-building touchpoints

  • Contribute to capture strategy for VA opportunities — technical volume authorship, win-theme development, technical Q&A, and customer discovery

  • Provide architectural guidance and technical mentorship to Credence engineering teams as they come into VA delivery work

  • Partner with our VA practice lead on customer engagements and on positioning Credence's AI-native capabilities for VA modernization

  • Document architectural decisions, integration contracts, and technical standards so engineering teams can execute against them with clarity

Requirements

  • Citizenship: US Citizen with the ability to obtain a successful Federal Background Investigation

  • Experience: Minimum ten (10) years of hands-on technical experience. Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field; Master's preferred

  • AI/ML. Direct, recent, hands-on experience using AI, Machine Learning, or Generative AI to solve real problems in production systems — not just familiarity. Examples of qualifying work: integrating LLM APIs into production systems, building RAG pipelines, designing MLOps infrastructure, fine-tuning or training models, or architecting agentic AI systems. Candidates without demonstrable AI/ML implementation work will not be considered. AI/ML depth will be evaluated — AI/ML is core to our value proposition to VA

  • Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Experience. Prior experience working at VA — as a VA employee or as a VA contractor — is required. General federal or DoD experience does not substitute

  • Scale: Experience architecting at enterprise scale ($100M+ programs or equivalent complexity — multi-region production cloud, platforms serving tens of thousands of users, or systems integrating 20+ downstream applications) and comfort operating at task-order agility (bidding and delivering smaller task orders with short time-to-delivery)

  • Cloud: Deep experience with secure cloud architecture on AWS and/or Azure — service model selection (IaaS, PaaS), networking, identity, and federal cybersecurity controls (FedRAMP, NIST)

  • DevSecOps: Deep experience with DevSecOps principles and practices — CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, shift-left security

  • Software Engineering breadth: API design, microservices, containerization, application development, Agile/SDLC

  • Federal Resources Awareness: Familiarity with Federal Government reference architectures and security controls (FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, VA EHRM/OIT standards)

  • Technical Leadership: Proven ability to set architectural direction and mentor engineers through technical credibility and hands-on problem-solving

Qualifications

  • Healthcare informatics experience — VA, VHA, DoD healthcare

  • DoD program experience (delivery or capture) — our practice supports both VA and DoD customers

  • Experience with application portfolio inventories, application interdependency mapping, and modernization assessments

  • Data analytics, SaaS, Low/No-Code platforms, or RPANetwork engineering depth

Skills

  • Understanding of Agile, Service-Oriented Architecture, DevOps, Automated Testing and Deployment, Microservices, and Containerization

  • Demonstrated experience designing and de-risking large, complex solutions — preferably in cloud and/or container environments

Benefits

  • Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

  • Retail Plan (401k, IRA)

  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

  • Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

  • Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

  • Short Term & Long Term Disability

  • Training & Development

  • Work From Home

  • Free Food & Snacks

  • Wellness Resources

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