Solution Architect

Key Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end solution architectures aligned with CMS business objectives and technical standards
• Translate business requirements into detailed technical designs, including logical, physical, application, integration, and deployment architecture diagrams
• Define solution patterns, standards, and reusable components
• Ensure architectural consistency across multiple workstreams
• Support architecture reviews and technical decision-making processes
• Design secure provider, beneficiary, and healthcare data exchange solutions using FHIR, HL7, Direct Messaging, RESTful APIs, and event-driven integration patterns
• Define API integration patterns and orchestration workflows; develop integration strategies for external healthcare and CMS systems
• Design provider directory and beneficiary information exchange solutions
• Design cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS services, including containerized and serverless application architectures
• Define application deployment architectures and environment strategies; collaborate with Cloud Architects on infrastructure requirements to ensure high availability, scalability, resilience, and performance
• Work with Data Architects to define data ingestion patterns, data transformation workflows, data quality controls, metadata management strategies, and lakehouse and medallion architectures
• Ensure solution designs support reporting, analytics, and operational data needs; address provider data variability and normalization challenges
• Collaborate with the Security Lead to embed CMS ARS requirements, HIPAA safeguards, NIST controls, and FedRAMP requirements into all solution designs; support security assessments and compliance reviews
• Provide architectural guidance to development teams, review technical designs and code implementations, and identify technical risks with mitigation strategies
• Mentor engineers and technical team members; support production issue resolution and root cause analysis
• Create technical specifications and implementation guidance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in solution architecture, systems architecture, or enterprise application design
• Experience supporting large-scale federal or healthcare technology programs
• Experience designing cloud-native, API-driven solutions using AWS services and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with enterprise application architecture, service-oriented and microservices architectures
• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards including FHIR and HL7, and provider and beneficiary data workflows
• Experience with data integration, transformation, and governance in healthcare contexts
• Experience working within Agile development environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting CMS modernization initiatives or healthcare interoperability solutions
• Experience with provider directory and healthcare exchange systems
• Experience supporting data lake, lakehouse, or medallion architecture initiatives
• Experience with cloud migration and modernization programs
• Familiarity with healthcare APIs and secure data-sharing frameworks
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate