Solution Architect

Location: Richmond, VA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 2 days on-site per week

Interview: Video interview

Residency Requirement: Candidates must reside in the United States for the duration of the assignment

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to provide technical leadership for a major modernization initiative supporting a large-scale Medicaid Enterprise System (MES). This is an excellent opportunity for a senior architect with experience across enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, system integration, APIs, data architecture, and security. Candidates with previous Medicaid, MMIS, MES, healthcare, or large-scale government technology experience are strongly preferred.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight for a new Fiscal Agent Services (FAS) solution within a Medicaid Enterprise System.
• Lead architectural reviews and evaluate solution designs against enterprise architecture standards and technical policies.
• Ensure solutions align with CMS guidelines, MITA maturity goals, federal modularity requirements, and interoperability standards.
• Design and guide integrations across Medicaid modules including Eligibility & Enrollment, Provider Services, Third-Party Liability, Pharmacy, and Data Warehousing.
• Define architecture for APIs, system interfaces, data exchange, cloud environments, security models, and enterprise integrations.
• Develop logical and physical architecture diagrams, data flows, integration patterns, and technical roadmaps.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to support compliance with NIST, HIPAA, state security policies, and applicable security controls.
• Evaluate technical change requests and participate in architecture and technology governance.
• Provide technical direction to developers, business analysts, project teams, vendors, and system integrators throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, secure, and aligned with long-term modernization objectives.

Required Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of experience with solution architecture, enterprise architecture, architectural modeling, data management, and security best practices.
• Significant experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration, APIs, service-oriented architecture (SOA), ETL, cloud computing, and modular system architecture.
• Experience working with vendors, system integrators, business stakeholders, and multidisciplinary technology teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience designing or supporting large-scale enterprise technology environments.

Highly Preferred Experience

• Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) or Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) experience.
• Large-scale healthcare or government technology systems.
• Understanding of the MITA framework, CMS requirements, federal interoperability standards, and modularity requirements.
• Technologies including Java, Node.js, Python, Angular, React, REST APIs, JSON, XML, X12, FHIR, and HTML5.
• Databases, relational database technologies, ETL tools, SharePoint, X12 transactions, and legacy systems.
• Experience with NIST, HIPAA, cybersecurity, and enterprise security frameworks.
• State government, public-sector consulting, or other large enterprise architecture environments.

Ideal Candidate

The strongest candidate will be a senior Solution Architect who combines broad enterprise architecture experience with hands-on knowledge of cloud, integration, APIs, data, and security. Previous experience supporting Medicaid, MMIS, or MES modernization initiatives will be particularly valuable.

Important: This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days on-site each week in Richmond, Virginia. Candidates located in or within commuting distance of Richmond are strongly preferred.