Principal, Architectural Engineer

Summary

The Principal Architectural Engineer serves as a senior technical leader responsible for architecting, engineering, governing, and supporting secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions across enterprise and client environments. This role provides strategic architecture leadership for cloud modernization, platform engineering, Kubernetes-based workloads, application modernization, and Health and Human Services (HHS) technology solutions.

The Principal Architectural Engineer partners closely with engineering, operations, security, product, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions while establishing architecture standards, mentoring engineering teams, supporting solutioning and proposal development, and driving innovation through cloud-native, AI-enabled, and automation-first practices.

An ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes/EKS platforms, DevSecOps practices, and Medicaid delivery systems, with demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Health and Human Services environments.

What we are looking for:

Enterprise Architecture & Solution Design

• Design and lead end-to-end architecture solutions supporting enterprise, healthcare, and government technology initiatives.
• Develop target-state architectures aligned with business strategy, operational objectives, security requirements, and regulatory compliance obligations.
• Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, reference architectures, and engineering guardrails.
• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and provide final technical recommendations for complex architectural decisions.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for modernization, automation, AI adoption, and operational efficiency.

Health & Human Services (HHS) and Medicaid Solution Leadership

• Architect solutions supporting Medicaid and Health and Human Services programs.
• Provide technical leadership for Medicaid modernization, AWS cloud migration, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and product teams to translate healthcare requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Support architecture and integration designs involving:
• Claims Processing Systems
• Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM)
• Prior Authorization Systems
• Business Rules Engines
• Eligibility and Enrollment Services
• Provider Management
• Care Management Platforms
• MMIS/MES Solutions
• Healthcare Data Exchange and Interoperability Services
• State and Federal Regulatory Compliance Requirements

Cloud Engineering & Platform Architecture

• Design and govern enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure environments.
• Lead large-scale cloud migration, modernization, and platform transformation initiatives.
• Architect highly available, fault-tolerant, secure, and cost-optimized cloud solutions.
• Develop platform engineering standards supporting self-service provisioning, infrastructure automation, and cloud governance.
• Establish reference architectures for multi-account cloud environments, landing zones, security controls, observability, and FinOps practices.

Continuation:

Kubernetes & Container Platform Engineering

• Serve as the subject matter expert for Kubernetes-based platform architecture and engineering.
• Design, build, and govern enterprise Kubernetes environments with primary focus on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS).
• Develop architecture patterns supporting containerized workloads across production and non-production environments.
• Lead platform engineering initiatives involving:
• Amazon EKS Architecture
• Kubernetes Cluster Design
• Cluster Lifecycle Management
• Multi-Cluster Strategies
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery
• Service Mesh Architecture
• Container Security
• Ingress and Networking Design
• Cluster Upgrade and Patch Strategies
• Observability and Monitoring
• Performance Optimization
• Platform Reliability Engineering
• Provide engineering leadership and operational guidance for Kubernetes production support environments.

DevSecOps, Automation & Platform Engineering

• Define and implement modern DevSecOps practices across engineering organizations.
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipeline architectures supporting secure software delivery.
• Lead automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), policy-as-code, and GitOps methodologies.
• Establish engineering standards utilizing:
• GitHub Enterprise
• GitHub Actions
• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• ArgoCD
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Kubernetes Operators
• Automated Testing Frameworks
• Improve deployment reliability, velocity, and compliance through automation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Security, Reliability & Operational Excellence

• Ensure solutions incorporate security-by-design principles and comply with enterprise security requirements.
• Partner with cybersecurity teams to implement identity management, vulnerability remediation, secure access controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Architect resilient solutions supporting disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational stability objectives.
• Support Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), observability, monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence practices.
• Drive reduction of technical debt and operational risk across supported platforms.

Continuation:

Technical Leadership & Mentoring

• Provide expert-level guidance to architects, engineers, technical leads, and product teams.
• Mentor engineering teams on cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes operations, DevSecOps practices, and healthcare technology platforms.
• Facilitate collaboration across engineering, operations, security, product, and business organizations.
• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical and architectural challenges.
• Promote engineering excellence and continuous learning across the organization.

Client Solutioning & Business Development

• Support proposal development, technical sales engagements, and client solutioning activities.
• Develop architecture responses for RFPs, RFIs, and strategic solution pursuits.
• Create technical roadmaps, cost models, migration strategies, and modernization plans.
• Present architecture solutions to executive leadership, clients, and stakeholders.
• Partner with delivery teams to ensure successful implementation of proposed architectures.

What you should expect in this role

• Remote-based opportunity within the United States
• Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%)
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
• The deadline to submit applications for this posting is 10/30/2026