Job Description If you have Medicaid or any kind of state govt experience you will be looked at first. QUALIFICATIONS Demonstrated experience as a Cloud Solutions Architect, Cloud Architect, Enterprise Solutions Architect, Application Architect, Technical Architect, Infrastructure Architect, or similar role supporting complex technology initiatives. Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in an enterprise architect, cloud architect, application architect, or technical architect role involving business applications, middleware, database technology, business intelligence, security technology, infrastructure, and architecture best practices. Eight (8) to ten (10) years of overall IT experience working with relevant tools, applications, technologies, teams, vendors, and enterprise environments. Experience designing, developing, or deploying applications and infrastructure in AWS using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, WAF, CloudFront, ALB/NLB, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Lambda, Fargate, API Gateway, ECS, and EKS. Experience with cloud networking, infrastructure-as-code tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform, CI/CD pipeline design, deployment automation, release support, and environment management. Experience documenting technical architecture, application architecture, infrastructure architecture, integration architecture, technical design specifications, decision records, reuse analysis, and implementation-ready architecture artifacts. Experience working with enterprise architects, middleware engineers, infrastructure teams, application teams, data architects, security architects, vendors, and strategic partners. Strong understanding of modern enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, application frameworks, middleware, security architecture, disaster recovery, business continuity, and IT regulatory compliance. Ability to evaluate complex technical options, identify risks and dependencies, and translate findings into clear recommendations for executive, business, technical, and vendor audiences. Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and interpersonal communication skills, with ability to work in a matrixed environment with multiple priorities, deadlines, stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional dependencies. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting Medicaid, health and human services, rural health, public health, healthcare delivery, federally funded programs, government technology initiatives, or multi-agency public sector environments. Familiarity with CMS MITA Standards, the EOHHS CTO SARM standard, CISO & Data Privacy Office expectations, EOTSS policies and standards, enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF, cloud governance, application modernization, interoperability, enterprise services, and operational readiness standards. Experience with Salesforce, MuleSoft, Tableau, Snowflake, GitHub, Oracle Identity Management, IBM DataPower, Oracle Service Bus, Java/J2EE, Tomcat, Apache, Spring-based middleware, or comparable enterprise technologies. Experience with serverless architecture, microservices, containerization, API management, middleware platforms, health information exchange, interoperability solutions, data exchange, reporting platforms, analytics environments, cloud-native platforms, integration services, and healthcare data standards. Experience supporting vendor-led implementations, managed service providers, system integrators, SaaS/PaaS solutions, cloud migration projects, or enterprise modernization initiatives. Familiarity with ITIL, DevSecOps, service management, operational readiness, change management, release management, configuration management, and production support practices. Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Architect, TOGAF, ITIL, CISSP, CCSP, Salesforce, MuleSoft, or comparable cloud, architecture, security, or platform credentials.