Principal, Architectural Engineer

Gainwell Technologies LLC•Any city, OH

5d•$111,000 - $158,600•Remote

About The Position

The Principal Architectural Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for architecting, engineering, governing, and supporting secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective technology solutions across enterprise and client environments. The 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 with engineering, operations, security, product, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions. The role establishes architecture standards, mentors engineering teams, supports solutioning and proposal development, and drives innovation through cloud-native, AI-enabled, and automation-first practices. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes/EKS platforms, DevSecOps practices, and Medicaid delivery systems, as well as experience supporting large-scale Health and Human Services environments. The position is remote within the United States, with 0–10% travel. Video cameras must be used during interviews and the initial week of orientation. Applications are accepted through 10/30/2026.

Requirements

Deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture.
Expertise in Kubernetes/EKS platforms.
Expertise in DevSecOps practices.
Experience with Medicaid delivery systems.
Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Health and Human Services environments.

Responsibilities

Design and lead end-to-end architecture solutions for enterprise, healthcare, and government technology initiatives.
Develop target-state architectures aligned with business strategy, operational objectives, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Establish and maintain enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, reference architectures, and engineering guardrails.
Participate in Architecture Review Boards and provide final technical recommendations for complex architectural decisions.
Evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for modernization, automation, AI adoption, and operational efficiency.
Architect solutions for Medicaid and Health and Human Services programs, including modernization, cloud migration, and digital transformation initiatives.
Collaborate with business and product teams to translate healthcare requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Design and govern enterprise cloud solutions across AWS and Azure, including migration, modernization, platform transformation, availability, resilience, security, cost optimization, self-service provisioning, automation, governance, landing zones, observability, and FinOps.
Serve as the subject matter expert for Kubernetes platform architecture and engineering, primarily using Amazon EKS.
Design and govern Kubernetes environments and containerized workload patterns across production and non-production environments, including cluster lifecycle, multi-cluster strategies, disaster recovery, service mesh, security, networking, upgrades, monitoring, performance, and reliability.
Provide engineering leadership and operational guidance for Kubernetes production support environments.
Define and implement DevSecOps practices and secure CI/CD pipeline architectures.
Lead automation initiatives using Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code, and GitOps methodologies.
Improve deployment reliability, velocity, and compliance through automation and continuous improvement.
Ensure solutions apply security-by-design principles and meet enterprise security requirements.
Partner with cybersecurity teams on identity management, vulnerability remediation, secure access controls, and compliance frameworks.
Architect resilient solutions for disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational stability.
Support SRE, observability, monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence practices; reduce technical debt and operational risk.
Guide and mentor architects, engineers, technical leads, and product teams in cloud-native architecture, Kubernetes operations, DevSecOps, and healthcare technology platforms.
Facilitate collaboration across engineering, operations, security, product, and business organizations; serve as a senior escalation point for complex technical and architectural challenges.
Support proposal development, technical sales engagements, and client solutioning; develop architecture responses for RFPs, RFIs, and strategic pursuits.
Create technical roadmaps, cost models, migration strategies, and modernization plans; present solutions to executives, clients, and stakeholders.
Partner with delivery teams to support successful implementation of proposed architectures.