Public Health Cloud Solutions Architect (Remote Eligible)

Mathematica Inc • Washington, DC

12d • $105,000 - $140,000 • Remote

About The Position

Mathematica applies expertise at the intersection of data, methods, policy, and practice to improve well-being around the world. We collaborate closely with public- and private-sector partners to translate big questions into deep insights that improve programs, refine strategies, and enhance understanding using data science and analytics. Our work yields actionable information to guide decisions in wide-ranging policy areas, from health, education, early childhood, and family support to nutrition, employment, disability, and international development. Mathematica offers our employees competitive salaries, and a comprehensive benefits package, as well as the advantages of being 100 percent employee owned. As an employee stock owner, you will experience financial benefits of ESOP holdings that have increased in tandem with the company’s growth and financial strength. You will also be part of an independent, employee-owned firm that is able to define and further our mission, enhance our quality and accountability, and steadily grow our financial strength. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.mathematica.org/career-opportunities/benefits-at-a-glance.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of relevant experience demonstrating:
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing solutions using AWS services such as HealthLake, S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, API Gateway, ECS/EKS
• Hands-on experience implementing FHIR-based solutions using AWS HealthLake, HAPI FHIR, or other FHIR server technologies. FHIR APIs, implementation guides, and standards-based exchange experience are strongly preferred.
• Experience transforming, validating, mapping, and exchanging healthcare data using health data standards such as such as FHIR, HL7, CDA/CCDA, etc.
• Design data ingestion and ETL/ELT pipelines, data lakes or warehouses, metadata-management capabilities, and entity or master-data-management solutions.
• Experience using Terraform, OpenTofu, AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or comparable Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Designing and implementing secure cloud architectures, including identity and access management, encryption, network security, logging, and controls appropriate for sensitive health data
• Experience developing Python and/or other modern programming languages used in cloud-native applications.
• Lead technical workstreams by translating business needs into solution designs, sequencing implementation activities, coordinating with delivery teams, and communicating technical decisions, risks, and dependencies.
• Communicate effectively with technical teams, public health subject-matter experts, client leaders, and other stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience working within CDC data ecosystems, particularly: One CDC Data Platform (1CDP), Enterprise Data Analytics and Visualization (EDAV)
• Experience supporting or partnering with state, tribal, territorial, or local public health agencies.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and multi-cloud environments.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
• AWS Certified Security Specialty
• Experience supporting Authority to Operate (ATO), FedRAMP, or other regulated cloud environments.
• Experience implementing data governance, data cataloging, metadata management, master data management, or data quality solutions.
• Experience designing or implementing AI/ML or generative AI solutions using healthcare or public health data within secure and governed environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of cloud-native solutions supporting public health and other social policy domains aligned with Mathematica's mission.
• Establish and promote cloud architecture standards, reusable solution patterns, Infrastructure-as-Code approaches, DevSecOps practices, and responsible AI design principles that improve delivery consistency, operational excellence, security, innovation, and long-term sustainability.
• Design and implement standards-based interoperability solutions using FHIR, HL7, CDA/CCDA, and related healthcare data standards to enable secure and scalable data exchange.
• Architect scalable AWS-based data platforms, including data lakes, data warehouses, metadata repositories, and integration services, using technologies such as HealthLake, S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, API Gateway, and ECS/EKS.
• Lead the design and implementation of data ingestion, ETL/ELT, and data transformation frameworks that integrate data from clinical, claims, laboratory, public health, and other health-related data sources
• Collaborate with domain experts such as public health clients, epidemiologists, program staff, data stewards to translate mission needs and business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cloud engineers, developers, data engineers, and solution architects through architecture guidance, design reviews, code reviews, and troubleshooting support.

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• comprehensive benefits package
• 100 percent employee owned
• financial benefits of ESOP holdings
• annual discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance
• coworking spaces where available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed