Senior Application Architect

Tria Federal

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Application Architect who operates as a product-focused technical leader and advisor within a large federal health program. This role partners closely with the Program Manager, Product Managers, and stakeholders to shape product strategy, define technical direction, and ensure delivery aligns with mission outcomes, user needs, and long-term platform sustainability. The ideal candidate balances hands-on architectural expertise with product and program-level thinking, serving as a trusted technical advisor who translates business objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions. This individual will be responsible for roadmaps, evaluates tradeoffs of implementations, mitigates technical risk, and guides teams toward solutions that maximize value across multiple products and delivery teams.

Requirements

Ability to successfully obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation.
Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States.
Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years.
Bachelor’s Degree and at least 4 years leading/architecting all phases of the agile software development life cycle.
Over eight (8) years of progressive experience as developer, senior developer, lead developer etc. building and architecting large scale enterprise applications using Javascript, Node.JS and Angular to build SPA and REST based architectures.
Two (2) or more years of experience working with Federal Healthcare IT Projects. Other government contract project management experience will be considered.
Expertise with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, SharePoint, etc.).
Experience in an Agile environment, leading agile sprint teams and using agile collaboration tools (Jira, confluence, etc.)
Demonstrate experience applying Human-Centered Design (HCD) principles to product strategy, solution design, and technical decision-making
Ensure solutions are designed with a clear understanding of user workflows, pain points, and accessibility needs
Demonstrated ability to diagnose business problems, and support to come up with product roadmaps and timelines for product implementation.
Demonstrate the ability to lead and support digital transformation of a product, modernizing legacy capabilities into scalable, user-centered digital solutions aligned with mission outcomes
Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data and business for business operations; demonstrated ability to understand user needs for system and interfaces and come up with requirement documentation. Able to perform end-to-end business process analysis to identify gaps and come up with improvements.
Verifiable experience with architecting applications, systems or products using agile & iterative practices
Must be able to exercise critical and rational thinking to identify alternate solutions, strengths & weakness of each option, documenting and discussing them with stakeholders to inform decisions.
Must have demonstrated experience in documenting complex technical and business problems in a simple & intuitive manner that others can understand.
Must have experience in architecting and hands-on implementation experience with modern technologies stack like Node.js, Angular latest versions, Fastify, Lambda, AWS, PostgreSQL
Excellent oral and written communication skills and must be detailed oriented.
Must be able to effectively and professionally communicate with management, peers and customers as well as demonstrate sound judgment/reasoning skills
Must show appetite for active learning, embracing change and mentoring others in organization.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Healthcare, Medicare and Medicaid systems and data is a plus.
Demonstrated ability to come up with system designs, architecture, process flows and Concept of Operations for large complex systems
Demonstrated experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Strong understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform for deploying and managing scalable, secure, and efficient cloud solutions.
Proficiency in designing systems using UML and BPM techniques to effectively communicate and document complex processes and system architectures.
Demonstrate experience using Amazon SQS to support asynchronous, reliable message-based communication between system components.
Hands-on expertise in building, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models (LLMs) using platforms like Amazon Bedrock or similar generative AI services.
Experience with developing, customizing, and managing Drupal-based websites, including a solid understanding of module development, theming, and site configuration.
Experience with Big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Machine Learning and one more cloud environments (AWS, Google and Azure) . AWS preferred.

Responsibilities

Will be responsible for overseeing 4 teams of developers, and 6 applications made from a mix of front end, back end, and ETL technologies.
Design and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines aligned with architectural standards, security requirements, and agile delivery practices
Serve as a technical partner to Product and Program leadership to ensure product strategy is feasible, scalable, and aligned with user and mission outcomes
Lead project teams delivering software for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Ensure software and other deliverables meet client expectations for quality, completeness and timeliness
Translate product vision, business goals, and policy requirements into actionable technical direction and architectural decisions
Analyze our current Agile processes, prioritize areas of improvement, and work alongside key stakeholders to implement the improvements
Facilitate/participate in key Agile rituals across Scrum teams
Proven experience managing technical leads and developers, fostering collaboration, mentoring, and driving successful project outcomes.
Act as the primary technical advisor to the Program Manager, providing guidance on technical strategy, delivery risks, and architectural implications
Provide architectural oversight across multiple applications and agile teams to ensure cohesive product direction
Coach team members as needed, including resolving conflict
Communicate project risks and other status to external and internal senior stakeholders
Manage projects in JIRA and Confluence; providing training to team members as needed
Conduct periodic reviews and make recommendations for enhancements and improvements
Ensure that documentation is stored in the correct location according to version control requirements
Assist program in all process improvement activities
Stay hands-on with code with the team and guide them as needed
Working with Product Managers, Stakeholders to come up with Product Architecture, roadmaps and implementation plans.
Collaborating with Product teams to review code, designing proof of concepts, frameworks and ensuring best practices
Representing teams in Sprint demos to Clients.
Understanding and working with complex data and business processes to modernize legacy systems to improve the user experience.
Adhere to and driving agile & iterative development practices.