Senior Enterprise Architect

Signature Performance, Inc.•,

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Enterprise Architect to drive enterprise-wide architecture initiatives that align business goals with secure, scalable, and compliant technology solutions. This role involves acting as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and partnering with stakeholders to establish architecture standards, governance processes, and technology roadmaps. The Senior Enterprise Architect will define and execute enterprise technology strategy across healthcare and regulated cloud environments, with a strong focus on FedRAMP, HIPAA, healthcare interoperability, security, compliance, and digital transformation. Key responsibilities include defining and maintaining the enterprise architecture vision, developing multi-year technology roadmaps, leading modernization initiatives, architecting FedRAMP-compliant systems, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks like NIST 800-53 and HIPAA, designing healthcare solutions, developing cloud adoption strategies for Azure and AWS, establishing security architecture, defining data and integration strategies, participating in Architecture Review Boards, and providing leadership and mentorship to architecture and engineering teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or related discipline.
12+ years of progressive IT experience.
7+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, or Technology Strategy leadership roles.
Experience supporting healthcare payer, provider, or healthcare technology organizations.
Proven experience designing and implementing FedRAMP-compliant cloud solutions.
Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud transformation and modernization programs.
Experience working directly with executive leadership and regulatory stakeholders.
TOGAF or equivalent architecture framework expertise.
Business capability modeling and technology road mapping.
Application portfolio management and rationalization.
Microsoft Azure Government
Azure Landing Zones
AWS GovCloud
Kubernetes and container platforms
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormation)
FedRAMP Moderate/High
NIST SP 800-53
NIST CSF
HIPAA/HITECH
HITRUST
FISMA
Zero Trust Architecture
SOC 2
Facets (preferred)
Epic, Cerner, or other EHR platforms
HL7
FHIR
X12 Transactions
Healthcare Data Warehousing
Population Health Platforms
DevSecOps
CI/CD
API Management
Microservices
Event-Driven Architecture
AI and Advanced Analytics
Executive presence and communication
Strategic technology planning
Regulatory and compliance expertise
Healthcare domain knowledge
Cloud architecture leadership
Security-first mindset
Business and financial acumen
Stakeholder management
Organizational influence
Risk assessment and governance
Innovation and digital transformation leadership
U.S. Citizenship or naturalized citizenship is required for this position.
All work on all positions at Signature Performance must be completed in the continental United States, Alaska, or Hawaii.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree preferred.
TOGAF Certified
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
AWS Certified Solutions Architect -- Professional
AWS Security Specialty
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
HITRUST CCSFP
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the enterprise architecture vision, principles, standards, and target-state architecture.
Develop multi-year technology roadmaps supporting healthcare and government-regulated business objectives.
Align technology investments with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and operational priorities.
Lead enterprise modernization initiatives, including cloud transformation and platform consolidation.
Architect systems and processes compliant with FedRAMP Moderate and High baselines.
Ensure alignment with NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FISMA, and federal cloud security requirements.
Collaborate with compliance, security, legal, and audit teams to maintain regulatory adherence.
Support Authority to Operate (ATO) initiatives and security assessment activities.
Guide implementation of continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and risk mitigation strategies.
Design enterprise solutions supporting HIPAA, HITECH, CMS, and state healthcare regulations.
Lead architecture strategies for healthcare platforms, payer systems, provider systems, population health, and member engagement capabilities.
Drive interoperability initiatives utilizing HL7, FHIR, X12 EDI, and API-based healthcare integrations.
Develop enterprise data architecture supporting clinical, claims, eligibility, enrollment, and member data domains.
Support data governance, privacy, and healthcare information security initiatives.
Develop cloud adoption and migration strategies using Microsoft Azure Government, Azure Commercial, AWS GovCloud, and AWS Commercial.
Establish cloud governance, security, networking, and operational frameworks.
Lead hybrid-cloud and multi-cloud architecture initiatives.
Drive infrastructure modernization and platform standardization efforts.
Partner with Security and Risk teams to establish Zero Trust architecture strategies.
Ensure solutions incorporate Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Access Management (PAM), Data encryption, Endpoint security, and Security monitoring and incident response.
Evaluate security architecture designs and ensure compliance with organizational security policies.
Define enterprise data management and integration strategies.
Develop API-first architecture standards and integration patterns.
Establish standards for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Event-driven architecture, API Management, and Healthcare data exchange.
Support advanced analytics, AI, machine learning, and reporting initiatives.
Chair or participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB).
Establish architecture decision records (ADRs), standards, and reference architectures.
Review solution architectures for alignment with enterprise standards.
Monitor technology portfolio health and technical debt reduction initiatives.
Provide leadership and mentoring to Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, and Engineering teams.
Influence senior stakeholders and executive leadership on strategic technology decisions.
Collaborate with business and technology leaders to prioritize enterprise initiatives.
Build strong partnerships with cloud providers, healthcare partners, and government agencies.