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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
• Demonstrated experience supporting proposals, technical volumes, and compliance mappings
• 5+ years in enterprise or solutions architecture, with direct experience in federal government contracting
• 5+ years direct experience and demonstrable understanding of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services technology environment, programs and business priorities
• Hands-on experience designing solutions aligned with federal cybersecurity and data compliance requirements
• Strong technical expertise in cloud (AWS GovCloud, Azure Gov), NIST RMF, and enterprise data platforms

Nice To Haves

• Current security clearance (Secret or higher)
• Industry certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect – Professional, CISSP, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, CCSP)
• Familiarity with procurement vehicles and government acquisition processes (e.g., GWACs, IDIQs, RFP responses)

Responsibilities

• Translate federal agency mission objectives, operational needs, and technical requirements into actionable solution designs.
• Engage with clients, acquisition teams, program managers, business development leads, capture teams, and technical SMEs to shape practical and differentiated solutions.
• Support capture and proposal activities, including technical volumes, solution narratives, architecture diagrams, oral presentations, and solution reviews.
• Design secure, scalable, and compliant enterprise solutions across a range of mission and technology domains.
• Develop solution architectures that integrate people, process, technology, data, security, and operational considerations.
• Align architecture designs with federal standards and frameworks, including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST, RMF, Zero Trust, and agency-specific requirements.
• Architect hybrid, cloud-native, and multi-cloud environments using platforms such as AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and other secure federal cloud environments.
• Assess current-state environments and recommend target-state architectures that improve scalability, resilience, security, usability, and mission performance.
• Ensure cloud solutions align with FedRAMP Moderate/High, agency-specific security controls, and operational requirements.
• Guide the design of full-stack applications, including frontend interfaces, backend services, and microservices-based architectures, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with federal mission requirements.
• Integrate cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management considerations into solution architectures from the earliest stages of design.
• Partner with ISSOs, cybersecurity teams, infrastructure teams, and program leadership to ensure adherence to NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, RMF, Zero Trust, and agency-specific requirements.
• Support architecture reviews to identify technical, security, operational, and compliance risks.
• Design data architectures that support secure, reliable, and mission-aligned access to enterprise information.
• Incorporate data governance, metadata management, data quality, lineage, access controls, and stewardship practices into solution designs.
• Ensure appropriate handling of CUI, PII, PHI, and other sensitive data in accordance with federal and agency-specific requirements.
• Develop AI-enabled solution concepts that align with client mission needs, data readiness, governance requirements, security expectations, and operational constraints.
• Support architectures for AI/ML, generative AI, agentic workflows, intelligent automation, decision support, and analytics solutions.
• Help clients assess where AI and automation can improve mission outcomes while ensuring solutions remain practical, compliant, secure, and aligned with federal guidance.

Benefits

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