Chief Architect (Healthcare)

TL;DR

Chief Architect (Healthcare) (AWS/FHIR): Owning the target-state architecture for a CMS case management program across cloud, data, security, application, and integration layers with an accent on healthcare interoperability, secure data exchange, and cloud-native modernization. Focus on governing architecture decisions, resolving conflicts across specialist teams, and designing compliant, scalable integrations for federal healthcare systems.

Location: Remote within the United States; candidates must reside in AZ, AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MS, MO, MT, NC, NE, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, DC, WI, or WV. hirify.global is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Salary: $170,000–$185,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops data-centric, healthcare-relevant solutions that improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency.

What you will do

• Own and approve the target-state architecture across cloud, data, security, application, and integration layers.
• Act as the CMS-facing technical authority and represent architecture decisions at technical review boards.
• Govern architecture decision records, define reusable solution patterns, and enforce standards across workstreams.
• Set strategies for healthcare data exchange using FHIR, HL7, Direct Messaging, REST APIs, and event-driven integrations.
• Direct AWS cloud-native, containerized, serverless, data lakehouse, and medallion architecture strategies.
• Provide binding technical guidance, manage risks, resolve architectural conflicts, and mentor senior technical staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 12–15+ years of solution or enterprise architecture experience, including prior Principal Architect, Chief Architect, or Enterprise Architect leadership.
• Direct federal contract delivery experience; CMS experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with architecture governance, ADR processes, and architecture review boards.
• Experience designing AWS-based, API-driven, service-oriented, and microservices architectures with CI/CD pipelines.
• Fluency in FHIR, HL7, Pega or Salesforce, healthcare data integration, governance, Agile delivery, and technical decision-making.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting CMS modernization initiatives and presenting architecture to federal technical review boards.
• Experience with provider directories, healthcare exchange systems, cloud migration, or modernization programs.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement within the approved states.
• Purpose-driven environment focused on improving healthcare quality and efficiency.
• Work centered on straightforward communication, clinical expertise, and human-centered solutions.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.