Senior Application Architect (AWS)

Location: Remote within the United States. The role requires residence and work in the United States, three of the last five years of U.S. residency, and eligibility to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance. Arlington, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland offices are available for employees who prefer to work on-site.

Company

hirify.global delivers digital services and technology solutions for federal agencies, supporting the health and safety missions of veterans, service members, and civilians.

What you will do

• Provide architectural oversight for six applications across four development teams working with frontend, backend, and ETL technologies.
• Partner with Program Managers, Product Managers, and stakeholders to define product architecture, technical strategy, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Lead software delivery for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and ensure deliverables meet quality, completeness, and timeline expectations.
• Design and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and guide secure, scalable, and maintainable implementation practices.
• Lead Agile process improvements, facilitate Scrum rituals, manage Jira and Confluence, and communicate risks to senior stakeholders.
• Mentor technical leads and developers, review code, design proofs of concept, and remain hands-on with implementation.

Requirements

• Must reside and work in the United States and be eligible to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance.
• Must have lived in the United States for at least three of the last five years.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least four years leading or architecting all phases of the Agile software development life cycle.
• More than eight years of progressive experience building and architecting large-scale enterprise applications with JavaScript, Node, and Angular, including SPA and REST architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Node, Angular, Fastify, AWS, Lambda, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Amazon SQS, Jenkins, UML, and BPM techniques.
• Experience with federal healthcare IT or government contract projects, Agile and SAFe practices, AWS Well-Architected principles, and complex system modernization.

Nice to have

• Experience with Medicare and Medicaid systems and data.
• Hands-on experience building, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models using Amazon Bedrock or similar generative AI services.
• Experience developing and managing Drupal websites, including module development, theming, and configuration.
• Experience with Hadoop, Spark, machine learning, and additional cloud environments such as Google Cloud or Azure.

Culture & Benefits

• Benefits support physical, mental, and financial health and wellness.
• Growth-minded and entrepreneurial work environment with opportunities to learn new skills and take on new challenges.
• Inclusive culture focused on professional development and equal opportunity.
• Military veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Remote work is available across many U.S. states, with optional on-site work from Arlington or Baltimore offices.