Remote Senior Architect

Summary

The job is for a Senior Architect to provide technical architecture support to the Department of Veterans Affairs Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Application Suite (TAS) program and Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) code. The candidate must reside within the continental US.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field
• 5+ years of professional work experience
• Experience with Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System (MUMPS) code in support of releases within the VA’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA)
• Experience with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Transaction Application Suite (TAS) programs
• Extensive experience in design and development of IT architecture
• Experience must include a wide range of work in creating diagrams and documentation with all components that comprise IT systems including network topology
• Experience with developing technical/IT architecture, technical assessment, strategic planning, and risk management support
• Experience with developing and implementing solution and system technology architectures
• Able to plan, design and oversee deployment of complex enterprise-wide or large-scale information architectures

Responsibilities

• Derive business and technical requirements through leading, facilitating and/or participating in collaborative meetings and working sessions with business process owners and technical staff
• Analyze requirements in developing technology solutions and associated proposals inclusive of platform technologies, applications, and infrastructure design, preliminary costs, and basis of estimates
• Interface with various organizational units of our customer's organization to gather and develop requirements
• Analyze requirements, design specifications for functional activities, and provide identification/fixes for the problems identified within existing systems design/implementation of new systems, enhancements of the existing systems, and participate in analysis, design, and new construction of next-generation IT systems
• Develop solutions and technology planning with a heavy focus on loosely coupled application architectures employing extensive use of API's and microservice architectures, application integration techniques, low-dev/no-dev technology, and robotic process automation
• Provide technology evaluation, process, expertise, leadership, project management, and technical services and perform as the technical project lead for technology design and implementation as required
• Maintain, add, and track team actions using project management methodology and standard collaboration tools (SharePoint)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA)
• Experience with architectural frameworks (DODAF, FEAF)
• HL7 FHIR Certification/HL7 International
• Certified EDI Professional (or equivalent)
• Ability to obtain a government clearance

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k with Employer Match
• Corporate Laptop
• PTO + Federal Holidays
• Training opportunities
• Remote work options