Director, Chief Solutions Architect, Health

Socket.dev; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Full healthcare benefits

Performance-based bonuses

Stock plan

Job summary

A digital services company based in Columbia, Maryland, is seeking an experienced architect to lead innovative solutions for government healthcare programs. The role requires at least 15 years of experience, with strong skills in enterprise architecture, cloud engineering, and proposal writing. The ideal candidate will thrive in a hybrid work environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Competitive salary, healthcare benefits, and eligibility for performance-based bonuses are offered.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.
• 15+ years of total work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven capability in proposal writing and development for government agencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative solutions for healthcare programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide agile solutions.
• Act as a hands-on solution architect ensuring compelling solutions.
• Stay updated on emerging digital and business trends.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud engineering

AI/ML

DevSecOps

Proposal writing

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

15+ years of work experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Description

About Us

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives and protect the well‑being of all Americans, from veterans and service members to children, families, and seniors. Our engineers, designers, and strategists cut through complexity to create intuitive products and services that equip federal agencies with solutions to courageously transform today for a better tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of innovative and effective solutions that are both compliant and compelling, based on your analysis of customer RFP requirements, for mid to large‑size programs across Health and Human Services missions.
• Leverage deep experience in the business operations and systems integration within Health and Human Services to develop opportunity needs/pain points, expected outcomes/impacts/benefits, and solutions. Develop winning solutions including innovative business operations, services, features, and/or technologies.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional team members including product, HCD, engineering, data science, and solution strategy leaders to provide comprehensive agile solutions including the analysis, design, development and operation of enterprise systems and services.
• As the technical volume/solution contributor, owning the systems design for all program features, develop technical narrative (strategies) responses, linked to business value, for market surveys, RFIs, RFPs (SOO etc.), and white papers to present your solution and position it as a winning value proposition.
• Create detailed technical designs and strategies, make informed decisions on product and vendor selection, and develop applications, data, and detailed technical architectures. Lead/Own proposal writing for technical sections where you describe our proposed technical solutions and services / features for Data Analytics, AI/ML, Data Exchange / Data Pipeline, Application Development, and API implementation.
• Act as a hands‑on solution architect, being the final‑tier SME for designated responsible areas, ensuring that our solutions are compelling, feasible, practical, and innovative.
• Work closely with subject matter experts (SMEs), CTO and technical leads, and partners to refine and improve solutions, ensuring they align with client needs and our strategic objectives.
• Collaborate with business/price volume owner(s), senior leadership and the business development department, to strategize, write/contribute, and develop proposals that drive business growth and meet the needs of our government clients.
• Work closely with key stakeholders, industry partners, and decision‑makers to optimize IT governance and decision‑making processes, adapting as the business context and technological landscape evolve.
• Stay updated on emerging digital and business trends. Collaborate with other business leaders to integrate digital opportunities into our business strategy, ensuring we remain at the forefront of technological advancements.
• Participate in strategic customer meetings to develop adequate customer and business understanding along with a baseline relationship of customer intimacy for essential growth opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. With 5 additional years of industry related experience, a degree is not required.
• 15+ years of total work experience
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, designing and architecting (minimum of 3+ categories): large cloud scale applications, data‑centric engineering, cloud engineering (AWS, GCP, or Azure), AI/ML, and/or DevSecOps solutions.
• 10+ years of experience taking disparate business problems and delivering the best technology solutions for large scale government cloud solutions
• 5+ years of experience in solution architecture, with a proven track record of supporting government agency pursuits, especially in HHS
• An advocate in modern product development with agile, HCD, DevSecOps automation. Possess a curiosity and always challenge the status quos to deliver innovative approach and solutions to the government and end users.
• Experience collaborating with customers and stakeholders to present solutions to the user/stakeholder community and gain user adoption
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven capability in proposal writing and development for government agencies.

Desired Qualifications

• Cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure), Engineering DevSecOps and/or SAFe Certifications

Working Environment

eSimplicity supports a hybrid work environment operating within the Eastern time zone so we can work with and respond to our government clients. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager. Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 5% per year.

Benefits

We offer a highly competitive salary and full healthcare benefits. This role is eligible for performance based bonuses and stock plan.

Equal Employment Opportunity

eSimplicity is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.