Lead Application Architect (.NET & AWS)

Gainwell Technologies; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Educational assistance

401(k) employer match

Health benefits

Generous vacation policy

Leadership academies

Job summary

Gainwell Technologies is seeking a Lead Application Architect (.Net & AWS) to help our clients modernize health and human services systems. You will lead cloud-native design, guide AWS architecture, and drive scalable, secure solutions that support vulnerable populations.

In this role you’ll mentor teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure successful delivery across the SDLC while advancing security, resiliency, and cost optimization in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in application architecture or software development.
• Expert in .NET technologies and API design.
• Experience designing scalable AWS-based solutions.
• Ability to lead technical solution design and mentor teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the account domain expert with a 360-degree view of client priorities and technology.
• Provide technology leadership with cloud-native design and AWS architecture.
• Drive solution delivery, DevOps pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Lead architecture reviews and guide modern application patterns.

Skills

.NET architecture

AWS architecture

Cloud-native design

DevSecOps

Leadership

Tools

EC2

Lambda

S3

RDS/Aurora

API Gateway

ECS/EKS

IAM

VPC

CloudFormation

Job description

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Date: Sep 30, 2026

Location: Any city, TX, US, 99999 Any city, FL, US, 99999 Any city, AR, US, 99999

Work Mode: Virtual (Exception only)

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You’ll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You’ll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As an Lead Application Architect (.Net & AWS) at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve - a community's most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare's biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

Take charge and focus on how we can meet critical needs to help clients deliver better health and human services outcomes.

• Serve as the account domain expert, maintaining a 360-degree view of the account, business priorities, and technology landscape.
• Provide technology leadership with a strong focus on cloud-native design and AWS application architecture.
• Assess solution risks and provide recommendations to address security, resiliency, performance, and operational concerns.
• Implement technical processes to enable solution delivery, DevOps pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
• Drive project delivery by translating architectural vision into scalable, supportable solutions.
• Provide consultation on non-routine technical issues and support Level 4 production needs.
• Participate in escalation calls and help drive timely technical resolution.
• Engage directly with clients as needed to communicate architecture decisions, solution direction, and technical recommendations.
• Design cloud-native and hybrid application architectures.
• Define architecture for scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost optimization.
• Lead application migration and modernization to AWS.
• Guide adoption of AWS best practices, reference architectures, and Well-Architected principles.
• Partner with security teams to implement IAM, encryption, network security, and compliance controls.
• Support production reliability, troubleshooting, and architecture governance.
• Work with development teams on containerization, serverless, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Participate in architecture review boards.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of experience in application architecture, software engineering, or product development, with significant hands-on experience designing and architecting .NET-based enterprise applications.
• Expert-level experience with Microsoft .NET technologies, including application architecture, API design, microservices, integration patterns, and modern software development best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable solutions on AWS, including services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation.
• Strong knowledge of modern application architecture principles, including microservices, event-driven design, containerization, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), high availability, resiliency, and observability.
• Proven ability to lead technical solution design, mentor development teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive software delivery throughout the SDLC.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
• Experience with Okta, Active Directory, or other Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Security architecture and application security experience
• Knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles

What you should expect in this role

• Fully Remote Opportunity – Work from anywhere in the U.S.
• Minimal Travel Required – Occasional travel opportunities (0-10%).
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation.

The pay range for this position is $130,000 - $169,000 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits , and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You’ll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.