Senior MARx Systems Architect – Cloud-Native Go Leader

Peraton; Woodlawn (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Systems / Solutions Architect to lead architectural direction for the MARx Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug System. You will own the overall solution architecture, drive cloud and data strategy on AWS, and coordinate cross-functional teams across CMS and partner organizations.

Ideal candidates have extensive CMS/Medicare domain experience, strong Golang and PostgreSQL skills, and a proven track record in high-volume, mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years with BS/BA; 10 years with MS/MA; 7 years with PhD.
• 5+ years in senior technical leadership or architecture.
• Experience in large-scale, high-availability enterprise systems.
• Experience with CMS, Medicare programs, and data processing.
• Ability to guide cross-functional teams and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise architecture for MARx; define standards and guidelines.
• Architect high-volume enrollment, premium, and data exchange flows.
• Provide AWS cloud, data, and security direction; promote observability.
• Oversee PostgreSQL schemas, performance, backups, and DR.
• Shape Go services, API design, concurrency, and testing practices.
• Design scalable interfaces with CMS systems and partners.
• Drive performance, reliability, and cost-optimized operations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders; plan roadmaps and reviews.
• Mentor engineers and foster engineering excellence.
• Support modernization, automation, and AI-enabled engineering.

Skills

AWS Cloud Platform

PostgreSQL

Golang

Systems Integration

Architecture & Engineering

Medicare Domain Knowledge

CMS & MARx familiarity

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Tools

ECS

EKS

Lambda

S3

RDS

Aurora PostgreSQL

SQS

SNS

EventBridge

CloudWatch

Step Functions

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Systems / Solutions Architect to lead architectural direction for the MARx Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug System. You will own the overall solution architecture, drive cloud and data strategy on AWS, and coordinate cross-functional teams across CMS and partner organizations.

Ideal candidates have extensive CMS/Medicare domain experience, strong Golang and PostgreSQL skills, and a proven track record in high-volume, mission-critical systems.