Senior Medicaid Application Architect (Remote)

Gainwell Technologies; Ohio; Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Educational assistance

Flexible vacation policy

Leadership and development academies

Job summary

Gainwell Technologies seeks an experienced Senior Application Architect (Medicaid Technology) to define and execute the architecture strategy for a large Medicaid program. You will lead enterprise-wide architecture across applications, cloud, data, integration, security, and emerging tech, partnering with state Medicaid agencies and internal stakeholders.

This fully remote role focuses on modernization, secure-by-design practices, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, CMS, NIST).

Qualifications

• 9+ years in enterprise/solution/technology architecture with leadership of large initiatives.
• 7+ years Medicaid or government healthcare experience with state agencies.
• Expert in architecture governance and methodologies/tools (TOGAF/LeanIX).
• Deep practice in SDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD, security, compliance, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Define technology architecture strategy, roadmap, and modernization initiatives for a large Medicaid account.
• Lead architecture governance, establish standards, and oversee application, integration, cloud, infrastructure, and security architectures.
• Serve as senior technical advisor to state Medicaid agencies and internal stakeholders for planning, governance, audits, and modernization.
• Guide application modernization, cloud adoption, APIs and integration strategies for scalable, secure, resilient solutions.
• Ensure compliance with Medicaid, HIPAA, CMS, NIST, IRS 1075, and other regulatory requirements with secure-by-design practices.
• Drive interoperability and data-exchange strategies, APIs, ETL processes, and industry-standard healthcare frameworks.
• Lead risk, debt, and solution oversight across SDLC for mission-critical Medicaid systems.

Skills

Enterprise architecture leadership

Medicaid/government healthcare

SDLC/DevSecOps/CI/CD

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Tools

LeanIX

TOGAF

AWS/Azure/cloud

Job description

Gainwell Technologies seeks an experienced Senior Application Architect (Medicaid Technology) to define and execute the architecture strategy for a large Medicaid program. You will lead enterprise-wide architecture across applications, cloud, data, integration, security, and emerging tech, partnering with state Medicaid agencies and internal stakeholders.

This fully remote role focuses on modernization, secure-by-design practices, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, CMS, NIST).