Senior Technical Architect & Advisory Engineer

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptive is seeking a Technical Engineer to provide guidance and advanced engineering expertise supporting IHSC Health IT programs. This advisory role focuses on ensuring IT systems meet operational needs, security requirements, and architectural standards, without performing direct development or vendor operations.

The candidate will evaluate architectures, identify risks in scalability and interoperability, and advise leadership on mitigation strategies, collaborating with OCIO stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Advanced technical knowledge of enterprise IT systems, infrastructure, and architecture.
• Experience evaluating designs and architectures for operational and security alignment.
• Ability to provide advisory support to leadership and technical teams.
• Strong understanding of system modernization, integration, and lifecycle management.
• Experience mitigating technical risks including scalability and interoperability.
• Ability to review and validate technical documentation and engineering deliverables.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced technical engineering analysis and advisory support for IHSC enterprise IT systems and infrastructure.
• Evaluate system architectures, designs, and proposals for alignment with requirements.
• Support modernization, integration, and lifecycle management initiatives.
• Identify and assess technical risks including scalability and performance.
• Review and validate technical documentation, designs, and deliverables.
• Collaborate with project managers, developers, security teams, and OCIO stakeholders.
• Advise leadership on tradeoffs, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure recommendations align with enterprise architecture standards.

Skills

Enterprise IT Architecture

Systems modernization

Risk assessment

Technical oversight

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Aptive is seeking a Technical Engineer to provide guidance and advanced engineering expertise supporting IHSC Health IT programs. This advisory role focuses on ensuring IT systems meet operational needs, security requirements, and architectural standards, without performing direct development or vendor operations.

The candidate will evaluate architectures, identify risks in scalability and interoperability, and advise leadership on mitigation strategies, collaborating with OCIO stakeholders to