Engineering and GovCloud Lead- Federal Health

Driven by Innovation and built on Trust, rockITdata is a unique SDVOSB services company that partners with leading commercial healthcare/life sciences organizations on cutting edge innovations - think AI, automation and data transformation. We then bring those commercially tested solutions to government entities to deliver predictable, measurable impact for the American taxpayer and consumer.

Join rockITdata as the Engineering & GovCloud Lead supporting one of the nation's largest federal healthcare modernization initiatives. In this technical leadership role, you'll oversee engineering, cloud integration, and Configuration & Integration Testing (CIT) activities that ensure enterprise healthcare solutions are secure, scalable, and ready for production deployment. You'll work closely with Government stakeholders, architects, developers, cybersecurity teams, and infrastructure engineers to coordinate technical implementation efforts across AWS GovCloud environments while driving engineering excellence throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a collaborative technical leader who enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, mentoring cross-functional teams, and delivering innovative cloud-based healthcare solutions that directly support improved care for Veterans.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering activities supporting enterprise healthcare modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Oversee Configuration and Integration Testing (CIT) to ensure applications meet functional, technical, performance, and security requirements before production deployment.
• Coordinate engineering efforts across software development, cloud infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, and systems integration teams.
• Collaborate with architects and technical leads to develop scalable, secure, and maintainable cloud-based solutions.
• Support AWS GovCloud implementation activities, ensuring compliance with Federal security and operational requirements.
• Lead technical design reviews, architecture discussions, implementation planning sessions, and deployment readiness reviews.
• Monitor engineering progress, technical risks, testing metrics, and overall implementation readiness.
• Ensure complete traceability between business requirements, technical design, testing activities, and production deployments.
• Partner with Program Management and Government stakeholders to resolve technical issues and remove implementation roadblocks.
• Promote engineering best practices, automation, DevSecOps principles, continuous integration, and continuous improvement across the program.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Ten (10) years of experience leading enterprise engineering, cloud, systems integration, or software development initiatives.
• Experience supporting AWS GovCloud, AWS, Azure Government, or comparable secure cloud environments.
• Experience leading Configuration and Integration Testing (CIT), systems engineering, or enterprise application implementations.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, networking, infrastructure, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and systems integration principles.
• Experience supporting Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or hybrid software development methodologies.
• Experience supporting VA, VHA, DHA, or other Federal healthcare organizations, health IT, telehealth, or Federal program management is preferred.
• AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Developer, Azure Solutions Architect, or comparable cloud certification is preferred.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Level 3 Public Trust clearance.

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Here at rockITdata, we are committed to following our 10 Guiding Principles.
Our Guiding Principles define our culture. They’re who we are, how we work, and what inspires us to be the best. We empower our people to be themselves and encourage an entrepreneurial way of thinking. In our challenging, fast-paced environment, no day is the same.

Know the Why.

Value People Above All Else.

Transparency to a Fault.

Progress, Not Perfection.

Be Good by Doing Good.

Smart People Can Disagree.

Bend but Don’t Break.

Represent Your Brand.

Think Differently.

Be Amazing, Be Fearless, Smile, Have Fun!

Interested in joining something unique? Join us on our rockIT ship as we begin to blast off to the next chapter in our organization!

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