Sr. Enterprise Architect Principal - EHR

Sr. Enterprise Architect Principal

GDIT is seeking a Sr. Enterprise Architect Principal to serve as the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Service Chief Engineer, providing senior level technical leadership, architectural oversight, and engineering governance across a complex, large-scale EHR ecosystem. This role supports mission-critical health IT operations and modernization efforts, guiding the design, integration, performance, and security of enterprise EHR services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the senior technical authority for engineering, integration, and architecture across the EHR service portfolio and/or EHR customers.
• Develop and maintain enterprise-level engineering strategy, roadmaps, and modernization plans.
• Lead technical reviews, architectural governance, and engineering decision-making for major initiatives.
• In coordination with customer-side engineering leadership, define the engineering process and gates for the program.
• Drive and mentor systems engineering rigor across the program for new deployments, capabilities, enhancements and change.
• Provide engineering oversight of EHR platforms, including workflows, infrastructure, cloud services, interfaces, and data exchange.
• Ensure the environment meets standards for availability, performance, scalability, and cybersecurity.
• Direct root-cause analysis for critical incidents and drive implementation of long-term corrective actions.
• Assess emerging technologies and recommend strategic enhancements aligned with mission and program goals.
• Collaborate with product owners, system integrators, cybersecurity teams, and operations leads to resolve complex technical challenges.
• Mentor engineering teams and provide guidance to support workforce development and technical excellence.
• Support proposal development, technical briefings, program reviews, and customer engagements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related field
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise health IT, EHR systems, or complex systems engineering.
• Demonstrated experience supporting major commercial EHR platforms (Cerner/Oracle Health, Epic, etc.) required.
• Expertise in system architecture, cloud engineering, interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM), and infrastructure modernization.
• Experience leading engineering strategy in large, regulated, mission-focused environments.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.
• Must be able to travel up to 25%.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree preferred.
• Experience with federal healthcare agencies (VA, DoD, DHA, CMS, etc.).
• Prior experience as a chief engineer on a large-scale EHR deployment.
• Relevant certifications: AWS/Azure Architect, ITIL, CPHIMS, CISSP, PMP, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with GDIT engineering frameworks, governance processes, and lifecycle methodologies.
• Strong analytical, communication, and technical advisory skills.

What You'll Experience:

• Influence mission-impacting digital health modernization at national scale.
• Collaboration with senior leaders and technical experts across GDIT and our customer community.
• Opportunities for career growth, training, and certification support.
• A culture committed to teamwork, innovation, and delivering for our customers.