Software Architect, Senior Advisor

• Education & Experience:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field with 12+ years of relevant experience; orMaster'sdegree with 10+ years of relevant experience.

• 10+ years of experience inmainframesoftware architecture and development, withdemonstratedexperience in large-scale, mission-critical systems.

• Advancedproficiencywith mainframe technologies includingCOBOL, CICS, BMS, JCL, VSAM, and IBM Assembler (ALC).

• Demonstrated experience withJavadevelopment in a mainframe or enterprise environmenta plus.

• Experience withDevSecOpstools and frameworks, includingGitHub, Jenkins, and IBM Dependency Based Build (DBB)a plus

• Proficiencywith scripting languages such asPython, PowerShell, REXX, CLIST, or Perl.

• Demonstrated ability to design andvalidateenterprise-level architectures against complex regulatory and technical requirements.

• Experience with healthcare claims processing systems, particularly Medicare FeeForService.

• Experience withMedicare DME, Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, or the Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems.

• Experience working with or in support ofCMSprograms or contracts.

• Application lifecyclemethodologyexperience, specificallyAgile/SCRUMwithin aSAFeframework.

• Strong communicationskills withdemonstratedability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including government clients.

• Must be able to obtain and maintainaPublic Trustclearance.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with collaboration and project management tools:Jira, Confluence, Slack.

• Familiarity with CMS security frameworks including theCMS Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS)andCMS Technical Reference Architecture (TRA).

• Experience with theECHIMPchange management process or equivalent CMS change control processes.

Provides architectural and big picture oversight for development of new or enhanced products. Articulates the architectural vision, conceptualizes, and experiments with alternative architectural approaches, creates models and component and interface specification documents, and validates the architecture against requirements and assumptions. Works with various product developers, product managers, and customer application experts to create software products containing required features and modifications. Provides technical advice to other departments within the organization and may be responsible for integrating components built by product developers. Works without supervision on highly complex projects. Wide latitude for independent judgment. Highly skilled with extensive proficiency.