Principal Architectural Engineer

Gainwell Technologies

. Design and lead end-to-end architecture solutions for enterprise, healthcare, and government technology initiatives .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $111,000 - $158,600 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture and Kubernetes/EKS platforms, with a strong focus on DevSecOps practices and large-scale Health and Human Services environments. Capable of architecting resilient solutions, creating technical roadmaps, and presenting to executive leadership and stakeholders.

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AWS Cloud ArchitectureKubernetes/EKS ExpertiseDevSecOps PracticesHealth and Human Services ExperienceCI/CD Pipeline Architecture

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Hard Skills

AWS Cloud ArchitectureKubernetes Cluster DesignInfrastructure as CodeCI/CD Pipeline ArchitectureDisaster Recovery SolutionsPlatform Reliability EngineeringMulti-Cluster StrategiesContainer SecurityPerformance OptimizationTechnical Roadmap Development

Soft Skills

MentoringTechnical Sales EngagementClient SolutioningPresentation SkillsCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

GitHub EnterpriseGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsArgoCDTerraformCloudFormationKubernetes OperatorsAutomated Testing Frameworks

Industry Keywords

Health and Human ServicesMedicaid Delivery SystemsCompliance FrameworksOperational ExcellenceIncident Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityKubernetesTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and lead end-to-end architecture solutions for enterprise, healthcare, and government technology initiatives
Develop target-state architectures aligned with business, operational, security, and regulatory requirements
Establish enterprise architecture standards, design patterns, reference architectures, and engineering guardrails
Participate in Architecture Review Boards and provide technical recommendations
Evaluate emerging technologies and opportunities for modernization, automation, AI adoption, and operational efficiency
Architect Medicaid and Health and Human Services solutions
Lead AWS cloud migration, digital transformation, platform engineering, and modernization initiatives
Design and govern AWS and Azure cloud solutions
Establish cloud landing zones, security controls, observability, FinOps practices, and self-service provisioning standards
Design, build, and govern enterprise Kubernetes environments, primarily Amazon EKS
Lead Kubernetes platform engineering, production support, upgrades, security, networking, reliability, and observability initiatives
Define DevSecOps practices and optimize secure CI/CD architectures
Lead Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code, GitOps, and automation initiatives
Partner with cybersecurity teams on identity management, vulnerability remediation, secure access, and compliance
Architect resilient solutions for disaster recovery and business continuity
Support SRE, monitoring, incident management, and operational excellence
Provide expert guidance and mentoring to architects, engineers, technical leads, and product teams
Serve as the senior escalation point for complex technical and architectural challenges
Support proposal development, technical sales, RFP/RFI responses, and client solutioning
Create roadmaps, cost models, migration strategies, and modernization plans
Present solutions to executive leadership, clients, and stakeholders
Partner with delivery teams to ensure implementation of proposed architectures

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep expertise in AWS cloud architecture
Expertise in Kubernetes/EKS platforms
Expertise in DevSecOps practices
Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale Health and Human Services environments
Experience architecting Medicaid delivery systems and Health and Human Services programs
Experience with AWS and Azure cloud environments
Expertise in Amazon EKS architecture, Kubernetes cluster design, lifecycle management, multi-cluster strategies, disaster recovery, service mesh, container security, ingress/networking, upgrades, observability, monitoring, performance optimization, and platform reliability engineering
Experience with CI/CD pipeline architecture, Infrastructure as Code, policy-as-code, and GitOps
Knowledge of GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD, Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes Operators, and automated testing frameworks
Knowledge of identity management, vulnerability remediation, secure access controls, compliance frameworks, SRE, observability, incident management, and operational excellence
Ability to support RFPs, RFIs, technical sales engagements, and client solutioning
Ability to create technical roadmaps, cost models, migration strategies, and modernization plans
Ability to present architecture solutions to executives, clients, and stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work flexibility
Learning and career development opportunities
Technical credentials and certifications
Generous, flexible vacation policy
Educational assistance
Leadership and technical development academies
401(k) employer match
Comprehensive health benefits
Opportunities to travel through your work (0–10%)