Contractor Enterprise Architect

• Provide technical guidance, roadmaps, principles, standards, and best practices to client leadership.
• Ensure alignment with CMS’s Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) modularity vision and the Medicaid Enterprise Certification Lifecycle (MECL).
• Define and document “as-is,” “to-be,” and future-state architectures.
• Oversee enterprise-level infrastructure, security, data, and application architecture.
• Analyze and translate business, information, and technical requirements into comprehensive architectural blueprints.
• Develop consensus-based enterprise solutions that are scalable, adaptable, and aligned with evolving business needs.
• Create a roadmap for the evolution of the enterprise application portfolio, supporting both current and future-state operations.
• Advise IT leadership on emerging architecture principles and approaches.
• Provide strategic vision and outcome-driven recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and transfer knowledge to internal teams.
• Ensure compliance with: Statewide Enterprise Architecture policies, Enterprise Security Policy and Standards, Statewide Project Management Methodology, Applicable federal and industry standards

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience, including 5+ years in enterprise architecture or IT strategy leadership.
• Proven experience with federal Medicaid IT standards (CMS MES, MECL).
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure, security, application, and data architecture frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to define enterprise “as-is” and “to-be” states, and to build roadmaps for transformation.
• Excellent ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience providing strategic IT direction at the executive level.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous and complex environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Prior experience in the public sector or healthcare IT systems.
• Familiarity with State enterprise standards and security policies.
• Strong facilitation and consensus-building skills.
• Background in cloud modernization, interoperability, and modular IT approaches.

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