Azure Solution Architect | Remote role | W2 Only |

seeking two experienced *Solution Architects with strong Microsoft Azure and Artificial Intelligence expertise* to support strategic initiatives within the Medicaid architecture organization. The architects will design secure scalable and cloud-native solutions while partnering with business engineering data security and enterprise architecture teams.

The ideal candidate will combine strong solution architecture experience with hands-on knowledge of Azure cloud services modern application and data architectures AI/GenAI capabilities and healthcare technology environments.

Key Responsibilities

* Lead end-to-end solution architecture for Medicaid business and technology initiatives.
* Design scalable resilient secure and cost-effective solutions using Microsoft Azure.
* Define architecture for cloud-native applications APIs data platforms integrations AI and GenAI capabilities.
* Translate business and functional requirements into solution architecture technical designs and implementation roadmaps.
* Develop architecture diagrams integration patterns data flows security models and deployment strategies.
* Evaluate and recommend Azure services AI frameworks technology products and reusable architecture patterns.
* Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams throughout design development testing and deployment.
* Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards security policies regulatory requirements and cloud governance.
* Partner with business product engineering data infrastructure and security stakeholders.
* Conduct architecture reviews identify technical risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
* Support modernization of legacy systems and integration with enterprise healthcare platforms.
* Provide technical leadership across multiple concurrent Medicaid initiatives.

Required Qualifications

* 10 years of overall IT experience including significant experience in solution or enterprise architecture.
* Strong hands-on architecture experience with Microsoft Azure.
* Experience designing cloud-native distributed and enterprise-scale solutions.
* Strong understanding of Azure services such as:
* Azure App Service Functions and AKS
* Azure API Management
* Azure Data Factory Databricks and Synapse
* Azure SQL Cosmos DB and Data Lake
* Azure Service Bus and Event Hubs
* Microsoft Entra ID Key Vault and Azure Monitor
* Experience designing and integrating AI machine learning GenAI or intelligent automation solutions.
* Understanding of Azure AI services Azure OpenAI prompt engineering RAG vector search and responsible AI concepts.
* Strong knowledge of APIs microservices event-driven architecture and system integration patterns.
* Experience with application data security integration and infrastructure architecture.
* Knowledge of DevSecOps CI/CD infrastructure as code monitoring and cloud governance.
* Strong stakeholder-management communication and architecture-presentation skills