AssistRx
Principal Software Solutions Architect (HealthTech)
AssistRx is seeking a Principal Software Solutions Architect to lead the modernization, governance, and optimization of our Azure‑based platform and enterprise software architecture. In this role, you will shape the technical vision of a rapidly scaling healthtech organization, ensuring our cloud solutions are secure, performant, cost‑efficient, and aligned with business and client needs.
Base Pay Range
$180,000.00/yr - $210,000.00/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the ongoing design, evolution, and governance of AssistRx's Azure environment for reliability, scalability, and cost optimization.
- Architect and implement Enterprise API Gateway solutions for large‑scale distributed systems.
- Define and enforce API governance standards, lifecycle management processes, and architectural guardrails.
- Establish and maintain enterprise architecture frameworks and best practices.
- Advise engineering leaders and product stakeholders on architectural direction and long‑term platform strategy.
- Provide technical oversight for new and existing cloud‑native applications hosted in Azure.
- Champion adoption of Infrastructure as Code, DevOps automation, observability, and modern cloud patterns.
- Manage and mentor a team of cloud engineers and solution architects, including performance oversight, development plans, hiring, and team culture.
- Serve as a hands‑on technical mentor, driving consistency in solution design, coding standards, and performance optimization.
- Lead design reviews, POC initiatives, reference architecture creation, and complex troubleshooting.
- Guide teams through modernization initiatives, including migration from monolithic applications to microservices with API Gateway.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, architectural excellence, and knowledge sharing.
- Oversee the lifecycle of Azure workloads—deployment, monitoring, cost management, and ongoing optimization.
- Evaluate emerging tools, technologies, and design patterns to support scalability, maintainability, and innovation.
- Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, compliance, performance, and governance.
- Diagnose and resolve complex software, integration, and cloud infrastructure challenges.
- Review implementation plans and technical proposals to ensure architectural alignment.
- Partner with Product, DevOps, Security, and IT teams to maintain secure, compliant, high‑performing cloud environments.
- Engage directly with clients to understand functional requirements, present technical solutions, and build trust as a subject‑matter expert.
- Translate business and technical requirements into clear architectural documentation, diagrams, and reference models.
- Communicate architectural decisions, trade‑offs, and long‑term recommendations to technical and non‑technical audiences.
- Directly supervise a team of cloud engineers, solution architects, and platform governance specialists.
- Interview, hire, onboard new team members, assign work, review deliverables, and drive accountability.
- Conduct performance evaluations, coaching, and development planning.
- Recognize achievements and address performance concerns constructively.
- Support ongoing skill development and growth opportunities.
Success Indicators
- Secure, stable, and cost‑optimized Azure environment that scales with business growth.
- Strong adherence to architectural standards, governance models, and engineering best practices.
- Enhanced engineering capability through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and improved architectural maturity.
- Demonstrable improvements in system performance, reliability, and cloud cost efficiency.
- Successful delivery of cloud modernization initiatives, particularly API strategy and microservices evolution.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- 8+ years of experience in software architecture, enterprise solution design, or cloud engineering—including 3+ years of hands‑on Azure architecture experience.
- Strong expertise with Azure services such as App Services, Functions, Event Grid, Service Bus, Key Vault, Azure SQL, Blob Storage, and related cloud‑native components.
- Deep understanding of cloud governance, security frameworks, identity/access management, and cost optimization strategies.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.).
- Hands‑on experience designing scalable, distributed systems using .NET, ASP.NET Core, microservices, and RESTful/API‑driven architectures.
- Proven ability to translate business needs into technical solutions and influence cross‑functional architectural decisions.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting complex performance, reliability, and cost challenges within Azure environments.
- Experience in client‑facing or consulting roles, including gathering requirements, presenting solutions, and providing technical leadership.
- Salesforce platform experience or familiarity—especially around integrations with Azure—is a plus.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading enterprise‑scale API Gateway implementations (e.g., Azure API Management, Kong, Apigee).
- Background in modernizing legacy or monolithic applications into microservices‑based architectures.
- Familiarity with event‑driven patterns (Event Sourcing, CQRS, streaming).
- Experience guiding or managing onshore/offshore engineering teams.
- Strong knowledge of Azure landing zones, cloud governance frameworks, and reference architectures (CAF, Well‑Architected Framework).
- Hands‑on experience with observability platforms (App Insights, Dynatrace, Datadog, Elastic) and distributed tracing.
- Understanding of healthcare, specialty pharmacy, or other regulated industries—especially regarding compliance standards (HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST).
- Certifications such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, TOGAF, CISSP, or similar.
- Experience supporting or guiding large‑scale data integration, ETL/ELT, or analytics initiatives.
- Strong technical writing skills with the ability to produce architectural diagrams, design documentation, and governance playbooks.
Additional Information
- Seniority level: Director
- Employment type: Full‑time
- Job function: Information Technology
- Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting
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