Gainwell Technologies

Lead Application Architect (.NET & AWS)

Gainwell Technologies • $130K — $169K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in application architecture or software engineering, focusing on .NET enterprise applications.
  • Expertise in Microsoft .NET technologies, including API design and microservices.
  • Experience with AWS services like EC2, Lambda, and RDS/Aurora.
  • Strong grasp of modern application architecture principles, including DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Proven leadership in technical solution design and mentoring development teams.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the account domain expert, understanding business priorities and technology landscape.
  • Provide technology leadership focused on cloud-native design and AWS architecture.
  • Assess solution risks and recommend strategies for security and performance.
  • Implement processes for solution delivery, DevOps pipelines, and automation.
  • Translate architectural vision into scalable, supportable solutions.
  • Engage with clients to communicate architecture decisions and technical recommendations.
  • Lead application migration and modernization efforts to AWS.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work opportunity within the U.S.
  • Minimal travel requirements (0-10%).
  • Generous flexible vacation policy.
  • 401(k) employer match.
  • Comprehensive health benefits and educational assistance.
  • Access to leadership and technical development academies.
Full Job Description


Summary

As an Lead Application Architect (.Net & AWS) at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve - a community's most vulnerable. Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare's biggest challenges. Here are the details on this position.

Your role in our mission

Take charge and focus on how we can meet critical needs to help clients deliver better health and human services outcomes.
  • Serve as the account domain expert, maintaining a 360-degree view of the account, business priorities, and technology landscape.
  • Provide technology leadership with a strong focus on cloud-native design and AWS application architecture.
  • Assess solution risks and provide recommendations to address security, resiliency, performance, and operational concerns.
  • Implement technical processes to enable solution delivery, DevOps pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
  • Drive project delivery by translating architectural vision into scalable, supportable solutions.
  • Provide consultation on non-routine technical issues and support Level 4 production needs.
  • Participate in escalation calls and help drive timely technical resolution.
  • Engage directly with clients as needed to communicate architecture decisions, solution direction, and technical recommendations.
  • Design cloud-native and hybrid application architectures.
  • Define architecture for scalability, resiliency, performance, and cost optimization.
  • Lead application migration and modernization to AWS.
  • Guide adoption of AWS best practices, reference architectures, and Well-Architected principles.
  • Partner with security teams to implement IAM, encryption, network security, and compliance controls.
  • Support production reliability, troubleshooting, and architecture governance.
  • Work with development teams on containerization, serverless, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
  • Participate in architecture review boards.


What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in application architecture, software engineering, or product development, with significant hands-on experience designing and architecting .NET-based enterprise applications.
  • Expert-level experience with Microsoft .NET technologies, including application architecture, API design, microservices, integration patterns, and modern software development best practices.
  • Experience designing and implementing scalable solutions on AWS, including services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC, and CloudFormation.
  • Strong knowledge of modern application architecture principles, including microservices, event-driven design, containerization, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), high availability, resiliency, and observability.
  • Proven ability to lead technical solution design, mentor development teams, collaborate with stakeholders, and drive software delivery throughout the SDLC.


Preferred Qualifications
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
  • Experience with Okta, Active Directory, or other Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms
  • Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO)
  • Security architecture and application security experience
  • Knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles


What you should expect in this role

  • Fully Remote Opportunity - Work from anywhere in the U.S.
  • Minimal Travel Required - Occasional travel opportunities (0-10%).
  • Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation.


This posting is intended for pipelining. We will accept applications on an ongoing basis.

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The pay range for this position is $130,000 - $169,000 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

About Gainwell Technologies

Gainwell Technologies offerings including Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS), fiscal agent services, program integrity, care management, immunization registry, and eligibility services. With over 50 years of proven experience, Gainwell carries forward a reputation for technological innovation, service excellence, and unparalleled industry expertise in offering clients scalable and flexible health and human services solutions for their most complex challenges.

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