Principal Software Solutions Architect, HealthTech

Job Description: • 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. • This is a **hands-on technical leadership role**—ideal for an architect who enjoys solution design, elevating engineering standards, mentoring teams, and collaborating closely with product, security, DevOps, and client stakeholders. • You will drive the evolution of our Azure ecosystem, API strategy, microservices architecture, and DevOps automation practices across the enterprise.**Architecture & Strategy** • Lead the ongoing design, evolution, and governance of AssistRx’s Azure environment to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost optimization. • Architect and implement **Enterprise API Gateway** solutions to support 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.**Leadership & Mentorship** • Manage and mentor a team of cloud engineers and solution architects, including oversight of performance, development plans, hiring, and team culture. • Serve as a hands-on technical mentor to engineering teams, driving consistency in solution design, coding standards, and performance optimization. • Lead design reviews, proof-of-concept initiatives, reference architecture creation, and complex troubleshooting. • Guide and support engineering teams through modernization initiatives, including **migration from monolithic applications to microservices** with API Gateway as a core component. • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, architectural excellence, and knowledge-sharing.**Delivery & Execution** • Oversee the lifecycle of Azure workloads—including 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 around **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.**Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement** • Partner with Product, DevOps, Security, and IT teams to maintain secure, compliant, and 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 both technical and non-technical audiences.**Success Indicators** • A 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.**Supervisory Responsibilities** • Directly supervise a team of cloud engineers, solution architects, and platform governance specialists. • Responsibilities include: • Interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new team members. • Assigning work, reviewing deliverables, and driving accountability. • Conducting performance evaluations, coaching, and development planning. • Recognizing achievements and addressing performance concerns constructively. • Supporting ongoing skill development and growth opportunities. 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). • Certification(s) 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. 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