Senior Data Architect

Join our dynamic team as a Senior Data Architect, where your extensive experience in healthcare and Medicaid will be paramount in designing and modernizing our enterprise data systems. This critical position supports a range of Medicaid operations, compliance, reporting, analytics, and innovative population health initiatives.

As a Senior Data Architect, you will be responsible for crafting secure, scalable, and compliant data architectures that seamlessly integrate clinical, claims, eligibility, provider, and social determinants of health (SDOH) data. Your efforts will drive meaningful insights aimed at enhancing program outcomes and operational efficiency.

This role is fully remote, with occasional travel required (25%).

Why Join Maximus?

Competitive Compensation: Benefit from bonus opportunities based on your performance.

Comprehensive Insurance: Choose from a variety of plans, spanning Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, and a partially funded HSA, plus Life insurance and discounts on Auto, Home, Renter's, and Pet insurance.

Retirement Planning: Participate in our 401K Retirement Savings plan with Company Matching.

Unlimited Time Off: Enjoy unlimited time off, holidays, and sick leave.

Wellness Support: Access physical, emotional, and financial wellness resources through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

Recognition Initiatives: Celebrate outstanding employee contributions through our recognition platform.

Tuition Reimbursement: Invest in your education and professional development.

Exclusive Employee Perks: Access additional benefits and discounts only for our employees.

Wellness Programs: Take advantage of a variety of wellness programs tailored to meet your needs.

Professional Development: Engage in training programs, workshops, and conferences.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Design and maintain enterprise data architectures, overseeing development frameworks for data ingestion and integration while ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Provide oversight for all data ingestion architectures, offering expert guidance on complex data mappings and transformations, and collaborating with multiple vendors.

Facilitate system architecture that effectively interacts with internal and external systems, ensuring performance and operational needs are met.

Mentor team members and facilitate the transfer of architectural knowledge, providing leadership and conducting quality assurance peer reviews.

Assist in troubleshooting performance and system errors, ensuring business requirements are met while fixing data issues as they arise.

Key Responsibilities:

Design enterprise-scale data architectures focused on Medicaid claims, encounters, eligibility, provider, and care management data.

Establish and enforce data standards, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations aligned with state Medicaid requirements.

Develop architectures that facilitate regulatory reporting like CMS submissions and quality measures.

Collaborate with business, compliance, and analytics teams to transform Medicaid requirements into scalable technical solutions.

Define robust data governance frameworks concentrating on data quality, lineage, and stewardship.

Ensure architectures align with HIPAA, HITECH, CMS, state regulations, and security best practices.

Oversee cloud-based data modernization efforts, including data lakes and real-time processing solutions.

Evaluate and recommend healthcare data platforms, tools, and vendor solutions.

Provide architectural guidance to data engineers and analytics teams.

Maintain clear documentation for data models, architectures, and standards suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field combined with 7+ years of experience, or an equivalent educational and experiential background.

Program Specific Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field.

More than 7 years of experience in data architecture with a focus on healthcare and Medicaid.

Deep understanding of Medicaid data domains such as claims, encounters, and eligibility.

Extensive hands-on experience in data modeling within healthcare contexts.

Proficiency with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure Synapse, or BigQuery.

Advanced SQL skills and extensive knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.

Experience in designing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines for high-volume healthcare data.

Strong knowledge of HIPAA compliance and data governance.

Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

Program Specific Preferences:

Experience with state Medicaid agencies or managed care organizations.

Familiarity with healthcare standards including HL7, FHIR, and ICD-10.

Knowledge of value-based care and population health analytics.

Experience with real-time healthcare data platforms.

Relevant certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP, DAMA, etc.).

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

Minimum Salary: $165,000

Maximum Salary: $215,000