Infrastructure Architect
Remote · United States or Herndon, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Lead infrastructure architecture and modernization efforts for large-scale VA Enterprise Health Systems; design and implement secure, scalable hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructure; support modernization and migration of legacy VistA/MUMPS-based environments; review AI-generated outputs for accuracy and VA-federal compliance; coordinate with VA stakeholders and serve as the primary infrastructure liaison between VA and the LTS product teams; develop infrastructure roadmaps, reference architectures, and technical standards aligned with VA and federal requirements; collaborate with cross-functional teams to support high availability, disaster recovery, scalability, and performance; evaluate emerging technologies and tooling for modernization; ensure integration across cloud, data center, network, storage, virtualization, and identity management platforms; maintain alignment with NIST, FISMA, FedRAMP, and Zero Trust cybersecurity frameworks; participate in architecture governance and technical reviews; provide technical leadership and create architecture diagrams, design documents, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering or architecture
- Experience supporting large-scale federal IT modernization programs, preferably within the VA or healthcare environment
- Demonstrated ability to critically evaluate AI-generated technical outputs—such as infrastructure specifications, environment recommendations, or configuration guidance—for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with federal and VA standards prior to implementation
- Strong experience with hybrid cloud architectures (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience designing enterprise infrastructure solutions involving virtualization, storage, networking, identity management, and compute environments
- Knowledge of infrastructure modernization strategies for legacy applications and systems
- Experience with enterprise monitoring, automation, backup/recovery, and performance management solutions
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity and compliance requirements within federal environments
- Experience supporting highly available, mission-critical systems in regulated environments
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Nice to Have: Experience supporting VA systems including VistA, CPRS, or other healthcare IT platforms
- Familiarity with MUMPS-based environments and the ability to assess AI-generated analysis of legacy code and infrastructure dependencies for technical accuracy
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes or OpenShift
- Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation
- Experience with DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline integration
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards including HL7 and FHIR
- Prior experience supporting Electronic Health Record (EHR/EHRM) modernization initiatives
- Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications (AWS, Azure, VMware, CISSP)
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