What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Solutions Architect – Federal Programs (FedRAMP) position at HiLabs?
Role Summary:
HiLabs is seeking an experienced Principal Solutions Architect to lead the architecture, security, and technical delivery of our federal healthcare platform supporting U.S. Government customers. This role will own the end-to-end solution architecture for FedRAMP-compliant deployments, working closely with government agencies, prime contractors, cloud providers, security teams, and engineering.
The ideal candidate has deep experience designing secure SaaS platforms for federal programs and understands FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, Zero Trust, cloud security, and government delivery models.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end architecture for federal healthcare solutions deployed in FedRAMP-compliant environments.
- Own the technical architecture across application, cloud, data, integration, networking, and security.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure software architecture aligns with FedRAMP Moderate/High security requirements.
- Work closely with security, compliance, and DevSecOps teams to implement required FedRAMP controls.
- Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design reviews.
- Develop system architecture diagrams, interface specifications, deployment models, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with prime contractors, system integrators, and government stakeholders throughout implementation.
- Define cloud architecture for AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, or other authorized federal cloud environments.
- Design secure APIs, identity management, encryption, audit logging, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Provide technical leadership during Authority to Operate (ATO), FedRAMP authorization, and continuous monitoring activities.
- Support proposal development, technical presentations, customer workshops, and solution demonstrations.
- Mentor engineering teams on secure software development and federal architecture best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- 12 years of experience designing enterprise software platforms.
- 5 years supporting U.S. Federal Government programs.
- Deep understanding of:
- FedRAMP
- NIST SP 800-53
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- FISMA
- Zero Trust Architecture
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Secure SDLC and DevSecOps
- Experience with AWS GovCloud and/or Azure Government.
- Strong knowledge of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, containers, microservices, APIs, and event-driven systems.
- Experience implementing encryption, key management, logging, vulnerability management, SIEM, and security automation.
- Ability to work directly with government customers, prime contractors, assessors, and security auditors.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting FedRAMP authorization or ATO processes.
- Healthcare industry experience, including payer, provider, or CMS ecosystems.
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR, HL7, X12, and NCPDP.
- Experience with AI/ML platforms deployed in regulated environments.
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, or Azure Security Engineer.
- Experience supporting VA, CMS, DoD, HHS, or other federal healthcare agencies.
Success Metrics:
- Deliver scalable, secure, and FedRAMP-compliant solution architectures.
- Successfully support FedRAMP authorization and ongoing compliance.
- Achieve high customer satisfaction across government implementations.
- Ensure secure, high-performing production deployments.
- Establish architectural standards and best practices across federal programs.
Why Join HiLabs?
You'll play a pivotal role in expanding HiLabs' presence across U.S. Federal Healthcare, helping deliver mission-critical AI and data quality solutions that improve healthcare for millions of Americans while meeting the highest standards of security, compliance, and operational excellence.