Technology Solutions Architect

Role Summary: The Technology Solutions Architect will serve as a hands-on technical thought partner to CDC stakeholders and Guidehouse delivery teams. This individual will listen closely to CDC’s mission and technology challenges, translate emerging or incompletely defined needs into practical technical approaches, and develop architectures, prototypes, demonstrations, and other tangible concepts that help stakeholders evaluate and refine potential solutions.

The role combines solution architecture with technical leadership for interoperable public-health data exchange, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, curiosity, initiative, and a collaborative working style, with the ability to engage CDC technical personnel as a credible peer. The position will provide technical leadership CDC project(s) while strengthening Guidehouse’s broader ability to support CDC through trusted relationships and technically credible work.

What You Will Do:

• Translate emerging or incompletely defined needs into practical architectures, prototypes, demonstrations, and technical options.
• Lead the design of scalable, secure solutions for public-health data exchange, interoperability, analytics, and AI/ML, aligned with public-health workflows, governance, privacy, and operational constraints.
• Apply standards and technologies including HL7 v2, FHIR, CDA, APIs, and terminology systems to surveillance, reporting, integration, and related mission use cases.
• Lead multidisciplinary technical teams from design through implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and operational transition.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance across the technology stack.
• Lead technical discussions and design reviews, communicating decisions, tradeoffs, dependencies, and risks.
• Develop reusable architectures, prototypes, and technical insights that strengthen client delivery and selected account opportunities.

• Minimum of EIGHT (8)+ years of work experience.
• Experience designing, modernizing, integrating, or delivering complex technology solutions, including at least four years in a Technical Lead, Solution Architect, Technical Architect, or comparable leadership role.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and translating client needs into scalable, secure, executable solutions.
• Public-health technology or informatics experience involving surveillance, epidemiology, reporting, laboratory, registry, or related workflows.
• Experience with public-health data exchange among public-health agencies, laboratories, registries, healthcare partners, or federal systems.
• Working knowledge of public-health interoperability approaches and one or more standards or technologies such as HL7 v2, FHIR, CDA, APIs, or terminology systems.
• Experience designing solutions across multiple technology-stack layers.
• Experience providing oversight across design, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and quality review.
• Ability to turn ambiguous needs into practical approaches and communicate them to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to work in or regularly engage with CDC stakeholders in Atlanta.
• US Citizenship is contractually required.
• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD “PUBLIC TRUST”; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting CDC programs, mission systems, or technology organizations.
• Deep expertise in one or more public-health interoperability standards or technologies.
• Experience modernizing surveillance, laboratory, registry, epidemiology, or data-exchange solutions.
• Hands-on experience with prototypes, demonstrations, proofs of concept, or reference architectures.
• Experience applying cloud, analytics, AI/ML, generative AI, or intelligent automation to public-health use cases.
• Familiarity with federal health IT security, privacy, accessibility, data governance, and compliance.
• Relevant technical or public-health informatics certifications.
• Bachelors degree from an accredited university.

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer-Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.