[Hiring] Principal Database Architect @Gainwell Technologies LLC

Role Description

As an MMIS Data Architect at Gainwell, you will design and govern data architectures supporting large-scale Medicaid system implementations and modernizations. You will partner with conversion teams, application architects, analysts, developers, and state clients to ensure data is structured, integrated, validated, and optimized across MMIS and modular Medicaid Enterprise (MES) environments.

• Design and define MMIS data architecture standards supporting data conversion, integration, reporting, and downstream operational use.
• Guide data transformation strategies from legacy MMIS platforms to modern solutions ensuring integrity, scalability, and performance.
• Leverage AI-assisted and intelligent automation techniques to accelerate data design, profiling, validation, reconciliation, and documentation workflows while maintaining strong governance and human review.
• Collaborate with data conversion managers, architects, analysts, and developers to align conversion design with target-state architecture.
• Establish and maintain data architecture artifacts including source-to-target mappings, canonical models, data dictionaries, and governance standards.
• Ensure data designs support CMS requirements, audit readiness, reporting needs, and operational performance expectations.
• Define integration patterns and data flows between MMIS modules, analytics platforms, and external systems.
• Partner with infrastructure and cloud teams to ensure alignment with hosting, security, and performance standards.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in data architecture or large-scale data platform design, preferably within Medicaid, MMIS, or public sector healthcare systems.
• Experience supporting data conversion or data migration initiatives, including source-to-target design and validation strategies.
• 3+ years of experience applying AI-assisted or intelligent automation capabilities to accelerate data workflows within governed enterprise environments.
• Foundational understanding of cloud infrastructure and cloud networking protocols, including firewalls, routing, and network storage.
• Experience working across the full software development life cycle (SDLC) in large, complex implementation programs.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex data concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• United States remote opportunity.
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation.
• The Deadline to submit applications for this posting is October 14, 2026.
• The pay range for this position is $118,800.00 - $169,700.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Benefits

• Generous, flexible vacation policy.
• 401(k) employer match.
• Comprehensive health benefits.
• Educational assistance.
• A variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.