[Hiring] IT Senior Architect @Maximus

Role Description

Maximus is currently seeking an IT Senior Architect – DevSecOps. The IT Senior Architect – DevSecOps / Tools Engineering serves as the senior-most individual contributor technical authority for DevSecOps engineering, pipeline strategy, and secure software delivery across Maximus Enterprise Technology. This role provides principal-level guidance for the enterprise CI/CD platform (Jenkins Shared Libraries / Groovy), embedded security tooling, and end-to-end application delivery practices supporting 1,000+ government programs under FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI compliance requirements.

This is a high-visibility, enterprise-wide role requiring deep technical ownership, cross-functional influence with VP/Sr Director-level peers, and direct contribution to Maximus's $5B+ government services delivery mission. This is a remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee the automation processes for daily activities, build activities and new feature and functionality with public and private cloud.
• Interact with other team members and groups within the IT organization.
• Help enforce the standards for server builds and services deployed in AWS and the private cloud by the cloud solutions teams.
• Perform other duties assigned by leadership.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• DevSecOps Architecture & Platform Leadership:
  • Serve as the principal architect for the Maximus enterprise DevSecOps platform, defining reference architectures, pipeline standards, and security guardrails across commercial, federal, and GovCloud deployment targets.
  • Establish and maintain the canonical CI/CD pipeline model, from source control through cloud deployment.
  • Provide authoritative architecture decisions for multi-environment deployment strategies (dev, staging, production) on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Security Integration & Compliance:
  • Embed automated security controls and vulnerability management into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ensure all pipeline architectures align with NIST SSDF, FedRAMP, HIPAA, SOC 2, and PCI compliance requirements.
  • Collaborate with the Information Security Office (ISO) on security architecture reviews and continuous compliance monitoring.
  • Champion "security left" practices across the Maximus developer community (300+ DevSecOps practitioners).
• Technical Leadership & Governance:
  • Participate in and provide technical authority within enterprise governance bodies.
  • Author and maintain enterprise-level architecture documents, white papers, and technical standards.
  • Serve as a named technical reviewer and subject-matter authority for DevSecOps capability sections in business development and proposal content.
  • Provide technical mentorship and upskilling guidance to T3/T4 architects and engineers.
• Platform Adoption & Community Enablement:
  • Lead the internal DevSecOps community of practice, driving platform adoption and knowledge sharing.
  • Define and maintain golden-path pipeline templates and launchpad configurations.
  • Partner with project teams on onboarding and escalated platform support.
  • Represent the Tools Engineering practice in cross-organizational forums.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive IT experience, with 5+ years in a senior DevSecOps, platform engineering, or software delivery architecture role.
• Must be a United States Citizen.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Public Trust clearance or Secret clearance; active clearance preferred.
• Deep expertise in CI/CD pipeline design and implementation using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
• Experience managing enterprise artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, or equivalent).
• Proficiency with Crossplane for infrastructure composition and platform engineering.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or comparable tooling.
• Strong working knowledge of cloud-native architecture principles and Kubernetes platform strategy.
• Experience designing and implementing secure pipelines in regulated environments.
• Technical leadership experience across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing cross-account AWS deployment architectures.
• Working knowledge of AWS Transit Gateway (TGW) and Aviatrix overlay networking.
• Hands-on experience with pipeline-integrated security scanning tools.
• Demonstrated experience in solution design and engineering governance.
• Proven track record leading or contributing to cloud automation adoption initiatives.
• Experience supporting modernization, automation, and security-focused engineering initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
• Experience with Agile project tracking and collaboration tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior technical authority in an enterprise-scale organization.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Experience leading or contributing to an enterprise-wide DevSecOps platform or Center of Excellence (CCOE).
• Experience supporting federal government IT programs.
• Preferred Certifications: Possession of industry-recognized certifications.
• Experience with Agile/SAFe delivery frameworks and tooling.
• Familiarity with node-based or low-code workflow automation platforms.
• Familiarity with Spec-Driven Development practices.
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants and AI-assisted development best practices.
• Familiarity with security tooling.
• Familiarity with GitOps delivery patterns and tooling.
• Working knowledge of build and dependency management tools.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• A retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.

EEO Statement

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 and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

Maximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment.

Accommodations

Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment.

Minimum Salary

$159,520.00

Maximum Salary

$239,280.00