Principal Technology Architect
NASCO is hiring a senior, hands-on Principal Technology Architect to set the architecture direction for its healthcare SaaS products — designing secure, scalable AWS cloud-native/serverless platforms, embedding AI-driven automation into DevOps, and integrating agentic AI (Bedrock, AgentCore, MCP). Fully remote in the US with occasional travel, mentoring engineers and guiding designs through archit
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Home Office/ Remote, US
- Work setup
- Remote
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10 years experience in application or solution architecture
- 8 years experience in cloud architecture, cloud engineering, cloud-native application design and deployment
- 5 years designing, deploying, and managing large-scale, complex serverless SaaS solutions on public cloud, preferably AWS
- 5 years experience with modern development practices such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and DevOps
- Deep, hands-on strategic knowledge of modern SDLC automation and Agentic AI platform design
- Advanced knowledge of AWS services, cloud architecture principles, cost optimization, and secure cloud-native implementation patterns
- Advanced proficiency in cloud-native serverless design, microservices, event-driven patterns, and multi-region, multi-tenant SaaS models
- Ability to apply scalability, high availability, disaster recovery, resiliency, monitoring, observability, and security best practices across enterprise SaaS
- Working knowledge of healthcare compliance frameworks including HITRUST, HIPAA, SOC 2, data privacy, and cloud identity and access models
- Strong architecture governance capability: defining standards, producing artifacts, documenting decisions, guiding governance review
- Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Strong executive communication, interpersonal influence, and stakeholder engagement skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Nice to have
- 5 years experience as an architect in a commercial SaaS environment
- 5 years experience operating within an architecture governance framework
- Master's degree
- Other relevant certifications (e.g., TOGAF, ITIL, Cloud Security)
Full description
Overview
The Principal Technology Architect helps define the future of our SaaS product architecture by combining strategic technology vision with hands-on design across cloud infrastructure, enterprise DevOps workflows, and next-generation agentic AI capabilities. This role is ideal for a senior architect who can set architectural direction while actively shaping secure, scalable, and resilient solutions using AWS, AI-enabled engineering practices, and emerging agent technologies.
In this senior individual contributor role, you will translate complex business and technology needs into practical architecture roadmaps and executable designs. You will lead architecture decisions for cloud-native platforms, DevOps automation, agentic AI integration, orchestration patterns, agent-to-agent collaboration, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AWS capabilities such as AgentCore, Strands, and Amazon Bedrock.
Partnering with product, engineering, security, operations, and enterprise architecture leaders, you will evaluate emerging technologies, guide proofs of concept, and ensure modern product designs meet architecture, security, governance, and operational standards across public cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
The successful candidate will bring deep AWS architecture expertise, strong DevOps and SDLC automation experience, and the ability to apply agentic AI responsibly to improve scalability, delivery speed, resiliency, and long-term maintainability.
Responsibilities
- Define enterprise architecture blueprints for secure, scalable AWS environments optimized for autonomous AI agent orchestration
- Embed AI-driven automation directly into the DevOps SDLC to accelerate software delivery, testing, and security scanning
- Align C-suite technology strategy with implementation teams, defining governance, security, and compliance frameworks for AI workflows
- Define and communicate the architectural vision and strategy for healthcare SaaS products, ensuring alignment with enterprise technology direction and product roadmap priorities
- Design and implement cloud-native SaaS architectures that perform at scale, with emphasis on elasticity, availability, resiliency, and secure integration across infrastructure, services, and applications
- Maintain a holistic product technology scorecard, including the technical roadmap, technical debt inventory, product security alignment, architecture standards, and operational reference model compliance
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, promoting best practices in software design, development, operational optimization, and continuous learning
- Champion elastic, serverless, and microservice architecture patterns that support highly scalable and resilient SaaS products aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework and cloud best practices