Senior System Architect

Company Overview

Pantheon Data (a Kenific Holding company) is a private, small business based in the Washington, DC, area. Pantheon Data was founded in 2011, initially providing acquisition and supply chain management services to the US Coast Guard. Our service offerings have grown in the past ten years, including infrastructure resiliency, contact center operations, information technology, software engineering, program management, strategic communications, engineering, and cybersecurity.

We have also grown our customer base to include commercial clients. The company has used this experience to expand our service offerings to other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other Federal Civilian Agencies.

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated Combat Support Agency that enables the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and a ready medical force to Combatant Commands during peacetime and wartime. Established to enhance the delivery of integrated, affordable, and high-quality health services, the DHA supports Military Health System (MHS) beneficiaries and drives the integration of clinical and business processes across the MHS.

The agency plays a pivotal role in ensuring military personnel and their families receive comprehensive healthcare, thus maintaining operational readiness and overall force health protection.

Pantheon Data has an immediate need for an experienced Senior System Architect to support our Federal client, the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The Senior System Architect will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing the overall IT infrastructure, strategy, and governance that underpin DHA's mission to modernize health IT systems and improve delivery of healthcare services across the Military Health System (MHS).

This role requires deep knowledge of IT architectures, platforms, and cloud environments, coupled with the ability to translate complex health and data requirements into scalable, secure, and interoperable solutions that meet mission needs.

• Collaborate with DHA stakeholders, program offices, and MTF partners to define requirements and objectives for enterprise health IT infrastructure and data integration.
• Assess, design, and implement end-to-end IT architecture, including applications, networks, servers, and cloud services, that supports DHA's modernization and interoperability objectives.
• Develop enterprise architecture artifacts (blueprints, diagrams, standards documentation) to communicate designs and ensure alignment with DHA's mission, VAULTIS strategy, and DoD health IT goals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, industry standards, and federal health IT trends to identify opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Define and enforce architecture principles, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, data integrity, and compliance with DHA and DoD policy frameworks.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to IT and program teams engaged in transforming health IT systems and data workflows.
• Conduct architectural reviews and assessments to identify risks, gaps, and opportunities for optimization in support of DHA's enterprise health IT environment.
• Partner with cybersecurity, networking, and application teams to ensure all systems meet DHA's security, compliance, and performance requirements, including FedRAMP, HIPAA, and DoD IL standards.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field;
  Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience as an Enterprise System Architect or similar role, with a minimum of 8 years of experience in designing and implementing complex IT architectures.
• Strong expertise in IT infrastructure technologies, including hardware, software, networks, servers, storage, and cloud services.
• Proficiency in architecture modeling tools and frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with…