Enterprise Application Architect - .NET & AWS

Location: New York

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Application Architect with strong expertise in Microsoft .NET development
, web application design
, EDI integrations
, and AWS cloud architecture
. This role will architect and deliver enterprise‑grade solutions in the healthcare domain
, including modernization and integration for our U.S. Trade Insights platform
. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who can bridge business needs with scalable technical design, while providing hands‑on leadership across development and integration teams.

Key Responsibilities Application & Platform Architecture

• Architect end-to-end solutions using Microsoft .NET
  , C#, and modern web frameworks.
• Design cloud‑native applications and microservices leveraging AWS architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, Dynamo
  
  DB, RDS, etc.).
• Define application patterns, data models, and reusable components for scalable, secure, and high‑performance platforms.
• Lead modernization and enhancement of the U.S. Trade Insights platform
  , ensuring reliability and future scalability.
• Architect and implement EDI integrations across healthcare systems, payers, providers, and trading partners.
• Design secure and compliant data exchange frameworks (X12, HL7, FHIR, JSON, XML).
• Guide the development of integration workflows, API gateways, and messaging pipelines.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead development teams, providing code reviews, design guidance, and architectural oversight.
• Define SDLC best practices, coding standards, Dev Ops guidelines, and platform governance.
• Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, QA, and cloud teams to ensure effective end‑to‑end delivery.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and drive root‑cause analysis across applications and platforms.

Cloud, Dev Ops & Operational Excellence

• Build cloud deployment strategies leveraging AWS CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, and containerization.
• Ensure systems meet enterprise standards for security, observability, availability, and performance.
• Partner with teams to implement monitoring, logging, and automated testing frameworks.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 9–12+ years of experience in application architecture, software engineering, or enterprise solutions design.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with Microsoft .NET, C#, .NET Core
  , and modern web development frameworks.
• Proven experience designing EDI integrations (X12, 837/835, HL7, FHIR, or similar).
• Deep knowledge of AWS cloud architecture
  , cloud‑native design, and serverless or container‑based deployments.
• Strong healthcare domain experience, including payers, providers, or health data exchange platforms.
• Experience architecting analytical or data‑driven solutions such as Trade Insights platforms.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Associate/Professional).
• Exposure to data engineering, analytics, or visualization tools (Snowflake, Redshift, Power BI).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market‑leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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