DMAS - Fiscal Agent Services (FAS) Solution Architect
Client: Virginia Information Technology Agency (VITA)
Region: Virginia - Region 1
Role: FAS Solution Architect
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Onsite Requirement: 2 days per week
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 9/24
Experience: 7-10+ years
Overview
The FAS Solution Architect will serve as a technical lead responsible for overseeing, governing, and guiding a new Fiscal Agent Services (FAS) technology solution supporting the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) and its associated business operations.
The Solution Architect will work closely with business stakeholders, program leadership, vendors, and technical teams to ensure solutions align with Medicaid Program goals, federal and state regulations, enterprise architecture standards, and modernization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and guide the technical implementation of a new Fiscal Agent Services (FAS) module as part of the Medicaid Enterprise System (MES).
- Ensure solutions align with CMS guidelines, MITA maturity goals, interoperability standards, and federal modularity requirements.
- Lead architectural reviews and assess solution implementations for alignment with enterprise architecture and technical policies.
- Evaluate system integration requirements across modules including:
- Eligibility and Enrollment
- Provider Services
- Third-Party Liability
- Pharmacy
- Data Warehousing
- Provide architectural guidance for:
- System interfaces
- Data exchange standards
- APIs
- Security models
- Cloud adoption strategies
- Develop architectural artifacts including logical and physical diagrams, data-flow documentation, integration patterns, and technical roadmaps.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with NIST, HIPAA, state security policies, and other applicable controls.
- Participate in governance processes and review change requests to ensure solutions remain sustainable and maintainable.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to project teams, business analysts, developers, and external partners throughout the solution lifecycle.
Required Skills
| Skill | Required / Desired | Required Experience |
| Architectural Modeling | Required | 10 Years |
| Data Management Concepts | Required | 10 Years |
| Security Best Practices | Required | 10 Years |
| Technical Communication & Stakeholder Engagement | Required | 10 Years |
| Explaining Technical Concepts to Non-Technical Audiences | Required | 10 Years |
| Vendor & System Integrator Collaboration | Required | 10 Years |
| Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration | Required | 10 Years |
| Cloud Platforms - Azure, AWS, or Equivalent | Required | 10 Years |
| Large-Scale Healthcare or Government IT Systems | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Medicaid / Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) Modules | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| MITA Framework | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Federal Interoperability Requirements | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Node.js | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Java | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Angular | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| React | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Python | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| REST APIs | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| JSON / XML | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| X12 | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| FHIR | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| HTML5 | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Database Technologies | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| ETL Tools | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Relational Databases | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| SharePoint | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Legacy Programming | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Enterprise Integration | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| API Architecture | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Cloud Computing | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| ETL & Data Integration | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Modular System Design | Highly Desired | 10 Years |
| Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) | Highly Desired | 8 Years |
| Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES) | Highly Desired | 8 Years |
| State Government / Public Sector Consulting | Nice to Have | 8 Years |
| Large Enterprise Architecture | Nice to Have | 8 Years |
Key Domain Focus
This role places particular emphasis on experience with:
- Medicaid Enterprise Systems (MES)
- Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS)
- Fiscal Agent Services (FAS)
- CMS guidelines
- MITA framework
- Federal interoperability requirements
- X12 / FHIR
- Healthcare and government IT systems
- Enterprise integration and modular architecture
- Cloud platforms
- NIST / HIPAA security requirements
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