Principal Solution Architect - Healthcare at System One
Reston, VA
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Jul 11, 2026
Reston, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior architecture role focused on the healthcare payer space — covering areas such as claims, enrollment, member services, and benefits. Day-to-day work involves translating business needs into high-level architectural designs, developing domain models across current and target states, guiding integration decisions, and ensuring alignment with enterprise roadmaps and regulatory requirements. Suited to an experienced architect who can communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and business stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Contract
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
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Why we read it this way (10)
The title says 'Principal' but the actual requirements — 10+ years in an architecture domain, healthcare payer expertise, high-level design and stakeholder communication — are consistent with a Senior-level role. No genuine org-wide or cross-enterprise authority is described that would elevate this to Principal band.
The role is a 12+ month contract (staffing firm System One / Joulé), with a stated possibility of long-term extension. It is NOT a direct full-time hire.
Work model is hybrid: onsite in Reston, VA once per week. Not fully remote.
A Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or a related field is listed under Requirements, but the JD explicitly accepts 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree — so no hard degree gate applies.
Healthcare payer domain experience (member/customer service, claims, enrollment, benefits) is the central hard gate of this role; deep AI/ML architecture is explicitly stated as NOT required.
Gen AI/ML is listed under Requirements only as 'helpful' / 'not required' — treated as preferred accordingly.
Certified System Architect is listed as 'preferred upon hire' — treated as preferred.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: this role is primarily high-level solution/enterprise architecture and stakeholder alignment (15-1211 Computer Systems Analysts), but could also be read as 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) given the 'Solution Architect' framing that doesn't map cleanly to a single BLS code.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Solution architecture, Domain modeling.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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