• Own end-to-end solution architecture across client-facing implementations and shared platform capabilities. • Translate business, regulatory (HIPAA), and customer requirements into clear, actionable architecture designs. • Create and maintain architecture artifacts including: System and component diagrams, Data flows and integration patterns, API contracts, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs). • Define and enforce non-functional requirements (scalability, performance, availability, security, operability, maintainability). • Guide architectural evolution from modular systems toward well-bounded microservices where appropriate. • Define and govern HTTP-based API standards (REST design, versioning, error handling, backward compatibility). • Lead contract-first API development using OpenAPI / Swagger. • Architect and govern Azure API Management (APIM): Authentication & authorization, Rate limiting, caching, and monitoring. • Design secure and reliable SFTP integrations, including encryption, validation, reconciliation, and failure recovery. • Ensure integration patterns are resilient, observable, and auditable. • Assess current architecture and identify scalability, reliability, and compliance gaps. • Partner with engineering leadership to reduce technical debt without halting delivery. • Establish architectural guardrails and reference implementations that enable teams to move fast safely. • Serve as the architectural discipline lead across product and client delivery teams. • Facilitate architecture reviews and guide technical decision-making. • Participate in intake, estimation, and planning to assess risk, scope, and architectural impact. • Represent architecture in CAB, release planning, and executive discussions, clearly communicating tradeoffs and implications. • Contribute directly through: Prototyping, Complex problem solving, Performance tuning, Architectural validation.