Integration Architect

Founded in 2001, Optima Global Solutions Inc. brings over two decades of experience and expertise in facilitating IT transformation within industries ranging from higher education and government to manufacturing and financial services. With scalable and diverse business solutions expertise, Optima specializes in Automation and AI, Strategic Staffing, and Custom Solutions Development, focusing on process, people, strategy, and transformation.

Our client is seeking an Integration Architect to support the Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems (JOMIS) portfolio within the Defense Healthcare Medical Systems (DHMS) program. The role translates mission needs, business requirements, and technical constraints into end‑to‑end solution designs that can be built, tested, and operated across the JOMIS environment. The Integration Architect ensures that system designs are practical, integrated, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards, working closely with product owners, engineering teams, data and cloud architects, cybersecurity, and vendors.

• Lead end‑to‑end solution designs for JOMIS systems, including application workflows, system interactions, integrations, and deployment approaches.
• Translate operational, clinical, and program requirements into clear technical designs executable by delivery teams.
• Define system boundaries, responsibilities, interfaces, and dependencies across JOMIS applications and external systems.
• Document and socialize solution options for integrations and data exchange, including tradeoffs, recommended approaches, and decisions required.
• Design solutions that handle sensitive government and healthcare data (e.g., PHI/PII/CUI) and associated privacy/security constraints.
• Develop solution modernization and migration approaches for legacy capabilities, including sequencing, integration impacts, and cutover/rollback considerations.
• Collaborate with other architects and product vendors to ensure solutions align with approved data models, hosting patterns, and platform standards.
• Support integration design across legacy systems, modern applications, APIs, and external partners.
• Ensure solutions meet cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance requirements in coordination with security and accreditation teams.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, providing technical guidance and identifying risks or gaps early.
• Support Agile delivery teams by answering design questions, validating implementation decisions, resolving technical issues, and tracking progress in Jira.
• Develop and maintain solution documentation, including system diagrams, integration flows, interface definitions, and technical decision records.
• Ensure solutions support data, AI/ML, and analytics architectures and a highly integrated product ecosystem.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight or more years of experience in solution architecture, systems engineering, or application design roles.
• Demonstrated experience designing complex systems with multiple integrations and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of application architecture, APIs, data flows, and system interoperability.
• Experience working in regulated or compliance‑driven environments, preferably within federal or DoD programs.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery models and working closely with development teams.
• Ability to document and explain technical designs in a clear and structured manner.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and sound technical judgment.
• Active Secret clearance preferred, with ability to obtain and maintain clearance as required.
• Operational medicine or healthcare data expertise preferred, but not required.

• Strong systems thinker capable of connecting business needs to technical solutions.
• Organized, self‑directed operator who manages competing priorities and communicates status and risks early in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to design and evaluate complex, distributed architectures and assess architectural tradeoffs to make defensible decisions under constraints.
• Practical,…