Technical Architect - Health & Life Sciences

Technical Architect- Health & Life Sciences Remote or Hybrid

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About the job

SAS Managed Cloud Services (MCS) is seeking a Technical Architect to lead the architecture and delivery of validated Health and Life Sciences (HLS) solutions using modern cloud platforms in public cloud environments—primarily Azure and AWS. This role is pivotal in designing, deploying, and maintaining secure, compliant, and scalable solutions for regulated HLS customers.

You’ll leverage deep technical expertise and industry knowledge to deliver robust solutions aligned with HLS regulatory requirements (such as HIPAA, GxP, and HITRUST), ensuring reliability, data integrity, and operational excellence across managed cloud offerings. You’ll also play a critical role in validating new solution architectures, enabling repeatable deployments, and maximizing value for our healthcare, pharma, and life sciences customers.

As a Technical Architect, you will:

• Architect, validate, and maintain field-deployed HLS solutions on Azure and AWS, ensuring they meet industry certification standards for regulated environments.
• Design and oversee implementations that comply with relevant HLS regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GxP, HITRUST, 21 CFR Part 11), partnering with internal security, compliance, and product teams.
• Deliver repeatable, scalable, and cost-effective deployment patterns using cloud-native services (Kubernetes, managed databases, secure networking) tailored for HLS workloads.
• Work closely with Sales, R&D, CIS, and Product Management to evaluate customer requirements and guide the integration of new or updated HLS offerings.
• Produce and maintain detailed architecture diagrams, validated solution documentation, and non-functional requirements for customer-facing and internal use.
• Provide expertise on cloud cost optimization, reliability, and operational best practices, continuously improving our validated HLS solutions portfolio.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders, supporting new product launches and the onboarding of innovative HLS capabilities into Managed Cloud.

Required Qualifications

• Five years of experience as a technical architect, with a focus on public cloud solutions (Azure and AWS preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Proven experience designing, validating, and supporting Health and Life Sciences solutions in regulated cloud environments.
• Deep knowledge of microservices-based architectures.
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker containers, and cloud-native services for stateless and stateful applications.
• Experience building, validating, and supporting CI/CD pipelines.
• Skilled in producing and communicating technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and compliance requirements.
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with SAS Viya, SAS solutions, or other advanced analytics platforms.
• Experience with validated system development and deployment in Health and Life Sciences or other regulated industries.
• Experience working with Agile and/or Scrum teams.
• Experience as a Scrum Product Owner.
• Familiarity with SAS solution validation processes or similar regulatory frameworks.

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

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