Digital Enterprise Architect, Associate Director, Center of Excellence, Tucson AZ ONSITE - Military Veterans

Date Posted:

2024-10-10

Country:

United States of America

Location:

AZ862: 3360 Hemisphere Loop Bldg M10 3360 East Hemisphere Loop Building M10, Tucson, AZ, 85706 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Digital Enterprise Architect – Associate Director, Architecture Center of Excellence

Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy (P6)

Raytheon Digital Technology

Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence Team

Tucson, AZ – onsite position

Ability to obtain US Secret Clearance Required

At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. 

As an Enterprise Architect at Raytheon, you will contribute to and execute the strategic roadmaps and direction of the Digital Technology Architecture Center of Excellence (CoE) team.  This small team of senior architects is responsible for scaling, operating and maturing our architecture practice across Digital by providing consistent frameworks, roles, processes, and technology patterns to create trusted, compliant and efficient solutions together.  In this role, you will establish and implement critical Digital strategies and operational plans for business, domain, and solution architects across Raytheon.  This experienced senior individual contributor will report to the Enterprise Architecture Leader in Raytheon Digital.

You will be the primary architect to develop and maintain master enterprise landscape models depicting key systems, integrations, data flows, and relationships to guide investments and strategic planning. 

You will collaborate with peer enterprise and solution architects, stakeholders and cross-functional leaders across RTX businesses to achieve these objectives.  Your work will be featured in our architecture repository, knowledgebase, intranet presence, and standard work and briefed to senior leaders.

You will work across Digital teams, business functions, and other RTX businesses to build relationships, assess, understand, and improve the architecture practice.  You will also create and contribute to strategic architectural roadmaps, objectives, establish policy and technological standards.  You will also act as an expert consultant to aid in the development of investments and technical solutions to drive transformational initiatives and business outcomes.  You may be assigned to lead architecture work for complex, strategic initiatives that require extensive investigation and analysis.

As an architect, you will use formal architecture frameworks, agile practices, and strategic thinking (including TOGAF, Zachman, Scaled Agile, and CORE) to optimize our work, and coach architects on best practices and agile concepts.  You will identify and organize how Raytheon Digital practices architecture and champion continuous improvement to help all Digital architects execute as a unified community.

What you will do:

• Be an RTX digital technology leader. Lead cross functional architecture efforts to deliver solutions for RTX customers and business needs. Partner closely across Application, Data, Infrastructure and Cyber Security architects.
• Be a thought leader in identifying business-wide problems and opportunities that that affect strategic outcomes through business architecture, practices, assessments and models. Advocate for innovative and new platform capabilities and solutions.
• Establish and implement Enterprise Architecture models, artifacts, standards, and roadmaps for business, functional, and solution level systems. Ensure Enterprise Reference Architectures are leveraged across all of RTX.
• Mentor and coach architects to ensure successful implementation of IT systems by demonstrating technical judgment and adherence to architectural strategies, processes, and practices.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of enterprise architectures, models, and processes for all architects to use.
• Mature Digital Technology’s architecture practice by establishing shared principles, strategies, and implementation techniques. Contribute to growing the maturity and capabilities of the architecture team.
• Consult with senior-level executives, business/technology leaders, and engineers to understand, explain, and influence complex IT environments.
• Support engagements across RTX Business Units, including developing technical solutions for current and future challenges
• Provide expert knowledge of enterprise architecture and lean agile best practices to mature Digital Technology’s architecture practice and guide the implementation and adoption.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires bachelor’s degree and minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or in lieu of a bachelor’s degree minimum 16 years of prior relevant experience or associate degree and minimum 14 years of relevant experience is required.
• Experience architecting and implementing large technology transformation initiatives.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• TOGAF trained or certified with experience using the Architecture Development Method framework to build and mature an enterprise architecture practice.
• Experience with formal architecture modeling, such as UML, BPMN, SysML, and ArchiMate using Sparx Enterprise Architect and similar tools.
• Demonstrated deep technical expertise and domain competencies in application development, data analytics, cloud infrastructure, networking, and cybersecurity.
• Experience and certifications in AWS and Azure cloud platforms.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills including presentation and negotiation skills, preparing executive level briefings and summary explanations
• Ability to dive deep and learn most aspects of how a business is structured to create value.
• Experience with full lifecycle of IT systems and changes, including planning, design, deployment, and operations.
• Experience working in a distributed team environment including facilitating cross organizational solutions and locations in response to diverse objectives
• Self-directed with demonstrated ability to organize and provide technical leadership for a diverse (both geographic and technical) team
• Ability to use abstraction and simplification to comprehend and communicate complex systems and ideas to different audiences.
• Persistence, focus, and dedication to working through long-term highly complex problems to realize incremental and long-term objectives.
• Compassionate people-focused leadership, to influence and build and develop relationships and key partnerships of trust.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.

• Relocation Eligibility – This role is relocation eligible for the selected applicant if they meet company policy criteria.

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• RTX solves some of the toughest challenges in aerospace and defense. That requires expansive thinking and bold innovation – and that, in turn, requires a culture that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We embrace individuality and diversity of thought to fuel opportunity for our employees, our customers, and our communities. We work toward progress, knowing that a more inclusive world is critical to our mission. Not just in this moment, but always.

Please consider the following role type definition as you apply for this role. (Select the one that fits the role type of the req)

• Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.

Clearance Information: This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm 

Location Info and/or Links:

• Tucson, AZ: https://careers.rtx.com/global/en/raytheon-tucson,-az-location

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.   

To realize our full potential, RTX is committed to creating a company where all employees are respected, valued and supported in the pursuit of their goals. We know companies that embrace diversity in all its forms not only deliver stronger business results, but also become a force for good, fueling stronger business performance and greater opportunity for employees, partners, investors and communities to succeed. 

The salary range for this role is 143,000 USD - 287,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.

Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.

Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.

This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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