Digital Operations Enterprise Architect, ONSITE, multiple US Locations

Date Posted:

Country:

United States of America

Location:

TX190: 2501 West University, McKinney 2501 West University , McKinney, TX, 75070 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Digital Operations Enterprise Architect

Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy (P5)

Raytheon Digital Technology

Digital Operations Architecture Team

ONSITE ROLE - Multiple US Locations

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 a member of this team at Raytheon, you will contribute to and execute the strategic and daily tasks for the Digital Operations Architecture team. This team of senior architects is responsible for applying and operating our architecture practice across Digital Operations by contributing to and leveraging consistent frameworks, roles, processes, and technology patterns to create trusted, compliant and efficient solutions supporting factory operations, supply chain and engineering product development.

You will collaborate with peer enterprise and solution architects, stakeholders and leaders across organizations to ensure the operating model and key activities are executed, documented, and organized across our Digital team. You will be accountable for our team cadence, program activities, and extended team collaboration events. You will participate in and contribute to our architecture repository, knowledgebase, intranet presence, and standard work.

This experienced senior individual contributor will report to the Architecture Leader within the Digital Operations directorate, but will also work across Digital teams, business functions, and other RTX businesses to build relationships, assess, understand, and improve and apply the architecture practice. You will develop and provide artifacts documenting architectural roadmaps, objectives, and technological standards. You will also act as a consultant to aid in the development of solutions to drive transformational initiatives and business outcomes.

As an architect, you will use formal architecture frameworks, agile practices, and strategic thinking (including TOGAF, Zachman, Scaled Agile, and DODAF) to optimize our work, and coach architects on best practices and agile concepts as well as mentor staff across the directorate in architectural ways of thinking.

Raytheon is a high technology business with long program histories. An individual joining this team is expected to flexibly support legacy programs and ways of working while also guiding transition to new technologies, capabilities and practices.

Focus areas for this role include:

Product Lifecycle Management systems in an environment that designs and builds advanced technology solutions.

Understanding and integrating Factory 4. 0/5. 0 IoT, Data Analytics, and Visualization utilizing tool suites such as Ignition.

Driving integration of solutions with Enterprise Resource Planning systems such as SAP.

Driving solutions and integrations with Supply Chain systems such as Kinaxis.

Collaborate with Digital and Raytheon Product Engineering teams on Digital enablers for Raytheon product development, including Digital Thread.

Driving the refactor and harmonization of a diverse set of systems supporting critical path engineering and manufacturing systems utilizing cloud (AWS/Azure), containers, and low code solutions such as Mendix.

Enabling and improving Digital Engineering systems, Model Based IDEs and Digital Thread/Digital Twin.

What you will do:

Develop architecture artifacts associated with phases A through E of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method, as needed, for strategic and tactical assignments.

Mature Digital Technology's architecture practice by championing shared principles, strategies, and implementation techniques. Contribute to growing the maturity and capabilities of the architecture and digital teams.

Advocate for enterprise architecture by building key influence relationships and socializing architecture contributions across Raytheon.

Conduct architecture review boards, and guide, schedule, and coach architects and teams through Architecture processes and how to use standard work templates.

Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of enterprise architectures, models, and processes stored in established repositories for all architects to use.

Coordinate activities and conduct collaboration events with architects and teams across Digital to develop relationships and share knowledge.

Lead and/or participate in team agile planning events and ceremonies for Digital Operations SAFe Agile Release Trains. Mentor and support teams utilizing agile practices.

Help manage backlog, risks and opportunities for Digital Operations focus areas to ensure visibility and team prioritization.

Lead CORE continuous improvement activities to improve productivity and reduce friction for architects in delivering work products.

Qualifications You Must Have:

This role typically requires bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or a master's degree and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience. In lieu of a bachelor's degree, minimum 14 years of prior relevant experience will be considered. Also, associate degree and 12 years of relevant experience will be considered.

Experience architecting and implementing technology transformation initiatives.

Experience with process improvement, agile planning, and leading organizations through change.

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 organizing and facilitating activities for large teams spread across organizations and locations.

Experience with formal architecture modeling, including UML, BPMN, SysML, and ArchiMate.

Executive presence, strong oral and written communication, and experience with leading change through large initiatives and organizations.

Excellent time and resource management, planning, and project execution skills.

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.

Ability to use abstraction and simplification to comprehend and communicate complex systems and ideas to different audiences.

Compassionate people-focused leadership, to influence and build and develop relationships and key partnerships of trust.

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