Sr. Staff Systems Architect – System-of-Systems

Description

The company builds ground and platform-based technical collection systems for defense customers, using model-based systems engineering, open architectures and open standards.

The program sustains an existing prototype portfolio while moving the next generation of collection capabilities through development, production and operational support.

This role leads architecture for software-intensive, cloud-enabled hardware across on-premises, tactical and secure AWS cloud environments, and shapes how the systems interoperate across diverse hardware.

Responsibilities

• Derive the system-of-systems architecture from high-level CONOPS and OPSCON, and pass architectural guidance to several integrated teams.
• Drive shared patterns, interfaces and reusable designs across projects and product lines.
• Build and maintain architecture artifacts such as block diagrams, interface definitions, data flows and common design solutions using MBSE methods and tools.
• Turn a customer's set of separate capabilities into one integrated system that meets current and future mission goals for capability, availability, reliability, performance and security.
• With the Chief Engineer, program management and engineering leads, set technical roadmaps, trade spaces and modernization plans that weigh effectiveness, cost, schedule and risk.
• Present architecture options, trade studies and decision packages to the customer.
• Direct implementation across software, custom mission hardware, cloud, networking and cybersecurity while keeping open architecture and open standards principles intact.
• Work with systems engineering, integration and test, software, hardware, cybersecurity and specialty engineering so designs stay aligned with the baseline.
• Promote Agile and SAFe practices in architecture and engineering teams so epics, features and enablers are well defined and deliver capability iteratively.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field such as electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or systems engineering, with 14 years of related experience; or a master's in STEM with 12 years; or a PhD in STEM with 10 years.
• Active Top Secret clearance from the US government with SCI eligibility.
• US citizenship.
• Significant engineering experience at a defense contractor during EMD, LRIP and/or operations and sustainment phases.
• Substantial full-lifecycle DoD experience architecting complex systems or system-of-systems, plus systems engineering integration and test, and leading teams across software, custom hardware, cloud, networking and cybersecurity.
• Proven technical leadership: setting direction, influencing decisions and closing complex issues through root cause analysis across disciplines.
• Ability to represent the organization's capabilities to customers, end users and outside stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience leading Agile development.
• Ability to travel up to 50% to support the team in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Preferred: deep experience designing complex architectures in one or more of EO/IR sensor systems, RF sensor systems, AWS GovCloud networks, sensor data fusion, exploitation algorithms, or data processing and visualization.
• Preferred: integrating solutions across several classified and unclassified government networks.
• Preferred: MBSE work with SysML, UAF and tools such as Cameo Enterprise Architect or IBM Rhapsody, including system models, traceability matrices and verification cross-references.
• Preferred: SAFe experience, including PI planning, architecture runway definition and coordination with Release Trains.
• Preferred: Risk Management Framework experience, tailoring architecture to NIST security controls to reach an Authority to Operate.

Conditions

Relocation assistance may be available.

A Top Secret clearance is required to start.

Travel is 50% of the time.

Base salary range is $192,800.00 to $289,200.00 as a general guide; the actual offer depends on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Depending on the position, possible overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus on top of base pay, with bonuses rewarding individual contributions and company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, paid company holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.