Job Description
What's it like realizing your potential at an innovative company that takes on some of the world's most important challenges? Rewarding. As a member of our Defense Intelligence Application Development and Sustainment team, you will join a diverse group of driven professionals who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. With us, you will be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career.
BAE Systems is actively seeking an Enterprise Architect to guide a dynamic team of developers and engineers in support of our mission-driven government client. This pivotal role encompasses the leadership and technical expertise required to deliver exceptional capabilities to our client and their associated contractors.
Emphasizing productivity and innovation within Agile environment, the selected candidate will guide our activities, focusing on the architecture, engineering, testing, and technical stewardship of product and dissemination applications and services. This role entails a comprehensive array of responsibilities:
Core Responsibilities:

• Architect and refine application interfaces for several production and dissemination applications across the program, ensuring seamless functionality and design excellence.
• Partner with the product teams to identify and escalate program-level challenges, working with the customer and program team to implement solutions that propel the program forward.
• Monitor status across projects to assist with planning, design, infrastructure, and facilitating progress by the product lead and streamlining project execution.
• Define technical requirements and identify areas for retirement, modernization, and reuse to reduce resource requirement (costs) on the program.
• Oversee the deployment process, ensuring timely completion of processes and policies needed to test and deploy across development, integration, and production environments.
• Actively participate in Agile processes, offering valuable insights to enhance team performance and project outcomes.
• Generate and maintain critical project documentation, including but not limited to, requirements, user and administration guides, and release notes, ensuring comprehensive and accessible information.

As Enterprise Architect you will:

• Communicate daily with Government leads on requirements, mission priorities, performance measures, program goals and milestones, and support needs.
• oversee all architecture work and present overview briefings and updates to Government leads, partners, and customers; report on business area progress at performance improvement meetings; and help identify opportunities for increase effectiveness, efficiency, scale, and impact.
• notify Government and Contract CPM/CDPM of any issues or trends that pose a risk to mission priorities.
• assist the Contract CPM/CDPM in distilling requirements, communicating them to contract staff, and tracking progress against them.
• provide a technical need summary to the government program manager and government technical need, giving the client a consolidated roundup across all development efforts, with a special focus on areas that need client intervention.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration, ensuring that project objectives are met with the highest standards.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Education and Experience Requirements:
Related experience: Minimum 8 years with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
Related Education: Master's degree in a related area OR Bachelor's degree and 2 years of additional senior experience, for a total of 10 years
Minimum Clearance:
Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI)
Qualifications:

• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Plans and leads major technology assignments including those that may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks.
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success.
• Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments. Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems. May supervise others.

Candidate must be analytical and effectively able to troubleshoot and prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues. Aside from technical skills, prospective candidates should have excellent communication, teamwork, leadership, and conflict management skills.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
Related experience:

• Portion of the experience within the last 3 years supporting a DoD or Intelligence Community customer
• Proven track record of interfacing and briefing government customers at all levels.
• Extensive experience with Agile development methodologies (SAFe, Scrum).
• Expertise in migrating applications to cloud architectures.
• Demonstrated proficiency in code design and implementation, and proficiency.
• Familiarity with AWS, Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Docker technologies.
• API development and management.

Certifications: Active DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II certification, Agile certification such as Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework, or Agile Certified Practitioner, Project Management Professions
Clearance: Current CI polygraph test
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $126610 - $215270
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Intelligence & Security (I&S), based in McLean, Virginia, designs and delivers advanced defense, intelligence, and security solutions that support the important missions of our customers. Our pride and dedication shows in everything we do-from intelligence analysis, cyber operations and IT expertise to systems development, systems integration, and operations and maintenance services. Knowing that our work enables the U.S. military and government to recognize, manage and defeat threats inspires us to push ourselves and our technologies to new levels. At BAE Systems, we celebrate the array of skills, experiences, and perspectives our employees bring to the table. For us, differences are a source of strength. We're laser-focused on high performance, and we work hard every day to nurture an inclusive culture where all employees can innovate and thrive. Here, you will not only build your career, but you will also enjoy work-life balance, uncover new experiences, and collaborate with passionate colleagues.