Chief Solutions Architect

About the position

BAE Systems is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, creative Chief Solutions Architect to build customer-focused solutions as part of a multi-disciplinary technical products and services team in an agile, fast-paced environment. The qualified candidate will support the development and implementation of technical solutions for a wide range of hardware and software applications to solve contemporary U.S. Air Force problems.

Responsibilities

• Actively participate in Business Winning strategy development and implementation, working with Air & Space Force Business Area Strategy, Business Development, Capture, and Communication personnel to achieve overall business winning goals and strategies.
• Define and communicate (in writing, briefing materials, and verbalizing) shared architectural visions for various product hardware and software 'release trains,' from concept to design to capability delivery.
• Leverage BAE Systems-wide domain subject matter expertise and innovations to meet emerging Customer needs by shaping their strategic thinking, helping them define requirements, developing solutions to their Use Cases, and shaping executable projects to meet their requirements.
• Participate in pursuit planning, product definition, high-level design and exploration of alternatives, and related activities to educate and equip our DoD Customers with cutting-edge capabilities.
• Advocate for related IRAD, tech maturation, and new business fund investments.
• Support and leverage BAE Systems strategic partnerships with a wide range of other technical capability providers (both inside and outside of BAE Systems, Inc.) to bring the most effective, efficient, and attractive solutions possible to current and future customers.
• Collaborate between and across other Sector, Business Area, and parallel Business Unit Chief Architects, business winning, and engineering teams and individual SMEs.
• Identify, document, and manage cost, schedule, and performance risks associated with proposed solutions in coordination with business winning, program management, engineering, and leadership teams.
• Operate within and in accordance with the BAE Systems Core Values and Life Cycle Management (LCM) framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field of study.
• Minimum 12 years of experience developing, integrating, and/or fielding hardware and/or software technologies aligned to Department of Defense strategic and/or space-based systems.
• Extensive experience working with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to capture and document requirements and Use Cases; establish high-level Solution Contexts; and then create and communicate solution concepts, models, demonstrations, and related documentation.
• Demonstrated communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams, multi-disciplinary subject matter experts, and business leaders to understand and apply their various capabilities to Strategic Systems solutioning.
• Ability to coordinate with Program Management and key stakeholders on solutioning progress, budget, release strategy, and execution readiness.
• Ability to identify, assess, and work with traditional and non-traditional capability suppliers (large and small) to integrate their technologies into solutions to meet customer requirements.
• Experience developing and deploying data analytics capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Active Top Secret DOD security clearance.
• Experience successfully developing and deploying digital application capabilities in container-based development and orchestration services such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience developing and deploying data analytics capabilities that use Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning models (i.e., Large Language Models).
• Experience developing and deploying scalable micro-services.
• Experience with delivery of services on AWS or other cloud service provider or hybrid environments, including fielding cross-domain solutions.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Disability coverage.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Legal plan.
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid military leave.
• Paid bereavement leave.
• Federal and state sick leave.
• Company recognition program.