Chief Architect

Boeing Intelligence and Analytics
1d$216,000 - $270,000Hybrid

About The Position

This BI&A PRIME contract is seeking a Chief Architect to join their program. You will help oversee teams of engineers & developers that build and enhance high-visibility, collaborative web application tools used in the day-to-day mission, across the customer enterprise and across the broader Intelligence Community (IC). Your work will enable data to be updated and shared in real-time and will help drive more informed and timely decisions in matters of national security.

Requirements

  • Twenty (20) or more years of experience with web application and/or front-end languages and technologies plus a Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required OR Twenty-five (25) years of development experience may be substituted for candidates without a qualifying bachelor’s degree.
  • Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
  • Experience leading teams well, with the ability to provide guidance to all levels of team systems engineers, developers, and testers, as required.
  • Experience managing multiple teams with numerous technical interfaces to internal and external customers
  • Experience designing and developing key architectures to help integrate web-based UI components with an enterprise backend solution, including the use of cloud technologies
  • Experience leading design of data models and data repository schemas of an existing application to support new data items, develop new data mining, and data ingest processes for new data.
  • Experience testing applications interfacing with REST-based APIs/services.
  • Experience leading software testing and troubleshooting of software issues for SIGINT systems using test-driven development frameworks.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with writing Linux based scripts to facilitate application integration using a one or more appropriate server-side languages (i.e. Shell, Python, etc.)
  • Experience modifying the repository schema of an existing application to support new data items, develop data mining and data ingest processes for new data, and support integration with middle-tier and back-end APIs
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, including executives, customers, and technical teams across different engineering disciplines.
  • Experience working in an Agile software development environment and/or experience using Jira/Confluence are highly desirable
  • Experience building applications for 508 compliance

Responsibilities

  • Define and maintain the system architecture baseline (hardware, software, topology, interfaces, data, security)
  • Approve and adjudicate architectural changes
  • Ensure the implemented solution satisfies all contract technical requirements
  • Safeguard architectural integrity even through cost and schedule pressures
  • Conceptually formulate integrated system solutions that meet operational needs and user requirements
  • Define hardware and software design criteria
  • Identify appropriate COTS, reuse, and modernization components
  • Perform trade studies evaluating performance, cost, schedule, risk, reliability, and security
  • Define interface and interconnect specifications
  • Ensure system-of-systems integration across MPO environments
  • Support verification and test planning for requirements and interfaces
  • Participate in major lifecycle reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.)
  • Plan and execute analyses and modeling to assess performance, availability, reliability, and operational suitability
  • Identify architectural risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation strategies
  • Identify required subject matter expertise, tools, and techniques to meet technical objectives
  • Act as the technical conscience of the program, ensuring solution quality is not compromised
  • Develop and maintain a forward-looking technology roadmap aligned with MPO strategic objectives
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and define transition strategies for modernization
  • Conceptually shape future system enhancements and capability expansions
  • Support technical solution development for follow-on efforts, contract modifications, and growth opportunities
  • Collaborate with business development and capture teams to ensure architectural continuity between current program execution and future solutions
  • Ensure proposed enhancements align with the established architecture baseline and long-term system vision
  • Define and execute a strategic roadmap for AI-enabled engineering transformation within the program
  • Lead responsible integration of Generative AI into systems engineering and software development activities
  • Implement AI-assisted capabilities
  • Requirements analysis and traceability
  • Code generation and review
  • Automated test development
  • Compliance and documentation automation
  • Establish governance and guardrails to ensure AI adoption aligns with MPO policies, federal AI directives, and Zero Trust principles
  • Ensure innovation enhances quality, compliance, and mission effectiveness in a regulated environment
  • Work closely with MPO stakeholders, engineers, managers, and users to ensure risks, issues, and solutions are clearly communicated
  • Partner with the Program Manager and Chief Engineer to align technical execution with customer vision
  • Serve as the senior technical interface for architectural matters
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