Digital Program Architect, Hybrid Role (AZ, TX, or CO)

Digital Program Architect (Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy) Location: Hybrid – Aurora, CO; Tucson, AZ; McKinney, TX Security Clearance: Active U.S. Top Secret clearance required. U.S. citizenship required. What You Will Do Assess where digital technology (DT) capabilities and emerging technologies can be applied to capture efforts to increase the likelihood our solutions will be selected. Develop DT pursuit strategies and provide technical leadership across multiple capture efforts. Develop architectures and solutions, conveying these architectures and their benefits in a compelling way in formal proposals to end customers. Collaborate with business capture teams to develop concepts for communications, computing environments, and embedded tactical networked systems across a wide variety of platforms and environments. Serve as a pursuit author or technical volume lead as appropriate. Develop technology roadmaps for the strategic business unit (SBU). Create and leverage end customer relationships. Influence peers to create cross-company solutions in support of company growth. Leverage corporate DT secure architecture solutions for collaborative networks both domestically and internationally, including import/export and ITAR/EAR solutions. Qualifications You Must Have Typically requires a university degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and a minimum of 7 years' experience. Experience in system architecture and engaging customers to develop systems design (including architecture, CONOPs, and deployment options) for both classified and unclassified processing and communications systems. Experience in capture and pursuit efforts, including proposal and white paper development. Active and transferable U.S. government issued Top Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. Qualifications We Prefer Strong technical skills across multiple disciplines, including architecture development, cloud enabling technologies (virtualization, automation, scripting), compute, storage, networking, encryption, cybersecurity, etc. Experience leading a multi-disciplined team of DT professionals. Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate the customer, all levels of management, and with individual contributors on the program team. Customer-facing DT architecture or pre‑sales engineering experience, preferably supporting DT or defense-related technology or service solutions. Innovative and strategic approach to problem solving. Strong written, verbal, and executive-level presentation skills; ability to decompose, document, and communicate architecture rationale, approach, design, and governance. Possess an understanding of Digital Engineering principles including Model Based System Engineering, DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines, and Agile Development Methodologies. Experience supporting DoD projects and/or startup company environments. Benefits & Compensation Salary range: $132,400 – $251,600 USD. Eligible benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short‑term disability, long‑term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, work schedule flexibility, employee assistance program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent on the business unit and may be covered by a collective‑bargaining agreement. Equal Opportunity Employer RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. #J-18808-Ljbffr