Date Posted:2025-09-26Country:United States of AmericaLocation:MA600: Andover, MA 366 Lowell St 366 Lowell Street , Andover, MA, 01810-5423 USAPosition Role Type:HybridU.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required.​ U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearanceSecurity Clearance: DoD Clearance: SecretDigital Enterprise Architect – ApplicationsSenior Manager, Enterprise Architecture &amp; StrategyRaytheon Digital TechnologyDigital Business Solutions – CIO TeamEnterprise Architecture SolutionsHybrid role – mostly remote – 3 US Location regional options (AZ, North Texas, Northeast US MA/NH/RI)At Raytheon, the foundation of everything we do is rooted in our values and a higher calling – to help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression. We bring the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. Our team solves tough, meaningful problems that create a safer, more secure world. Raytheon Digital Technology (DT) is seeking an experienced enterprise architect with applications experience to lead the creation and implementation of modern, secure business and enterprise systems for Raytheon. The Digital Enterprise Architect - Application (“Architect”) is a senior individual contributor in the Enterprise Architecture Solutions organization of the Digital Technology function in Raytheon.The Architect will be a member of a talented Architecture team with expertise in formal architecture practices and a wide range of technical skills across all IT domains.  Candidates for this role should be comfortable operating in all architecture domains (enterprise, business, domain, and solution) to successfully guide the delivery of high value digital products that address critical business needs.You will work closely with high-performing Agile and DevOps teams to architect applications and data-driven solutions to enable key business strategies and objectives.  You will support a portfolio of solutions for several internal functions comprised of SaaS, vendor solutions, and custom solutions with opportunities to work across many internal business functions.  You will also contribute to our internal common software platforms and DevSecOps capabilities.What You Will Do:<ul><li>Guide large enterprise transformations and lead contributions to connect, integrate, and modernize applications.</li><li>Create and drive business and enterprise-level technical architecture roadmaps, evolutions, and transitions</li><li>Drive consistent architecture patterns and practices across multiple teams</li><li>Focus on application portfolio optimization and modernization through process and system transformations.</li><li>Lead technical and design discussions with business teams and executive stakeholders to align on requirements.</li><li>Partner with infrastructure, networking, and cloud teams to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.</li><li>Interact with functional and program teams, corporate service teams, and outsourced providers to guide application deployments and system migrations.</li><li>Develop architecture artifacts associated with all phases of the TOGAF Architecture Development Method using Cameo for formal modeling notations.</li><li>Develop and code reusable patterns, building blocks, and reference implementations to standardize solutions and accelerate delivery.</li><li>Conduct technology assessments, proof-of-concepts, and pilot projects to validate feasibility and demonstrate value proposition to stakeholders.</li><li>Provide technical leadership and guidance to agile development teams, to ensure the intended architecture is realized and best practices and standards are followed.</li><li>Mentor developers and elevate their technical abilities and prepare them to step into the role of a solution architect.</li></ul>What you will Learn:<ul><li>Practice architecting end-to-end solutions and applying formal architecture processes in a collaborative, supportive, and accelerated environment from peers in all domains—infrastructure, AI, data, and applications</li><li>Stay abreast of emerging technologies, standards, and trends in digital architecture, applications, and DevSecOps and recommend innovations that can drive continuous improvement.</li><li>Best practices across Raytheon and RTX to ensure ongoing awareness of objectives, strategies, and solutions across our entire company.</li><li>Hands-on application of automated elite CI/CD deployments of applications in a highly regulated environment.</li><li>How to create reusable building blocks and reference architectures that can be instantiated quickly.</li></ul>Qualifications You Must Have:<ul><li>Typically requires bachelor’s degree and minimum of 10 years of prior relevant experience or a master’s degree and minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience or in lieu of a bachelor’s degree minimum 14 years of prior relevant experience.</li><li>Experience architecting, designing, integrating, and deploying enterprise-grade applications.</li><li>Experience deploying and hosting applications with AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud providers.</li><li>Experience with software engineering, development, and architecting applications.</li><li>The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.</li></ul>Qualifications We Prefer:<ul><li>Strong experience with persuasive oral and written communication skills to technical and executive audiences.</li><li>Strong critical thinking skills, ability to exercise independent judgment and manage complexity and ambiguity.</li><li>Experience leading or working with virtual and geographically diverse teams.</li><li>Experience architecting, deploying, building, and supporting 12-factor application solutions in commercial cloud environments (AWS, Azure)</li><li>Strong expertise with web services, API design, and system integration patterns</li><li>Applied software engineering and software development skills with Java, Spring Boot, Python, Flask, and Angular</li><li>Expertise in RDBMS (e.g., Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases</li><li>Expertise building and evangelizing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD)</li><li>Experience in DevOps tools, such as Jenkins, Jira, Terraform, Blackduck, Artifactory, Maven, Git, Subversion, Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, JUnit, Selenium, Apigee, Kubernetes/ECS/Docker, Splunk, application observability</li><li>Experience working with agile frameworks, methodologies, and tools, such as Scrum, SAFe, etc.</li><li>Experience with troubleshooting full-stack applications, including load balancers, proxies, application servers, Docker/Kubernetes container orchestration platforms, and databases.</li><li>Experience deploying and integrating large-scale software solutions in a highly regulated and secure industry environment through all lifecycle phases, using infrastructure as code and deployment automations, such as Terraform and Ansible.</li><li>Certification in TOGAF, DoDAF or other architecture frameworks or applied experience developing architecture documentation, models, and views using ArchiMate, UML, BPMN, SysML, etc.</li></ul>What We Offer<ul><li>Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.</li></ul><ul><li>Relocation Eligibility - this role is not eligible for relocation as we are looking for job seekers who live a commutable distance to one of the 3 listed major US locations for Raytheon - Tucson, AZ; McKinney/Richardson/Plano TX (North Texas), Andover/Woburn/Marlborough MA Pelham NH, Portsmouth RI (Northeast/New England)</li></ul>Learn More &amp; Apply Now!Role TypeHybrid position – McKinney, TX (North Texas); Tucson, AZ; Andover, MA (Northeast/New England)) areasHybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite.  Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader. Work will be primary remote but will need to meet with teams at major US Raytheon locations in North Texas, Tucson, AZ, or MA/New England.Clearance Information: This position requires the ability to obtain a US DoD Secret security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the security clearance process. More information about Security Clearances can be found on the US Department of State government website here: <a href="https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm" target="_blank">https://www.state.gov/m/ds/clearances/c10978.htm</a> The salary range for this role is 124,000 USD - 250,000 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company’s performance.This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.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. 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