Cloud Architect

at  Raytheon

Onsite
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.
This position is CONTINGENT upon funding, an open position, customer approval, completion of a favorable background investigation, and successful TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance crossover.
Raytheon Technologies is seeking a Cloud Architect to work in a dynamic, high-profile office located in Northern, VA. The Cloud Architect will be responsible for assisting in the development and management of the cloud architecture within the client space and may be required to provide guidance to program-level software architects. This person will also serve as a direct interface to the client during important reviews, briefings, and technical exchange/demos. The communication and collaboration with the customer as well as with other engineering disciplines is required to ensure the application architectures support the client program’s needs. The Cloud Architect will lead the analysis of issues that directly affect the system architecture. The successful candidate will have a systems level approach to resolving complex programs and the ability to convince leadership that the proposed solution is best for the mission (including program cost and schedule as well as the technical solution). The individual will work with client executives in the development of CONOPS for new systems, providing strategic input and planning for applications architecture and design. He/She will assist in the tracking of key roadmaps and deliverables.
Required Skills:
Minimum of 11 years of software development experience
Prior experience as a cloud architect
Strong understanding of architecture design principles and governance
Prior experience developing requirements, defining system interfaces, and supporting system level integration
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
Experience with software architecture tools and techniques
Experience with a variety of messaging and communication protocols
Ability to create an architectural vision, communicate the vision, and map out a plan to execute towards the vision
Strong written, verbal and 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 and DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines
Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate the customer, all levels of management and with individual contributors on the program team
Ability to work across disciplines to find balanced approaches to technical issues
Deep technical knowledge of the IT Development stack and DEVOPS Pipeline for key production systems running on the client infrastructure
Expertise in the client’s security accreditation process
Experience supporting global mission systems
Desired Skills:
Prior experience architecting, designing, developing, and testing data management systems
Prior experience porting existing software to new platforms and architectures
Experience with Agile Development Methodologies
Required Education and Certifications:
Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Mathematics or STEM related field.
AWS DevOps Certification
AWS Developer Certification
AWS Solutions Architect Certification
Scrum Master Certification
Languages, Tools, Methodologies, Applications include:
Angular, BitBucket, GITHub, Junit, RedHat, Ansible Tower, C/C++, Gradle, Linux, SecDevOps, API, CloudWatch, Hibernete, Maven, SpringMVCC, Artifactory, CSS, HTML, Mongo, Swagger, AWS Suite, Eclipse, Java, Node.js, TomCat, Azure, ELK Stack, JavaScript, Powershell, Unix, Bash, GIT, Jenkins, Python, VMWare