Job Description

The Sr. Solution Architect produces architecture blueprints and roadmaps to enable business outcomes for specific problems of high priority and complexity within assigned business organizations. The Solution Architect ensures solutions align to Enterprise Architecture strategies, principles, policies, standards, patterns, and guidelines across business, data, applications, and infrastructure architecture layers. You will collaborate with business area leadership, architects, and SMEs within the assigned business organizations, as well as IT leadership, and the respective PMO to build support. You will also acts as a consultant on a wide array of business, information, and technical solutions to drive business outcomes. The Solution Architect stays current on applicable technologies as well as business, EA, and IT strategies.

As SNC\'s corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications. Learn more about SNC\'s Corporate team

This role is open to a hybrid schedule or 100% remote work in most states

Responsibilities:

• As indicated above, plus:

• Coordinate with associates in the Solution Architect role to build skills relevant to the role, review architect output, and ensure alignment to Enterprise Architecture output,
• Run compliance assessments to determine alignment with Architecture (EA and SA) strategies and standards
• Present architecture recommendations, compliance reports, and suggested mitigation plans to the Architecture Review Board (ARB)
• Contribute to development of standards & guidelines associated with the supported business organizations
• Stay current with business strategies and applicable technologies to inform solutions.
• Maintain architecture artifacts in EA repositories
• Lead selection of solution building blocks, often through Analysis of Alternatives
• Conduct proof-of-concepts as needed to validate recommendations and learn potential solutions

Must-haves:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in a related field with at least 10 or more years of relevant experience

• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Extensive experience with enterprise architecture, capability planning, and alignment of IT to corporate and BU strategy
• Experience with drafting reference architecture
• Experience designing, developing, and integrating applications
• Vendor management experience
• Experience deploying and operating IT infrastructure, Azure, and/or AWS services
• Experience in public, private internal, hybrid, and/or multi-cloud environments
• Strong working knowledge of LAN, WAN, and SDWAN concepts, architectures and configurations

Preferred:

• Familiar with service designing and pricing of cloud-based solutions
• Automation, orchestration, and/or DevOps experience
• Creating architecture models, designs, standards, and monitoring and identifying leading technology trends
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and develop abstract representations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, highly professional, diplomatic, demonstrated executive-level presence, outstanding stewardship, and relationship building skills
• Track record for remaining unbiased toward any specific technology or vendor; and being more interested in results than personal preferences
• Cloud Solutions Architect Professional level certifications in AWS and/or Azure
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure GovCloud and CMMC compliance
• Experience and working knowledge of Big Data concepts and technologies in the cloud including Data Engineering, Data Wrangling, EDW, ETL/ELT, etc\xe2\x80\xa6
• Familiarity with Analysis of Alternatives (AoA)
• Architecting enterprise systems such as PLM, MES, CRM, and ERP
• Designing, developing, and integrating applications
• Strong analytical skills, understanding data, information, and content
• Understanding of business organization, politics and culture, and analyzing competitive situations
• Experience with drafting reference architectures
• Positive and proactive style with excellent communication skills
• Innovating and thinking creatively
• Ability to develop and institutionalize an enterprise perspective
• Experience using foresight to anticipate solutions and risks and building consensus
• Facilitating diverse groups
• Demonstrated applicability of technology to the business
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance may be required

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America\xe2\x80\x99s fastest-growing companies.

Estimated Starting Salary: $126,031.74 - $173,293.65

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SNC offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.

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