Chief Architect

Core Responsibilities Architecture Ownership & Governance

• 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

As a fully owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, BI&A offers an optimal mix of a small company environment with exceptional opportunities supported by a large corporation.

Every day, Boeing Intelligence & Analytics supports global missions by building and delivering intelligence, analytics, and cyber solutions that enable users to advance national security. From hardware and software engineering solutions to analytics that keep this nation safe, we create value that meets users’ needs. With vibrant partnerships and innovative approaches, we serve the Intelligence Community through innovation and vision. We have provided our customers with the tools needed to counter evolve global and cyber threats, and to improve wartime decision-making.

• Our talented employees bring software development, systems engineering, and advanced analytics expertise.
• We offer numerous prime contract opportunities with customers headquartered in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as subcontract opportunities that align with our areas of focus and additional opportunities nationwide through our parent company.
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