Computer Systems Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Description

BAE Systems is seeking an exceptional, Senior Engineer for an exciting opportunity to support the Air Force's acquisition of Sentinel, the nation’s next generation Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

Why BAE Systems? BAE Systems is the third largest defense contractor in the world known for our exceptional, mission-focused culture.

The 800+ BAE Systems employees and sub-contractors located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are closely aligned to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC).

We support the Center in sustaining the existing LGM-30 Minuteman III (MMIII) weapon system and acquiring its replacement, LGM-35A Sentinel.

We are a uniquely-valued mission partner delivering daily technical excellence and innovative solutions to our government customer.

BAE Systems has earned accolades as a Top Workplace in Utah based on employee feedback for five consecutive years, earning special distinction for providing a healthy work-life balance for our valued employees.

We work very hard to ensure this is a great place to work!

Why Utah? You’ve got to see it to believe it! Utah is an amazing state with diverse geography, an eclectic culture and an exceptional quality of life.

We are located north of Salt Lake City at the foot of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains. The area offers an incredible range of outdoors pursuits across the seasons including hiking, climbing, hunting, fishing, and camping, boating and world-class skiing at resorts that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.

The state is home to five amazing National Parks and an easy drive from two more Teton National Park and Yellowstone, famously, the first national park in the world.

The Salt Lake City area offers a vast array of cultural activities and businesses including multiple professional sports teams.

It is a western states hub for exceptional, cutting-edge medical care with people traveling from across the region for a range of nationally renowned specialty care centers and doctors.

The Salt Lake City International Airport is expanding and offers easy, direct access to just about anywhere you want to fly.

Why SENTINEL? The Sentinel Program is an enormous and highly complex Mega-Project modernizing the entire Minuteman III ICBM weapon system deployed over tens of thousands of square miles across five states.

Without a doubt, Sentinel is one of the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) most important acquisition efforts for the next decade, if not longer.

It includes a complete refurbishment of hundreds of aging ICBM facilities to develop and deploy a newly designed, technologically advanced ballistic missile.

The effort will also provide an entirely new command and control system as well as vast array of required support equipment specifically engineered to operate and sustain the new weapon system over the decades ahead.

The program enjoys broad, bi-partisan support at the national level. It is a long-term project the weapon system will deploy over a nine-year period beginning in approximately 2026, and remain operational through at least 2075.

Sentinel is a career-defining program that will present unique and rewarding opportunities that simply are not available with smaller projects.

Tell me about this job. BAE Systems is seeking an experienced Computer Systems Architect to strategically craft an organizational, procedural, and technological total data integration solution for the Sentinel system.

The position requires knowledge of data architecture and design, as well as experience with engineering design and manufacturing processes.

Successful candidates will possess experience in at least two disciplines : one software / IT related, and one design / engineering related.

Applicants must be willing to propose and prototype well thought out solutions to highly complex and integrated problems.

Candidates are expected to develop skills to do Digital Engineering / Digital Threading of requirements, design, manufacturing, and test data for the Sentinel system.

Generally speaking, the goal is to incorporate unstructured data from traditional engineering artifacts such as pdfs, Word, Excel documents, and CAD drawings, with modern structured data from SQL databases, commercial applications, and real-time data feeds.

The current technical stack includes Siemens TeamCenter for unstructured data, a data integration backbone for interfacing with structured data and application APIs, and a graph database to create a data mesh.

Together, these technologies make up a total data fabric. Successful candidates must be able to work with data stewards and subject matter experts to craft a community and standards-based approach to data governance, data engineering, and data integration.

Applicants must also be able to conceptualize and communicate a metadata ontology for use in the data mesh.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing team within a large defense company known for its extraordinary, positive culture and mission focus.

In this position, you will provide direct support to a national security-critical weapon system throughout engineering development, deployment, and sustainment.

You will help shape the quality and impact of Risk, Issue, and Opportunity processes and deliverables and other Program Management-related products from across the directorate and functional areas;

and you will help educate and equip the government customer to acquire, operate, and maintain an entire weapon system-of-systems.

You will become a trusted mission partner to the innovative, digital engineering-driven Air Force organization that is responsible to design, build, test, transition, and sustain the worlds safest, most secure, and effective land-based nuclear deterrent, on-schedule.

Do not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Pursuant to Government contract, this position requires citizenship status.

Join an extraordinary company culture and the winning team to success this year and for years to come.

ASFS

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

10 years' experience with a Bachelor’s degree or higher in data / software engineering, computer science.

Experience architecting, building, and / or maintaining a data warehouse.

Ability to distill technical specifications from customer requirements.

Self-motivated and works well under minimal supervision.

Communication skills (written or verbal), including the ability to help others understand tools, technologies, and processes used to solve a problem.

Active DoD Secret Security Clearance adjudicated within the last six (6) years and the ability to obtain and maintain any necessary Special Program Access.

The criteria for obtaining Clearance and SAP is set by the US Government.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Experience engineering design or manufacturing.

Coding experience in Python, SQL, and / or C#.

Superior organizational skills and an affinity for detail .

Willingness to recommend solutions to improve new and existing database systems.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range : $103590 - $176130

Please note : This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to : business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Employee Benefits : At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being.

Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered : health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts;

a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance.

Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave.

Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and / or job specifics.