Director, Architecture & Data - Remote Data Fabric Leader

GE Aerospace; Montpelier (VT); Remote; USD 152,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace seeks a Director of Architecture & Data to lead enterprise architecture, governance, and the Defense & Systems Data Fabric initiative. You will coordinate with product, security, and AI teams to provide a trusted data foundation for flight systems.

You will mentor a matrixed team of architects, engineers, and product managers, ensuring TOGAF/Zachman, NIST RMF, and RMF/ATO compliance while advancing safety, quality, and cost efficiency across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with significant experience in enterprise architecture.
• Minimum 5 years in Enterprise Architecture & Data Management or IT.
• Minimum 3 years leading technical teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US SECRET security clearance.
• Defense, aerospace, or regulated environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Architecture & Data team with clear role clarity and standard work for each seat.
• Own the team’s performance and culture, fostering ownership and continuous improvement.
• Identify and remove obstacles in a matrixed delivery environment.
• Own the architecture governance model: reference patterns, standards, and decision processes.
• Set unified architecture and AI standards (TOGAF/Zachman, NIST RMF) and advise investments.
• Maintain a single enterprise capability map to integrate AI into the stack.
• Set data architecture and modeling standards around business domains and data quality.
• Deliver the Defense & Systems Data Fabric and supervise Data Fabric engineers.
• Ensure data foundation with canonical ontology, catalog, and governed data products.
• Manage ATG, TRL/CRL, FLIGHT DECK, RMF as a cohesive reference pattern set.
• Incorporate security and authorization into architecture (ATB/ATO) in collaboration with Cyber Security and RMF teams.
• Coordinate with Infrastructure & Platform to align environments with architectural guardrails.
• Charter enterprise architects with forum responsibilities above business units.
• Represent Architecture & Data in Tech Ops cadence (WOR/MOR) and align baselines.

Skills

Team leadership

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

AI governance

TOGAF/Zachman

RMF compliance

Data Fabric

Security coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Security clearance

Job description

GE Aerospace seeks a Director of Architecture & Data to lead enterprise architecture, governance, and the Defense & Systems Data Fabric initiative. You will coordinate with product, security, and AI teams to provide a trusted data foundation for flight systems.

You will mentor a matrixed team of architects, engineers, and product managers, ensuring TOGAF/Zachman, NIST RMF, and RMF/ATO compliance while advancing safety, quality, and cost efficiency across programs.