Senior Enterprise AI Architect – Cloud & Governance

Spirit AeroSystems; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 122,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Union position

Drug Free Workplace

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in Kansas is seeking an Enterprise IT Architect for Corporate Aerospace to define and govern the enterprise IT landscape across aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight operations.

You will drive multi-year roadmaps, technical standards, and AI governance to improve reliability and security of mission-critical systems. The role requires 10+ years in IT with leadership in AI/enterprise architecture, strong AWS/Azure expertise, and experience in risk

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in Enterprise/Solution/AI Architecture or IT leadership.
• 5+ years in AI governance, risk management, algorithmic auditing, or data science compliance.
• Experience developing enterprise AI strategies, roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Strong Generative AI, ML, Responsible AI, and AI governance knowledge.
• Experience with NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP Top 10.
• Proven ability to conduct AI threat/risk assessments and make risk-based go/no-go decisions.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure architecture experience, including AI/ML services.
• Secure architecture knowledge across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Experience integrating AI into enterprise ecosystems and ERP, PLM, MES, or cybersecurity platforms.
• Ability to assess model training data, explainability, automated decision paths, security, scalability, compliance, and cost.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of DevOps, MLOps, and DevSecOps

Responsibilities

• Identifying risk, cost, schedule, and support constraints: The Jobholder must identify and evaluate these elements in order to inform the Business of options and provide a recommendation.
• Knowledge of software development processes and technical skills: Solution Architects must know the DevOps and DevSecOps best practices for guidance in the addition to new and existing technologies.
• Communication with stakeholders such as application and system owners, leadership stakeholders, partners and vendors. The Jobholder must convey technical language to other stakeholders often in non-technical terms.
• Organizational and time management skills in order to ensure Architecture deliverables are on schedule and complete.
• Broad knowledge of Business systems, applications, hardware and software.
• Understanding of technical processes and how they might map to Business processes.

Skills

AI governance

Generative AI

AWS/Azure architecture

DevSecOps

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cloud & on-prem architecture

AI risk assessment

Security & compliance

Enterprise IT strategy

Job description

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in Kansas is seeking an Enterprise IT Architect for Corporate Aerospace to define and govern the enterprise IT landscape across aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight operations.

You will drive multi-year roadmaps, technical standards, and AI governance to improve reliability and security of mission-critical systems. The role requires 10+ years in IT with leadership in AI/enterprise architecture, strong AWS/Azure expertise, and experience in risk