Senior Enterprise Architect

The Boeing Company; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. in Wichita, Kansas is seeking an Enterprise Architect (IT) to define and govern the enterprise IT landscape, aligning business strategy with technology solutions across aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight operations.

The role emphasizes developing debt resolution, legacy rationalization, multi-year roadmaps, and standards to drive digital transformation while ensuring security and reliability of mission-critical systems.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify risk, cost, schedule, and support constraints and advise options.
• Communicate with stakeholders such as owners, leadership, partners and vendors.
• Ensure architecture deliverables are on schedule and complete.
• Demonstrate broad knowledge of business systems, applications, hardware and software.
• Map technical processes to business processes.

Skills

IT leadership

Enterprise Architecture

AI governance

Generative AI

ML

MITRE ATLAS

OWASP Top 10

DevOps

DevSecOps

Stakeholder comms

Job description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units(“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

The Enterprise Architect (IT) for Corporate Aerospace is a strategic role responsible for defining and governing the enterprise-wide IT landscape. This position acts as the crucial link between business strategy, especially as it relates to complex aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight operations, and the technology solutions that support it. The architect will develop Technical Debt resolution, legacy Application rationalization plans, multi-year IT roadmap, and technical standards to drive digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and ensure system reliability and security across all corporate and mission-critical IT functions.

Position 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.
• Communicationwith 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 ensureArchitecture deliverables are on schedule and complete.
• Broad knowledge ofBusiness systems, applications, hardware and software.
• Understanding of technical processes and how they might map to Business processes.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 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/r