Senior Principal Systems Architect – TS/SCI Cloud & Mission

Prattwhitney; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Three weeks of vacation

401(k) plan with employer matching

Relocation assistance may be provided

Job summary

Collins Aerospace seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership as Lead Systems Engineer/Chief Architect for the AF DCGS High Band Mission Applications Software Sustainment and Development program in Aurora, CO.

You will direct enterprise systems engineering, end-to-end mission data flows, cloud deployment patterns, security controls, and cross-team coordination with software, cyber, DevSecOps, test, and data engineering groups.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in systems engineering: requirements, architecture, interfaces, integration, verification.
• Lead Systems Engineer, Architect, or technical lead for distributed or cloud native systems.
• Coordinate across complex engineering disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Strong understanding of interface, configuration management, and secure by design principles.
• Experience with cloud based or distributed systems, containerization, orchestration, and related technologies.
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics and 10 years of experience, orAdvanced degree and 7 years of experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical roadmap for the program, aligning software, cyber, DevSecOps, and data engineering teams.
• Oversee requirements decomposition, traceability, and validation of end-to-end systems.
• Guide verification strategies, test procedures, and automated tests.
• Resolve interface issues and lead interface control working groups.
• Ensure cybersecurity and mission assurance requirements are met.
• Mentor systems engineers and solution architects to grow SE capabilities.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Security by design

Cloud/distributed systems

STEM degree

Education

STEM degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Managed cloud services

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools

Job description

Collins Aerospace seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer to provide technical leadership as Lead Systems Engineer/Chief Architect for the AF DCGS High Band Mission Applications Software Sustainment and Development program in Aurora, CO.

You will direct enterprise systems engineering, end-to-end mission data flows, cloud deployment patterns, security controls, and cross-team coordination with software, cyber, DevSecOps, test, and data engineering groups.