Integrated Digital Environment Architect at Northrop Grumman in Falls Church, Virginia

Job Description:

Northrop Grumman Enterprise Services (ES),Next Gen Technologies, is seeking an Integrated Digital Environment Architect. This position will co-lead the definition & execution of the Integrated Digital Environment strategy for the Next Gen Digital Engineering organization within Northrop Grumman. The successful candidate will aid to define the enterprise digital roadmap, strategy and architecture to enable execution of program and customer requirements in defining their product and digital thread/twin responsibilities. The selected candidate will also translate concepts, develop transformational strategies, implement change, and create & drive responsiveness to business requirements. A critical element of the role will be to synchronize enterprise and sector digital product strategies and design. This position will report to the Director, Digital Engineering under Next Gen Technologies.

Position Summary
• Lead the creation of architectures and roadmaps for a fully functionalized Integrated Digital Environment. This is aligned with business functional organizations, and focused on enabling outcomes of the business - cost reduction, efficiencies, speed to market, reuse & application tool simplification across the product domains.
• Drive strategy and execution toward a common set of tools across all sectors centered on a Integrated Digital Environment strategy to manage the Authoritative Sources of Truth (ASoT) across the enterprise for product definition, attributes, data structure, and data content.
• Drive the prioritization, budgeting, and resource planning of IT work to support Next Gen Digital Engineering business objectives and key initiatives for sectors and programs.
• Drive global deployment and adoption of information technology solutions across Northrop Grumman. Maximize the alignment of Enterprise Services with Sector operating models, strategies, and investments as well as with the new Digital Transformation Office.
• Collaborate and coordinate with enterprise digital transformation office, sector, industry and supplier councils in developing methodologies and standards in achieving product definition and development innovation. The roadmaps and strategy will ultimately integrate and synchronize corporate and sector digital product strategies and design.
• Be responsible for improving IT operational excellence and controlling costs for the Product Line services and functions globally. Monitor customer satisfaction levels with service delivery and engage resources to assist as required to meet and exceed service level objectives.
• Demonstrate the highest levels of leadership integrity, openness, compliance and honesty in all business interactions
• Define/recommend the operational models needed align the business and their products with digital engineering.
Additional Responsibilities/Duties include:
• Expand the IDE technical vision and leading the technological development.
• Directs IDE technologies strategic roadmap, development and future growth.
• Participate in management decisions about corporate governance.
• Oversees current technology and governance to create relevant policy.
• Maintain current information about technology standards and compliance regulations.
• Identify technology opportunities and risks for the business.
• Monitor technology and social trends that could impact the company.
• Provide leadership to IDE stakeholders in a fashion that supports the company's culture, mission and values.
• Works in a consultative fashion with other department heads, such as advanced development, production and operations as an advisor of technologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Conducts research and case studies on leading edge technologies, alignment and assessment on implementation probability.
• Supports business acquisition Proposal assessing Digital Product Lifecycle execution and risk
• Communicate the company's technology strategy to partners, management, industry and employees.



Qualifications:




Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree, or related technical discipline, and 20 years of applicable experience. 18 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree; 6 years with a PhD.
• Experience developing and deploying architectures to support integrated development environments (IDE), product lifecycle management (PLM), and computer aided design (CAD), computer aided manufacturing (CAM), computer based engineering (CAE), and model based engineering (MBE).
• Proven Ability to provide strategic direction regarding our Information Technology products, processes, applications, and technology.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects, budgets and schedules.
• Experience with developing proposals and project statements of work for external bid and competitive differentiation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize, plan, and execute work tasks in a rapidly changing, fast-paced environment while maintaining high quality results.
• Demonstrated ability to pro-actively identify issues and solutions to those issues, and drive issues rapidly to closure.
• Prior experience with identifying systemic technical and service delivery challenges affecting the service delivery; engage constructively to identify solutions.
•The ability to obtain and maintain an Active DOD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance or SAP/SAR program clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of product development, in product design, engineering, manufacturing engineering, production quality, procurement and support.


Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.