Date Posted:
2026-09-04
Country:
United States of America
Location:
US-CT-REMOTE
Position Role Type:
Remote
U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Security Clearance Type:
None/Not Required
Security Clearance Status:
Not Required
We have an exciting remote opportunity for a Senior Enterprise Architect, Military Engines.
What You Will Do:
Enterprise Strategy & Target-State Architecture
- Own and develop enterprise strategy, enterprise-level target-state architectures, and create multi-year (3-5 year) modernization roadmaps across applications, data/analytics, integration/API, cloud/platform, and business architecture domains.
- Translate functional and business strategies into operational architecture plans for major enterprise platforms (ERP, CRM, PLM, MES, Contract Lifecycle Management, Customer Data Platform, and related systems).
- Guide cross-functional transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with long-term enterprise technology direction.
Architecture Methodologies, Governance & Standards
- Define, enhance, and implement enterprise architecture methodologies, standards, and patterns-driving consistency, interoperability, system resilience, and effective lifecycle management.
- Contribute to Architecture Review Board (ARB) processes, including governance for technology selection, API standards, cloud patterns, domain models, and architectural compliance.
API-First, Event-Driven & Modern Architecture Patterns
- Architect and promote adoption of API-first, event-driven, and cloud-native patterns across the enterprise to improve interoperability, capability reuse, integration velocity, and system robustness.
- Define integration frameworks that support secure, scalable, and high-throughput digital ecosystems.
Enterprise Data Architecture & Semantic/Ontology Development
- Support enterprise data architecture strategy including the development and use of ontologies, semantic models, knowledge graphs, and standardized data structures. These enhance data interoperability, lineage clarity, analytics readiness, and AI-enablement across P&W.
Leadership, Mentorship & Community of Practice Development
- Mentor architects, strengthening architectural capability and advancing architecture maturity across the organization.
- Build and lead communities of practice, reinforcing shared learning, modern patterns adoption, and cross-team architectural alignment.
- Champion product-centric and platform engineering operating models that increase digital delivery velocity and overall architecture quality.
Cross-Functional Problem Solving
- Solve undefined and complex enterprise-wide architecture challenges spanning legacy and modern ecosystems-leveraging investigation, root-cause analysis, and multi-dimensional tradeoff evaluation (security, performance, cost, technical debt, risk, and business outcomes).
Executive Communication & Influence
- Brief and advise executive leadership on architecture decisions, investment options, risks, standards, and transformation strategies using clear, business-oriented communication.
Qualifications You Must Have:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Systems and 10+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years as a senior solution architect or enterprise architect; OR advanced degree with 7+ years as a senior solution architect or enterprise architect.
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture thought leadership.
- Demonstrated experience creating long-term enterprise architecture roadmaps and leading large-scale digital transformation programs.
- Knowledge of digital engineering as modern model-based technologies such as model-based systems engineering (MBSE), or model-based design (MBD), model-based definition, manufacturing and inspection (MBDMI), model-based services and MRO.
- Experience implementing global architecture processes, governance, and standards.
- Deep expertise with modern architecture frameworks, cloud-native designs, and product-aligned delivery and operating models.
- Strong experience in API governance, integration design patterns, and enterprise interoperability.
- Ability to provide strategic technical leadership and lead by influence the creation of long-term strategies (e.g., more than 3 years) roadmaps in a virtual environment.
- Possess exceptional written and oral communication skills, can develop clear, concise, and logically written business communications, as well as deliver recommendations.
Qualifications We Prefer:
- Demonstrated effectiveness working in a complex, service-intensive, deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to build strong relationships to leverage information and insights across key groups.
- Strong personal leadership, organizational, relationship-building, and negotiation skills.
- Outstanding formal and informal presentation skills.
- Knowledge and experience working in Agile teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in API strategy and governance, including understanding of API architectural patterns, ability to define API standards and integration frameworks across the enterprise, and skill in articulating their benefits for business capability reuse, system interoperability, and data exchange optimization.
- Self-starter with self-confidence, enthusiasm, and strong customer service orientation.
Learn More & Apply Now:
What is my role type?
In addition to transforming the future of flight, we are also transforming how and where we work. We've introduced role types to help you understand how you will operate in our blended work environment.
This role is:
Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.
Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee's personal responsibility.
* This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a secure hiring process, candidates may be asked to attend select steps of the interview process in-person at one of our office locations, regardless of whether the role is designated as on-site, hybrid or remote.
The salary range for this role is 132,400 USD - 251,600 USD. The salary range provided is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels. RTX considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, location, education/training, and key skills.
Hired applicants may be eligible for benefits, including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, flexible work schedules, employee assistance program, Employee Scholar Program, parental leave, paid time off, and holidays. Specific benefits are dependent upon the specific business unit as well as whether or not the position is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement.
Hired applicants may be eligible for annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs depending on the level of the position and whether or not it is covered by a collective-bargaining agreement. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and are dependent upon a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual performance, business unit performance, and/or the company's performance.
This role is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.
RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.
