Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a global aerospace and defense company developing technologies for air, cyber, land, sea and space missions. Its work includes military and satellite communications, microelectronics manufacturing and other advanced systems designed to address complex challenges across the defense sector. The company supports careers for professionals at different stages, including veterans and entry-level candidates, while also pursuing sustainability initiatives.

Senior Business Capability Architect, Mission Focused

Shape architecture and roadmaps for Northrop Grumman’s aerospace and defense mission capabilities. Connect product development, support, and manufacturing operations with enterprise transformation priorities.

Description

  • Lead current and target architecture for mission capabilities across product development, product support, and manufacturing management.
  • Create roadmaps covering platforms, workflows, data exchanges, operating processes, and modernization efforts.
  • Work with business, engineering, manufacturing, technology, security, infrastructure, data, and delivery teams.
  • Turn enterprise architecture direction into capability priorities, sequencing, and transformation guidance.
  • Maintain architecture across mission-focused enterprise capabilities.
  • Build roadmaps that coordinate multiple systems, services, products, and initiatives.
  • Adapt enterprise standards, architecture methods, and target-state plans into guidance for specific capabilities.
  • Map dependencies, sequencing, reuse options, and trade-offs across engineering, product data, support, manufacturing, and operational technology environments.
  • Help solution and delivery teams align with the intended target state.
  • Inform enterprise decisions on capability outcomes, processes, data dependencies, integration, and operating models.
  • Raise standards conflicts, investment choices, and cross-capability concerns with architecture leaders.
  • Share reusable patterns, lessons, and roadmap updates with the wider architecture practice.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, business, or a related field with 12 or more years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 10 or more years, or a PhD with 8 or more years.
  • Ability to obtain and retain a U.S. Government Secret clearance as a condition of continued employment.
  • Substantial architecture experience in business capabilities, product lifecycle settings, engineering or manufacturing environments, sustainment or support processes, or complex cross-functional portfolios.
  • Ability to work across organizational boundaries and link target-state design to delivery plans and operational results.
  • Experience developing roadmaps, patterns, and architecture guidance across multiple solutions, systems, products, or services.
  • Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence business, engineering, operations, and technology teams.
  • Ability to provide strategic direction and practical architecture guidance across related business capabilities.
  • Experience in regulated, security-conscious, or compliance-driven settings.
  • Knowledge of TOGAF ADM or other architecture frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of the aerospace and defense sector.
  • Background in enterprise, business, domain, or capability architecture.
  • Experience supporting product development, engineering data management, sustainment, service or logistics support, manufacturing operations, production planning, or related mission-oriented processes.
  • Experience in defense, aerospace, federal, or similarly regulated environments.
  • Experience mentoring delivery architects while upholding shared architecture standards.
  • Ability to connect capability planning with operational execution, modernization investment, and end-to-end mission outcomes.
  • Experience working with matrixed teams across engineering, operations, cybersecurity, applications, infrastructure, and analytics.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Work across a range of projects and customers
  • Collaborative team environment
  • Comprehensive benefits and healthcare
  • Health insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company-paid holidays
  • Paid time off for vacation or personal matters
  • Optional 9/80 work schedule
  • 401(k) matching
  • Possible overtime eligibility
  • Possible shift differential eligibility
  • Possible discretionary bonus eligibility

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