Senior Software Architect

Job Description

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The Boeing Company is currently seeking a Senior Health Management Software Architect to support our Government Training and Health Management Software Engineering team located in Hazelwood, MO, Oklahoma City, OK, Plano, TX or Ridley Park, PA. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Global Services (BGS) business organization.

This role will spearhead the strategic and technical direction for health management and data analytics solutions across the organization. The Senior Software Architect will drive innovation and ensure alignment between divergent program technical requirements to create a cohesive software solution that can be leveraged for future product lines.

The field of predictive analytics is rapidly evolving, and we aim to transition the existing product lines from reactive to proactive health management. This requires an integrated vision that thoughtfully deprecates and converges disparate health management solutions into a unified product line that can be composed to service current and next-generation military platforms.

In this role, the software architect will be responsible for outlining the technical strategy for a software platform supporting a portfolio generating over $20 million in annual revenue and projecting significant growth. This portfolio spans a diverse suite of existing and next-generation military platforms, including the F-47, T-7A, F-15, F/A-18, V-22, CH-47, AH-47, MH-139, P-8, AWACS, KC-46, and next-generation platforms.

This position will work closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers, including Government Training Engineering (GTE) and Information Technology & Data Science (IT&DS), through a culture of deep collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Position Responsibilities:

• Software Platform Design: Oversee the design, architecture, and development of a data integration and analytics platform to provide a common environment that enables Boeing and its partners to manage, analyze, and derive insights from large and complex platform datasets.
• Strategic Alignment: Ensure the software architecture aligns with Engineering Test & Technology (ET&T) software objectives and integrates seamlessly with the BGS Government solutions.
• Technology Solution Identification: Assess technology solutions for data integration (ETL capabilities e.g. Apache Airflow), data storage (PostgreSQL, Neo4j, Amazon S3), big data processing (Apache Spark), data analytics & machine learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.), data visualization (Apache Superset), containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), and software web development solutions (Angular, TypeScript, Python, RESTful APIs, etc.).
• Compliance and Regulatory Oversight: Ensure software solutions and data governance policies comply with relevant regulations and standards including ITAR/EAR, CUI, and data classification restrictions.
• Software Design Practice Implementation: Lead the development, establishment, monitoring and improvement of software processes, architectural documentation, tool selecting, and key performance metrics to support high quality, repeatable, and understandable software system design.
• Technical Debt Management: Actively seek approaches to reduce technical debt and reduce future debt creation.
• Stakeholder Coordination: Partner with software engineering leadership, Information Technology, Software Quality Assurance (SQE), and business counterparts to ensure software solutions meet business needs, quality standards, and information security requirements.
• New Business Opportunity Creation: Assess and refine the software technical roadmap in the context of developing solutions to new customer needs and emerging business opportunities for the business unit by ensuring all technical decisions are aligned to the long-range business plan
• Continuous Research: Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to inform architectural decisions and drive innovation.
• Mentorship & Team Building: Mentor early-career engineers and guide the development of skills within the team, fostering a culture of openness, innovation, and technical excellence

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):

• 10+ years of experience developing software solutions for enterprise-level data and analytics in multiple programming languages and frameworks
• 5+ years of technical leadership experience
• 5+ years of knowledge of software programming languages, databases, the ability to apply to the software domain and architecture frameworks
• 5+ years of experience developing solutions within cloud frameworks including Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science
• Experience and knowledge overseeing a comprehensive end-to-end development and operation architecture for data analytics solutions
• Experience working in the military and defense domain including working with ITAR, EAR, and sensitive data ensuring compliance with regulations
• Experience developing and/or leading AI based solutions for analytic products including solutions leveraging generative AI
• Experience developing predictive health management solutions for military and defense customers

Travel: 10%

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

CodeVue Challenge:

To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range Oklahoma City, OK: $145,350 - $196,650

Summary Pay Range Hazelwood, MO: $156,400 - $211,600

Summary Pay Range Plano, TX & Ridley Park, PA: $167,450 - $226,550

Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 30, 2025

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.15 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.