Architecture Operations and Enablement Lead
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Corporate Sector Chief Information & Digital Office (CIDO) is seeking a Staff Computer Systems Architect to serve as the Architecture Operations and Enablement Lead within the Strategy & Architecture team of the Governance & Strategy organization. The role establishes and operates the enterprise architecture function’s operating model, supporting architecture governance, review coordination, methods, standards lifecycle, metrics, communications, intake, onboarding, and knowledge enablement. The lead helps the architecture team operate as a coherent practice by creating repeatable ways of working, improving visibility into architecture work, and enabling governance, decision support, accountability, and practice-health processes. The role supports the Head of Strategy & Architecture and domain leads in maintaining an effective, disciplined, and scalable architecture operating model. The position is available as a virtual telecommuter, but the incumbent must live within 90 miles of a major Northrop Grumman location for ad hoc onsite meetings. Travel is 10% of the time. Relocation assistance is not available. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or a related technical discipline and 12+ years of relevant experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with 10+ years or a Ph.D. with 8+ years.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret-level security clearance as a condition of continued employment.
- Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture governance, architecture operations, technical program coordination, practice enablement, or a closely related discipline.
- Experience defining or operating repeatable processes, workflows, standards discipline, review boards, or operating cadences in a technical organization.
- Experience working across multiple stakeholders, teams, or technical domains to improve coordination and execution.
- Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to translate architectural intent into practical methods, routines, templates, measures, and governance mechanisms.
- Experience using metrics, reporting, or operational dashboards to improve technical or organizational performance.
- Knowledge of architecture frameworks such as TOGAF ADM, DoDAF/UAF, Zachman, or equivalent.
- Awareness and understanding of DevSecOps.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting or maturing an architecture practice, chief engineer organization, engineering governance function, or comparable technical center of excellence.
- Experience in defense, aerospace, federal, or other regulated environments.
- Experience supporting design reviews, technical review boards, standards lifecycle processes, or architecture repositories.
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture methods, systems engineering governance, or software delivery governance practices.
- Experience creating training, onboarding, communications, or knowledge-management approaches for technical communities.
- Ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leaders.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Architecture Operations and Enablement Lead for the enterprise architecture function.
- Define and maintain architecture governance processes, review workflows, decision tracking, and operating cadences.
- Coordinate architecture intake, review scheduling, action tracking, communications, and follow-through across architecture forums and working sessions.
- Develop and maintain architecture methods, templates, standards governance processes, and repository discipline for architecture artifacts.
- Define, implement, and track architecture practice metrics and dashboards, including measures of review throughput, standards adoption, decision closure, artifact quality, and practice health.
- Partner with architecture leads to improve consistency in how architecture work is initiated, reviewed, governed, and communicated.
- Support architecture onboarding, training, community-of-practice activities, and knowledge transfer across enterprise, business capability, solution, and system architects.
- Identify process friction, governance bottlenecks, and operating-model gaps, and recommend improvements that increase clarity, speed, and effectiveness.
- Lead or participate in architecture governance boards, methods reviews, standards lifecycle activities, and cross-functional planning sessions.
- Coordinate and provide operational support for executive-facing architecture reporting, status visibility, and presentation readiness.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Learning opportunities
- Friendly team environment
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- 9/80 work schedule option
- 401(k) matching program
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
