Senior Enterprise Architect

Spirit AeroSystems • Wichita, KS

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About The Position

The Enterprise Architect (IT) for Corporate Aerospace is a strategic role responsible for defining and governing the enterprise-wide IT landscape. The position connects business strategy—particularly in aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and flight operations—with the technology solutions that support it. The architect develops technical debt resolution plans, legacy application rationalization plans, multi-year IT roadmaps, and technical standards to support digital transformation, operational efficiency, system reliability, and security across corporate and mission-critical IT functions.

The role involves identifying risks, costs, schedules, and support constraints and recommending options to the business. It requires knowledge of software development processes and DevOps and DevSecOps practices, as well as communication with application and system owners, leadership, partners, and vendors. The architect must translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders, manage architecture deliverables to completion and on schedule, and understand business systems, applications, hardware, software, and the relationship between technical and business processes.

This is a union-represented position at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The position offers a stated summary pay range of $121,900–$186,900. Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs, which generally include health insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work. A Kansas aviation tax credit of up to $5,000 per year for up to five years may be available to eligible employees.

Requirements

• 10 or more years of IT experience, including 5 or more years in Enterprise, Solution, or AI Architecture or IT leadership.
• 5 or more years in AI governance, risk management, algorithmic auditing, or data science compliance.
• Experience developing enterprise AI strategies, roadmaps, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Generative AI, machine learning, Responsible AI, and AI governance.
• Experience with NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATLAS, and OWASP Top 10.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct AI threat and risk assessments and make risk-based go/no-go decisions.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure architecture experience, including AI/ML services.
• Secure architecture knowledge across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience integrating AI into enterprise ecosystems and ERP, PLM, MES, or cybersecurity platforms.
• Ability to assess model training data, explainability, automated decision paths, security, scalability, compliance, and cost.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of DevOps, MLOps, and DevSecOps.

Nice To Haves

• Aerospace experience.
• Experience in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, or flight operations.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, Generative AI platforms, copilots, or enterprise AI implementations.
• Enterprise modernization and legacy application rationalization experience.
• AWS, Azure, AI, cybersecurity, or Enterprise Architecture certifications.
• Experience with data platforms, analytics, or AI-enabled decision support.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern the enterprise-wide IT landscape.
• Develop technical debt resolution plans, legacy application rationalization plans, multi-year IT roadmaps, and technical standards.
• Support digital transformation, improve operational efficiency, and ensure system reliability and security across corporate and mission-critical IT functions.
• Identify and evaluate risk, cost, schedule, and support constraints; present options and recommendations to the business.
• Apply knowledge of software development processes and DevOps and DevSecOps best practices when guiding technology changes.
• Communicate with application and system owners, leadership stakeholders, partners, and vendors, translating technical information into non-technical terms when needed.
• Organize and manage architecture deliverables to ensure they are complete and on schedule.
• Understand business systems, applications, hardware, and software, and how technical processes map to business processes.

Benefits

• Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Eligible employees may be eligible for a State of Kansas aviation tax credit of up to $5,000 per year for up to five years.
• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed