Network Architect – PST Program

Date Posted:

2024-10-02

Country:

United States of America

Location:

UTCT1: Corp - CT - Remote Remote Location, Remote City, CT, 06101 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. It comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. Its 185,000 employees enable the company to operate at the edge of known science as they imagine and deliver solutions that push the boundaries in quantum physics, electric propulsion, directed energy, hypersonics, avionics and cybersecurity. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, VA.    

 

To realize our full potential, RTX is committed to creating a company where all employees are respected, valued and supported in the pursuit of their goals. We know companies that embrace diversity in all its forms not only deliver stronger business results, but also become a force for good, fueling stronger business performance and greater opportunity for employees, partners, investors and communities to succeed.  

 

The following position is to join our RTX Enterprise Services (ES) team:

 

Position Overview:

 

As Associate Director of Network Architecture, you will be a member of the RTX Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Architecture team. You will be a cross-functional leader, mentor and technical expert assigned to support the RTX Process & Systems Transformation (PST) Infrastructure team, who are focused on enabling the evolution of the RTX enterprise.   PST is an enterprise-wide program that will enable the consolidation and standardization of business processes and the supportive ERP ecosystems that support them.  

 

Your role will enable the transformation of our global LAN/WAN/Cloud networking architectures and supportive systems to meet PST program needs, adopting current standards and defining new solutions as required.  Partnering with internal service delivery teams and external suppliers, you enable our team to successfully deliver a scalable, secure, resilient, efficient, and high performing infrastructure. 

 

An expert in network technologies, you will work to develop infrastructure architectural solutions and standards that meet PST program and business needs, supporting the program architecture strategy and execution. You will mentor teammates and fellow architects to ensure success from strategy and architecture through implementation and sustainment.

 

 

What You Will Do

 

• Architecture and Design: Develop solution architectures and associated artifacts to enable ERP transformation and ensuring a positive user experience by creating blueprints, standards, and roadmaps in partnership with service partners and fellow architects, including Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, Cloud Networking, and other perimeter facing and internal boundary technologies. Develop secure network architectures while ensuring alignment with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.  Identify shortcomings in existing designs and opportunities for improvement to stay ahead of PST activities.
• Automation:  Identify and architect network automation solutions to reduce labor and provide proactive approaches where there are gaps.
• Collaboration: Work closely with EIS, Cyber and PST Digital peers, business Digital teams, and supportive functions to ensure network designs are effectively and inclusively created, documented, implemented, and sustained.  Identify any architectural drift and assist with remediation.
• Service Management: Assist operational peers in the development of an effective approach to Network IT Service Management, including Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practice aligned process/framework adoption.  Design solutions enabling automation and support tooling integration, including multi-cloud monitoring and management solutions.

 

 

Qualifications You Must Have