Associate Director, Cyber Solution Architecture (Remote)

Date Posted:

2025-08-01

Country:

United States of America

Location:

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

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

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.   

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

Role Overview:

The Associate Director of Cyber Solution Architecture (CSA) will lead the delivery of secure-by-design architecture services for RTX Collins Aerospace, acting as a strategic partner to technology and business leaders. In this leadership role, you will manage an agile team of solution architects embedded in digital transformation and technology modernization efforts, ensuring that security and compliance are integrated from concept to deployment.

This position plays a critical role in advancing the maturity and impact of Cyber Architecture across the enterprise. You will represent your Business Unit’s needs within the broader Enterprise Services (ES) Digital Solutions Cybersecurity strategy while ensuring alignment to enterprise standards, architecture patterns, compliance frameworks, and agile operating models.

This role reports directly to the Senior Director of Cyber Architecture, and is one of four peer leaders collectively accountable for delivering CSA services across all Business Units.

What You Will Do:

• Lead a team of solution architects aligned to RTX Collins Aerospace, overseeing the successful delivery of CSA services across multiple digital initiatives.
• Serve as the primary CSA partner to RTX Collins Aerospace stakeholders, ensuring alignment of security architecture with business priorities, risk tolerance, and technology strategy.
• Drive adoption of standardized architecture processes, including Architecture Overview Documents, reference patterns, and secure solution frameworks.
• Embed architecture and security into scaled Agile frameworks, integrating CSA into agile ceremonies, sprint planning, PI planning, and product backlogs.
• Support the integration of CSA into Agile-at-scale environments (e.g., SAFe), including collaboration with Kanban Leaders, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners.
• Embed CSA into key business and digital processes such as CheckPoint, RTX Lifecycle Program Management (RLPM), Cyber Legal and Risk Assessment (CLARA), Cyber Mission Support (CMS), and Program Management Office (PMO).
• Provide architecture leadership during early-stage solution design, risk analysis, and architecture review boards to reduce downstream rework and accelerate approvals.
• Partner with CSA and Enterprise Architecture leadership to standardize service delivery, enable architecture governance, and contribute to enterprise-wide transformation.
• Mentor and coach architects, fostering technical growth, agile mindset, cross-functional collaboration, and high-performance culture.
• Monitor and report on CSA metrics such as customer satisfaction, initiative coverage, rework reduction, and on-time delivery.
• Actively contribute to the evolution of Cyber Architecture strategy, agile operating models, and roadmap execution. 

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 12 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• 10+ years experience leading architecture in complex, federated environments with a focus on security and compliance integration.
• 10+ years of working with secure