Sierra Space-based in Louisville, CO with operations in Madison, WI, Durham, NC, Huntsville, AL, Houston, TX, and Kennedy Space Center, FL-designs and manufactures the Dream Chaser spaceplane and other advanced spacecraft, commercial space destinations, satellites, propulsion and environmental systems, spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. government (including NASA), commercial customers, and international organizations.

The Principal Enterprise Solution Architect will be part of a team responsible for seamless IT operations. You will focus on the impact of proposed changes to the environment driven by various application development, application support and upgrades, systems administration, network administration, and other change agents. This person will also lead the critical incident process and will be responsible for creating Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Corrective Action Reports (CAR). They will need to have a strong understanding of IT practices and terminology in order to be knowledgeable enough to understand when to raise questions in order to correctly steer the project to completion.

The Principal Enterprise Solution Architect will work with the other Architects to ensure solutions align to Enterprise Architecture strategies, standards, and patterns across business, data, applications, and infrastructure architecture layers. He/she facilitates coordination with business area leadership, architects, and SMEs within the assigned business organizations, as well as IT leadership, and the respective PMO to build support. He/she also acts as a consultant on a wide array of business, information, and technical solutions to drive business outcomes. The Solution Architects stays current on applicable technologies as well as business, EA, and IT strategies.

Sierra Space, based in Louisville, Colorado with operations in Madison, Wisconsin, Durham, North Carolina, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, New York, NY, and Washington DC, designs and manufactures advanced spacecraft, satellites, propulsion and environmental systems, spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. government (including NASA), commercial customers and international organizations.

Must-haves:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with at least 14 or more years of relevant experience

• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education

• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience

• Extensive experience working in highly technical environments.

• Extensive experience providing actionable enterprise solutions, documenting architecture, capability planning, and alignment of IT to corporate and BU strategy

• Strong experience with drafting reference architecture

• The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required

Preferred:

• Experience in Agile development methodology and processes

• Experience in architecting enterprise Infrastructure and Application systems such as Network, SAAS, IAAS, PLM, MES, CRM, and ERP

• "Hands-on" expertise and knowledge to deliver action architecture plans.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

Application Deadline: This role will remain posted until a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

With 30+ years of proven spaceflight heritage, Sierra Space has provided more than 4,000 space systems, subsystems and components to customers worldwide, and participated in more than 500 missions to space, including to Mars. The company has technology in production and in development to enable space habitats for short- and long-duration space travel, a fleet of Dream Chaser spaceplanes, and the first free-flying commercial space station. Please visit www.sierraspace.com to learn more about Sierra Space, its business areas, capabilities, programs, products and services.

Estimated Starting Salary Range:

Sierra Space offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.

Sierra Space offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

At Sierra Space, our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. Sierra Space is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Contributions to Sierra Space come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.