Digital/IT Program Architect - (Proposal, Capture, and Front End of the Business); Hybrid

Job title: Digital/IT Program Architect - (Proposal, Capture, and Front End of the Business); Hybrid

Date Posted: 2026-11-12

Country: United States of America

Location

US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WA ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ WING A BLDG

Position Role Type: Hybrid

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements: Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance

Security Clearance Type: Secret - Current

Security Clearance Status: Active and existing security clearance required on day 1

Program Architect - (Proposal/Capture and Front End of the Business)

Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

Raytheon Digital Technology

Programs & Infrastructure – Infrastructure Transformation

Tucson, AZ; McKinney, TX

Active and Existing US Secret Clearance required

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Raytheon brings the strength of more than 100 years of experience and renowned engineering expertise to meet the needs of today’s mission and stay ahead of tomorrow’s threat. We deliver solutions that help our nation and allies defend freedoms and deter aggression, creating a safer, more secure world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

As a Digital Program Architect, you will provide technical (IT/Digital) leadership to our Strategic Business Unit (SBU) capture teams across multiple capture efforts collaborating with peers, stakeholders, and leaders to architect innovative and secure Digital Technology (DT) solutions for program captures and IRAD efforts. The Program Architect partners with engineering and capture teams as well as DT experts to assess and respond to customer technology needs leveraging emerging industry and internal DT capabilities that influence our product lines and create market opportunities. The role also includes architectural and design efforts to develop new capabilities in support of business growth objectives.

Successful Program Architects possess proven systems architecture and infrastructure design skills, apply industry advanced concepts such as Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), DevSecOps, High-Performance Computing (HPC), and advanced communications technologies while leveraging excellent interpersonal, and communications skills to develop innovative, robust, and affordable Digital technology solutions. This role will provide focused support for programs within both Advanced Technology (AT) and Advanced Products & Solutions (APS) SBU’s. The role will be hybrid with expectations to be onsite in either our Tucson, AZ; or McKinney TX locations on a weekly basis, with occasional travel to other Domestic US locations where our APS and AT programs reside.

What You Will Do:

• Assess where DT capabilities and emerging technologies can be applied to capture efforts to increase the likelihood our solutions will be selected.
• Develop DT pursuit strategies and provide technical leadership across multiple capture efforts.
• Develop Architectures and solutions, conveying these architectures and their benefits in a compelling way in formal proposals to end customers.
• Collaborate with business capture teams to develop concepts for communications, computing environments, and embedded tactical networked systems, across a wide variety of platforms and environments.
• Serve as a pursuit author or technical volume lead as appropriate.
• Develop technology roadmaps for SBU.
• Create and leverage end customer relationships.
• Influence peers to create cross-company solutions in support of company growth.
• Leverage Corporate DT Secure architecture solutions for collaborative networks both domestically and internationally, including Import / Export and ITAR/EAR solutions.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years' experience
• Experience in system architecture and engaging customers to develop systems design (including architecture, CONOPs, and deployment options) for both classified and unclassified processing and communications systems.
• Experience in capture and pursuit efforts, including proposal and white paper development.
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued Secret security clearance is required prior to start date. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Strong technical skills across multiple disciplines, which include architecture development, cloud enabling technologies (virtualization, automation, scripting), compute, storage, networking, encryption, cyber security, etc.
• Experience leading a multi-disciplined team of DT professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with and communicate with the customer, all levels of management and with individual contributors on the program team.
• Customer facing DT architecture or pre-sales engineering experience, preferably supporting DT or defense related technology or service solutions.
• Innovative and strategic approach to problem solving
• Strong written, verbal and executive level presentation skills; ability to decompose, document, and communicate architecture rationale, approach, design, and governance.
• Possess an understanding of Digital Engineering principles including Model Based System Engineering, DevOps/DevSecOps pipelines, and Agile Development Methodologies.
• Experience supporting DoD projects and/or startup company environments.
• Understanding of Defense and Aerospace technology environments.

What We Offer

• Our values drive our actions, behaviors, and performance with a vision for a safer, more connected world. At RTX we value: Safety, Trust, Respect, Accountability, Collaboration, and Innovation.
• This role is relocation eligible for the selected applicant if they meet company policy criteria.

This position is a U.S.-based role. If the successful candidate resides in a U.S. territory, the appropriate pay structure and benefits will apply.

RTX anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require RTX to shorten or extend the application window.

RTX is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other applicable state or federal protected class. RTX provides affirmative action in employment for qualified Individuals with a Disability and Protected Veterans in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.

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