Data Architect and Chief, Data Architecture, Technology and Analytics - San Diego, CA, United States - Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU)

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.

Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Chief Data Architect to join our team of diverse, qualified individuals within our Systems Engineering organization in San Diego, CA.

You will combine the attributes of a technology visionary, strategist, and a results-oriented technical project lead of specific strategic initiatives across the disciplines of data science, architecture, storage, analytics and dissemination.

This role will need your collaborative leadership style, and the ability to drive technical maturation/evolution across a portfolio of programs, contracts, and Operating Units that will often have varied and/or conflicting needs.

Your success will see you act as the Subject Matter Expert for all aspects of data acquisition, harmonization, processing, storage, analysis, and dissemination across varied data formats, technologies and distribution/network protocols.

Technical leadership and Product Ownership for all phases of the product lifecycle, with specific, immediate needs including the development of offsite storage and extensible data dissemination solutions.

Provide enterprise-level strategic direction and supports expansion of the mission set, focusing on the conversion of raw data into actionable information.

Provide technical leadership over any/all suppliers/subcontractors.
Support risk mitigation and opportunity generation.
Decompose the Solution Backlog, and prioritizes Epics and User Stories. Is the approval authority for the completion of Features and Epics.
Lead knowledge share/management activities for all disciplines of data acquisition-analysis-dissemination.
Develop and lead the establishment of data standards.

We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment.

We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

Our educational assistance program supports employee development by providing resources such as:

Access a network of accredited schools in a variety of locations (and online) to take advantage of reduced tuition costs and waived fees.

Must have a Bachelor's of Science in a STEM discipline AND 14 Years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, OR a Master's Degree AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Systems Engineering, OR a PhD with 9 years of related military/professional experience in Systems Engineering.

Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have previous technical project lead experience
Demonstrated experience being a technical project lead and Product Ownership accountable to the outcome of the solutions developed
Demonstrated understanding of data acquisition, storage, processing and analysis technologies, including big data challenges and solutions
General understanding of network protocols and data dissemination strategies
Demonstrated ability to stay abreast of developments at the intersection of data science and technology
Experience engaging cross-functional teams to build a strong data infrastructure
Advanced technical knowledge of data science and data architecture
Proven understanding of statistics, structured and unstructured data analysis, predictive modeling techniques and data visualization as well as a good command of emerging methodologies like Artificial Intelligence

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.