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Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Aircraft Network Architect to join our Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) team in Hazelwood or Berkeley, MO.

The ideal candidate will lead the design, integration, and verification of complex aircraft communications and onboard network solutions for military and special-mission platforms.

This role requires deep system architecture experience, hands‐on knowledge of avionics networks, strong stakeholder leadership, and the ability to translate operational requirements into robust, secure, and maintainable network designs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture, design, and lifecycle planning for onboard aircraft networks including data, voice, video, timing, and mission systems.
• Define high-level and detailed network architectures, interfaces, protocols, and topology for fixed- and rotary‐wing platforms and missionized aircraft.
• Lead requirements decomposition, traceability, and verification activities with systems engineering and software/hardware teams.
• Specify and select network hardware, switches, routers, gateways, line-replaceable units (LRUs), and RF/C4ISR interfaces.
• Ensure cyber security and information assurance compliance across network designs (segmentation, encryption, key management, DoD/industry standards).
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts: diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), data flow models, fault management plans, and test cases.
• Collaborate with Avionics, Systems Integration, Flight Controls, Mission Systems, and Program Management to align network architecture with overall system objectives.
• Provide technical leadership during integration, lab testing, flight test, and fielding; troubleshoot complex network issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical reviews, trade studies, and design reviews.
• Support proposals, cost estimates, and technical briefs for customers and internal stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications directly related to the work statement
• 10+ years of experience in aircraft or aerospace network architecture, avionics, or complex embedded networking systems.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Experience):

• Master's degree in relevant field.
• Prior experience working on aircraft programs, ISR, C4ISR, missionized platforms, or similar defense aviation projects.
• Familiarity with software-defined networking (SDN), Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), ARINC 825 (CAN in avionics), and publish/subscribe middleware (DDS).
• Hands-on experience with network test equipment, lab automation, and simulation tools.
• Experience developing and reviewing ICDs, safety assessments (FMEA/FTA), and reliability analyses.
• Strong background in IP networking, routing, switching, VLANs, multicast, QoS, timing/synchronization (PTP/NTP), and network management.
• Experience with cyber security practices and standards relevant to defense systems (e.g., DoD RMF, STIGs, NIAP, AES, IPsec).
• Proven experience in system-level integration, ICD development, and support of verification & validation (V&V) including lab and flight test.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present architecture to technical and non technical stakeholders.

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

The Boeing 401(k) helps you save for your future, with contributions from Boeing that can help you grow your retirement savings. Our best-in-class retirement benefit features:

• Best in class 401(k) plan: we'll match your contributions dollar for dollar, up to 10% of eligible pay with Immediate 100% vesting
• Student Loan Match: The Boeing 401(k) Student Loan Match allows eligible enrolled U.S. employees to have their qualified student loan debt payments counted, along with any match-eligible contributions they make, for purposes of determining the Company Match to employees' Boeing 401(k) accounts.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Potential signing bonus for eligible/qualified external candidates

Summary pay range: $164,900-$223,100

Applications for this position will be accepted until Mar. 26, 2026

Export Control Requirements:

This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a "U.S. Person" as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. "U.S. Person" includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details:

US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Security Clearance

This position requires an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship Required). (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active)

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Job Description

We are looking for a Director of Infrastructure and Operations to assist with the management of current and future infrastructure needs.

This leader must bring a technical depth spanning large scale enterprise networks, datacenter infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Azure hybrid-cloud offerings, end user technology, complimented by strong leadership, strategic thought leadership and collaboration skills. The leader will serve as the critical expert and point of contact across WHSmith NA for all things infrastructure transformation and IT operations. This will be a highly visible role and will work collaboratively with WHSmith’s Executive Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Infrastructure tower leads to deliver on transformation and operational objectives. Direct transformation and operational projects/programs, manage/direct senior managers, solution leads, contractors, project managers, and direct infrastructure resources across multiple managed services providers.

Responsibilities:

• Implement information systems that increase the efficiency of WHSmith’s employee's enterprise wide
• Lead a team of 8, ensuring project fulfillment
• Proven experience in cloud migration and developing platform solutions to support retail POS/store systems & applications
• A strong background in creating secure cloud architectures for customers facing applications that are enterprise grade and highly scalable.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure Services (Cloud, Network, Data Center, Systems, Voice, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS)
• Strong leadership, communication, consulting and influencing skills
• Strong Program/Project management, with experience leading multiple large projects
• Develop and oversee execution of IT infrastructure strategy to support company’s business strategy and growth goals
• Create strategy and oversee staff who manage public cloud and on-premises infrastructure, systems and solutions
• Definition and tracking for quarterly team goals, SLAs and KPIs for Infrastructure Support team
• Experience with hosted and private cloud managed services across multiple data centers.
• Remain current on industry best practices and trends, recommending improvements and upgrades accordingly
• Review and negotiate vendor contracts and agreements
• Define infrastructure strategies and develop appropriate roadmaps to ensure our infrastructure is capable of meeting key business and technology objectives.
• Ensure ongoing performance monitoring of the infrastructure and ensure service level agreements are met. Provide appropriate analytics, executive dashboards, and set measurable KPIs to provide operational scorecards.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Information Technology, Infrastructure Management (or related)
• 8+ years of working in a large scale, multi-supplier environment, with at least 5 years managing large scale infrastructure and operations and 5 years designing, developing, configuring, and implementing cloud enterprise IT infrastructure with diverse solutions from multiple vendors.
• 3+ years of experience in managing multi-cloud delivery and support
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience leading a technical team in a corporate environment (retail industry preferred)
• Master's Degree strongly preferred (computer science, engineering, information systems, business administration or other industry related curriculum)
• Experience in developing the architecture of large-scale web/mobile and retail POS/store systems & applications

Technical Skillset:

• Expertise in Juniper Networks, routing and switching for corporate environments.
• Proficiency with Cisco Meraki switches and wireless access points for distributed retail locations.
• Experience managing Cradlepoint (Erison) cellular WAN solutions for remote connectivity.
• Strong understanding of network architecture, including VPNs, SD-WAN, and high-availability designs.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, networking, security, cost optimization).
• Familiarity with VMware vSphere for on-premises virtualization and hybrid cloud integration.
• Experience with cloud migration strategies and hybrid infrastructure management.
• Rubrik backup and recovery solutions.
• Designing and implementing business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) plans.
• Proficiency in Jira Service Management for ITSM processes (incident, change, problem management).
• Strong understanding of ITIL frameworks and best practices.
• Expertise with CrowdStrike endpoint protection and threat detection.
• Knowledge of network security, identity management, and compliance standards (PCI DSS, GDPR).
• Ability to implement zero-trust security models across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Experience managing IT infrastructure in retail environments, including casinos and airports.
• Skills in remote monitoring and management of distributed networks and devices.
• Capacity to develop infrastructure roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
• Vendor management and contract negotiation for hardware, software, and services.
• Budgeting and cost optimization for IT operations.