# Lead Software Architect

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Herndon, Virginia
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $211,650 - $286,350
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

The Boeing Company is seeking a Lead Software Architect to support the Denali Software team located in Herndon, Virginia. This position will focus on supporting the Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) software engineering organization.

The successful candidate will lead the end-to-end architecture, design, development, testing, analysis, and maintenance of software systems to meet industry, customer, safety, security, and regulatory/certification standards.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading the architecture, design, development, testing, analysis, and maintenance of software systems

- Partnering with stakeholders to define system requirements and translate them into software requirements

- Overseeing software system-level analyses and research activities to identify risks, issues, opportunities, and technology gaps

- Directing integration, enhancement, optimization, debugging, and verification activities

- Establishing, monitoring, and improving software processes, tools, and key performance indicators

- Managing and reviewing the development, documentation, and maintenance of user documentation and support processes

- Supporting software project management, including planning, execution, contractual compliance, and review of product and process alignment with project plans and standards

The ideal candidate will have:

- Bachelor's Degree

- Active Top Secret and SCI eligible

- 10+ years of experience in the Software Development lifecycle

- 10+ years of experience with Java, C++, Angular/React.js, HTML, and CSS languages

- 10+ years of experience developing, documenting, and maintaining architectures, requirements, algorithms, interfaces, and designs for software systems

- 5+ years of experience leading projects and/or individuals in software development lifecycle tasks

- 5+ years of experience in developing software products in a cloud environment

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience with embedded software architecture/development/design

- Experience with Agile software development and related processes

- Experience with implementation, verification, and validation processes, practices, and guidelines

- Experience with software development processes in compliance with established internal and industry standards, guidelines, and best practices

The salary range for this position is $211,650 - $286,350 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- C++
- Angular/React.js
- HTML
- CSS
- Software Development
- Systems Engineering

### Nice to have
- Agile software development
- Embedded software architecture
- Implementation, verification, and validation processes

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