Systems Architect Jobs in Arizona
Systems Architect jobs in Arizona are in strong demand, concentrated in defense and aerospace contracting, financial services technology, and enterprise cloud infrastructure, with openings at every level from associate systems architect through principal and distinguished engineer. Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe anchor the hiring market, where employers such as Intel, Honeywell, and Banner Health maintain substantial engineering and IT operations. Enterprise cloud architecture, defense systems integration, and cybersecurity-aligned infrastructure design are the specialties drawing the most consistent interest from Arizona employers. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Responsibilities for this Position:
The MUOS System Architect / Senior Advanced Systems Engineer provides program-level architecture leadership for the Space Force MUOS program, a live mission-critical communications system. This role is responsible for translating customer mission objectives, operational constraints, technical risks, and long-term sustainment needs into a coherent system architecture and technical roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides architecture leadership for MUOS enhancements, sustainment, modernization, and long-term technical planning.
- Translates customer mission objectives and future vision into a coherent technical framework for execution by engineering teams.
- Leads architecture decisions and trade studies involving requirements, interfaces, performance, cyber, verification, supportability, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Owns or supports the 5- to 10-year technical roadmap, including funded work, DMSMS/obsolescence risks, capability evolution, architecture enablers, and investment candidates.
- Guides cross-functional teams through requirements analysis, requirements management, functional analysis, system design, integration, and verification planning.
- Defines and reviews system requirements and allocations to subsystems, elements, and components.
- Performs interface definition and operational thread analysis across MUOS ground system domains.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system design weaknesses and architecture risks.
- Supports system accreditation, certification, cybersecurity, and test activities by ensuring architecture impacts and evidence needs are understood.
- Evaluates impacts of new capabilities, technology refresh, DMSMS, unsupported hardware/software, cyber posture, vendor support, and sustainment constraints.
- Serves as a senior technical interface with customer stakeholders on architecture, strategy, technical risk, and future capability direction.
- Develops technical engineering products using appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools.
- Leads technical planning, cost/risk/supportability/effectiveness analysis, and proposal inputs for major program efforts.
- Coaches technical leads and engineers, helping raise architecture judgment across the team.
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI, automation, MBSE, and improved engineering workflows for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Excellent understanding and application of systems engineering and system architecture principles.
- Ability to reason across mission objectives, requirements, interfaces, cyber, test, sustainment, cost, schedule, and stakeholder impacts.
- Strong ability to lead architecture decisions under ambiguity, clearly separating facts, assumptions, options, risks, and recommended paths forward.
- Strong knowledge of requirements management, system modeling, architecture documentation, and technical baseline stewardship.
- Experience with tools such as DOORS/DOORS NG, MagicDraw/Cameo, Visio, Draw.io, and Microsoft Office.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief customers and leadership on complex technical issues.
- Ability to build productive relationships with customers, program leadership, technical leads, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and technical leadership skills.
- Understanding of communication systems, ground systems, network management, core networking, cybersecurity, test, and sustainment considerations.
- Ability to identify architecture-level risks from DMSMS, obsolescence, unsupported software, fragile interfaces, cyber constraints, and incomplete documentation.
- Awareness of business objectives and the role of architecture in achieving cost, schedule, mission, and customer outcomes.
- Ability to apply AI and automation thoughtfully to improve engineering execution, evidence management, and decision support.
- Creative thinker with demonstrated success leading the systems development life cycle
- Collaborative team player eager to provide technical leadership and position others for success
- Thorough knowledge of technology trends and willingness to champion new ideas and process improvements
- Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options:
This position is Onsite at our Scottsdale, AZ facility.
Salary Note: This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled. Combined Salary Range: USD $157,487.00 - USD $174,713.00 /Yr. Company Overview:
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Responsibilities for this Position:
The MUOS System Architect / Senior Advanced Systems Engineer provides program-level architecture leadership for the Space Force MUOS program, a live mission-critical communications system. This role is responsible for translating customer mission objectives, operational constraints, technical risks, and long-term sustainment needs into a coherent system architecture and technical roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides architecture leadership for MUOS enhancements, sustainment, modernization, and long-term technical planning.
- Translates customer mission objectives and future vision into a coherent technical framework for execution by engineering teams.
- Leads architecture decisions and trade studies involving requirements, interfaces, performance, cyber, verification, supportability, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Owns or supports the 5- to 10-year technical roadmap, including funded work, DMSMS/obsolescence risks, capability evolution, architecture enablers, and investment candidates.
- Guides cross-functional teams through requirements analysis, requirements management, functional analysis, system design, integration, and verification planning.
- Defines and reviews system requirements and allocations to subsystems, elements, and components.
- Performs interface definition and operational thread analysis across MUOS ground system domains.
- Identifies, analyzes, and resolves system design weaknesses and architecture risks.
- Supports system accreditation, certification, cybersecurity, and test activities by ensuring architecture impacts and evidence needs are understood.
- Evaluates impacts of new capabilities, technology refresh, DMSMS, unsupported hardware/software, cyber posture, vendor support, and sustainment constraints.
- Serves as a senior technical interface with customer stakeholders on architecture, strategy, technical risk, and future capability direction.
- Develops technical engineering products using appropriate standards, processes, procedures, and tools.
- Leads technical planning, cost/risk/supportability/effectiveness analysis, and proposal inputs for major program efforts.
- Coaches technical leads and engineers, helping raise architecture judgment across the team.
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI, automation, MBSE, and improved engineering workflows for continuous improvement and innovation.
- Excellent understanding and application of systems engineering and system architecture principles.
- Ability to reason across mission objectives, requirements, interfaces, cyber, test, sustainment, cost, schedule, and stakeholder impacts.
- Strong ability to lead architecture decisions under ambiguity, clearly separating facts, assumptions, options, risks, and recommended paths forward.
- Strong knowledge of requirements management, system modeling, architecture documentation, and technical baseline stewardship.
- Experience with tools such as DOORS/DOORS NG, MagicDraw/Cameo, Visio, Draw.io, and Microsoft Office.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief customers and leadership on complex technical issues.
- Ability to build productive relationships with customers, program leadership, technical leads, and cross-functional engineering teams.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, and technical leadership skills.
- Understanding of communication systems, ground systems, network management, core networking, cybersecurity, test, and sustainment considerations.
- Ability to identify architecture-level risks from DMSMS, obsolescence, unsupported software, fragile interfaces, cyber constraints, and incomplete documentation.
- Awareness of business objectives and the role of architecture in achieving cost, schedule, mission, and customer outcomes.
- Ability to apply AI and automation thoughtfully to improve engineering execution, evidence management, and decision support.
- Creative thinker with demonstrated success leading the systems development life cycle
- Collaborative team player eager to provide technical leadership and position others for success
- Thorough knowledge of technology trends and willingness to champion new ideas and process improvements
- Strong presentation and communications skills with experience in the art of negotiation and the ability to meet challenging customer requirements with win-win solutions
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others
- Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation
Our Commitment to You:
- An exciting career path with opportunities for continuous learning and development.
- Research oriented work, alongside award winning teams developing practical solutions for our nation’s security
- Flexible schedules with every other Friday off work, if desired (9/80 schedule)
- Competitive benefits, including 401k matching, flex time off, paid parental leave, healthcare benefits, health & wellness programs, employee resource and social groups, and more
- See more at gdmissionsystems.com/careers/why-work-for-us/benefits
Workplace Options:
This position is Onsite at our Scottsdale, AZ facility.
Salary Note: This estimate represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors (geographic location, etc.). Actual pay may vary. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled. Combined Salary Range: USD $157,487.00 - USD $174,713.00 /Yr. Company Overview:
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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What Arizona Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in systems architect jobs across Arizona.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems engineering, or a closely related technical field
- Proficiency designing large-scale distributed systems or enterprise IT infrastructure
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong background in systems integration, API design, and microservices architecture
- Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or TOGAF are frequently preferred
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams on technical roadmaps and architecture reviews
Systems Architect Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a systems architect in Arizona?
Most Arizona systems architect roles require a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or systems engineering, followed by several years of progressive hands-on experience in software development or IT infrastructure. Arizona does not issue a state-specific license for systems architects, so the hiring path centers on demonstrated technical depth and industry certifications. Credentials such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert carry significant weight with Arizona employers, particularly in defense, healthcare IT, and financial technology sectors.
How much do systems architects make in Arizona?
Systems architects in Arizona earn a median of about $105,240 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $52,450 for the lowest 10% to over $166,870 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire systems architects in Arizona?
Employers hiring systems architects in Arizona right now include Raytheon, Kimley-Horn, and The AIRO, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Arizona's concentration of defense contractors, large healthcare networks, and regional financial technology firms means hiring activity tends to be steady year-round rather than seasonal.
Which Arizona cities have the most systems architect jobs?
Phoenix, Tucson, and Gilbert account for the largest share of systems architect openings in Arizona. Phoenix drives the bulk of demand as the state's primary hub for enterprise technology, financial services, and healthcare IT, while Scottsdale and Tempe attract roles tied to corporate headquarters, defense contractors, and university-affiliated research and innovation centers that have established engineering operations in the East Valley.
Are there remote systems architect jobs in Arizona?
Yes, and more than most fields. Systems architecture is largely a design and documentation discipline that translates well to remote and hybrid arrangements. About 0% of systems architect openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly distributed technology teams have become. Architecture reviews, solution design sessions, and documentation work are the functions most commonly performed fully remotely, while roles tied to defense or on-premise government infrastructure tend to require more in-office presence.
How can I get hired as a systems architect in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving into a systems architect role from a closely adjacent position such as software engineer, systems administrator, or cloud infrastructure engineer after building design and architecture experience on the job. Arizona employers like Intel, Honeywell, and large healthcare IT organizations at institutions such as Banner Health and Dignity Health regularly hire associate-level engineers into rotational or project-based roles where architecture exposure grows over time. Earning an entry-level cloud certification such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and contributing to open-source infrastructure projects or building a documented portfolio of system design work gives candidates without a formal architecture title a concrete edge during the application process.
Where can I find and apply to systems architect jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to systems architect jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current Arizona openings across industries including defense, healthcare technology, financial services, and enterprise software. Find roles that fit your experience and specialization and apply directly without needing to create an account or sign up.
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