Lead Solution Architect – Airports
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About the Role
DXC Technology seeks a Lead Solution Architect for Airports to lead design of integrated airport technology solutions. The role covers passenger processing, baggage handling, common-use systems, and airport operational systems.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the design of integrated airport technology solutions covering passenger processing, baggage handling, common use systems, and airport operational systems
- Define target architectures and roadmaps spanning applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, networks and security
- Produce and own high level and low level design artefacts, solution blueprints, interface specifications and architecture decision records
- Make and justify build vs buy and platform selection decisions
- Design integration architectures (APIs, ESB/iPaaS, messaging, event driven patterns) connecting airline, airport, ground handler, government and retail systems
- Ensure solutions meet stringent availability, performance, failover and business continuity requirements for 24/7 safety and security critical environment
- Embed cyber security, data protection and regulatory compliance into design from the outset
- Act as senior technical authority across engagement lifecycle – bid/pursuit, mobilisation, design, build, test, transition and operations
- Lead and mentor a team of solution and domain architects, setting design standards and assuring quality
- Own technical risk identification, mitigation and escalation; chair design authority and architecture review boards
- Provide effort, cost and resource estimates to support commercial proposals and project planning
- Build trusted advisor relationships with airport executives, operational stakeholders, airlines, regulators and technology partners
Requirements
- Significant experience as a solution or enterprise architect on large, complex technology programmes in aviation, airport or transport/critical infrastructure sector
- Strong understanding of airport operational systems and IT/OT landscape (AODB, RMS, FIDS, BHS, CUPPS/CUSS/CUTE, BRS, A CDM, passenger flow/biometric processing)
- Proven hands on architecture across applications, integration, data, cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP), infrastructure, networks and cyber security
- Deep experience designing integration and interoperability between heterogeneous systems using industry standards such as IATA messaging
- Track record of designing for high availability, resilience and security in mission critical, 24/7 operational environments
- Ability to lead multi disciplinary architecture teams and govern design quality
- Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and communication skills, comfortable engaging at C level
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related discipline (or equivalent professional experience)
- Recognised architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF) and/or cloud architecture certifications (desirable)
- Familiarity with airport specific standards and frameworks (IATA, ACI, A CDM, NDC, biometric/Digital Travel Credential initiatives) (desirable)
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Job Description
- Lead the design of integrated airport technology solutions covering passenger processing (check in, self service kiosks, bag drop, boarding), baggage handling and reconciliation, common use systems (CUPPS, CUSS, CUTE), and airport operational systems (AODB, RMS, FIDS, BHS interfaces).
- Define target architectures and roadmaps spanning applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, networks and security, ensuring alignment to enterprise and industry reference models.
Solution Design & Architecture
- Produce and own high level and low level design artefacts, solution blueprints, interface specifications and architecture decision records.
- Make and justify build vs buy and platform selection decisions, balancing operational resilience, cost, vendor landscape and long term maintainability.
Integration & Operational Resilience
- Design integration architectures (APIs, ESB/iPaaS, messaging, event driven patterns) that connect airline, airport, ground handler, government and retail systems.
- Ensure solutions meet stringent availability, performance, failover and business continuity requirements appropriate to a 24/7 safety and security critical operational environment.
- Embed cyber security, data protection and regulatory compliance into the design from the outset (security by design).
Engagement & Delivery Leadership
- Act as the senior technical authority across the engagement lifecycle — bid/pursuit, mobilisation, design, build, test, transition and operations.
- Lead and mentor a team of solution and domain architects, setting design standards and assuring the quality of their work.
- Own technical risk identification, mitigation and escalation; chair design authority and architecture review boards.
- Provide effort, cost and resource estimates to support commercial proposals and project planning.
Stakeholder & Advisory
- Build trusted advisor relationships with airport executives, operational stakeholders, airlines, regulators and technology partners.
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value and decision ready options for non technical audiences.
- Contribute to pre sales, proposals and innovation activities, shaping winning, deliverable solutions.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Experience: Significant experience as a solution or enterprise architect on large, complex technology programmes, with demonstrable delivery in the aviation, airport or wider transport / critical infrastructure sector.
- Domain knowledge: Strong understanding of airport operational systems and the IT/OT landscape — e.g. AODB, RMS, FIDS, BHS, CUPPS/CUSS/CUTE, BRS, A CDM, and passenger flow / biometric processing.
- Architecture breadth: Proven, hands on architecture across applications, integration, data, cloud (Azure / AWS / GCP), infrastructure, networks and cyber security.
- Integration: Deep experience designing integration and interoperability between heterogeneous systems and multiple stakeholders, including industry standards such as IATA messaging and relevant ACI/IATA guidance.
- Resilience & security: Track record of designing for high availability, resilience and security in mission critical, 24/7 operational environments.
- Leadership: Ability to lead multi disciplinary architecture teams and govern design quality through architecture review and design authority forums.
- Communication: Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation and written/verbal communication skills, comfortable engaging at C level.
Desirable
- Recognised architecture certification (e.g. TOGAF) and/or cloud architecture certifications.
- Familiarity with airport specific standards and frameworks (IATA, ACI, A CDM, NDC, biometric / Digital Travel Credential initiatives).
- Experience of large scale terminal opening, expansion or greenfield airport technology programmes.
- Exposure to managed services / systems integration (MSI) operating models and transition to operations.
- Knowledge of OT, SCADA, IoT and building management integration within an airport campus.
Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
- Relevant architecture, cloud and/or security certifications are strongly preferred.
Key Competencies
- Strategic and systems thinking
- Design leadership and technical rigour
- Stakeholder influence
- Commercial awareness
- Risk management
- Collaboration across multi vendor teams
- Resilience under operational pressure
- Customer focus
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