Principle Solutions Architect
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About the Role
Emirates is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to architect, design, and communicate high-level system structures, enabling integrated solutions that meet business needs. The role involves leading architectural intent across Agile Release Trains, defining IT standards, and managing architecture roadmaps.
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Responsibilities
- Define and drive the overarching architectural intent for discoveries, connecting solution architects, products, SMEs, and other stakeholders
- Act as a key solution architect for large scale initiatives, connecting architects throughout the development and implementation process
- Serve as an escalation point for solution architecture issues
- Support the driving of architectural enablers, such as APIs and technical debt management
- Address, visualize and communicate complex architectural challenges that extend across ARTs and portfolios
- Take accountabilities for all architectural intents and ADRs developed within the ART
- Act as the product owner and technology leader for the systems team
- Define, maintain, and communicate the architecture runway (roadmap) for the ART
- Serve as the single point of communication for all architectural matters within the ART
- Lead the definition and governance of corporate and portfolio IT standards, guidelines, and practices
- Lead solution architecture for new initiatives, vendor solution acquisitions, and enhancements
- Provide architecture leadership and governance by leading solution design reviews
Requirements
- Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers
- Comprehensive understanding of one or more technologies such as Java, ERP, Cloud, open source frameworks, low code platforms, Big data, BI, data warehouses, observability, automation, network and infrastructure, mobile & frontend technologies, AI/ML, container management platforms, database, integration, digital workplace, DevOps, IoT, Blockchain, web 3.0, contact center, mainframe, service management platforms, messaging, cyber security etc.
- Understanding of agile software development methodologies such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile
- Knowledge in architecture styles such as microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications
- Significant experience of major systems architecture
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Job Purpose
- As a Solutions Architect, you will architect, design, and communicate a system's high level structural and behavioural aspects, to enable and guide the design and development of integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs, in alignment with corporate IT standards and architectur
In This Role, You Will
- Define and drive the overarching architectural intent for discoveries, connecting solution architects, products, SMEs, and other stakeholders.
- Act as a key solution architect for large scale initiatives, connecting architects throughout the development and implementation process.
- Serve as an escalation point for solution architecture issues, facilitating communication and engagement with internal and external teams.
- Support the driving of architectural enablers, such as APIs and technical debt management, within the portfolio.
- Address, visualize and communicate complex architectural challenges that extend across ARTs and portfolios.
- Take accountabilities for all architectural intents and ADRs developed within the ART.
- Act as the product owner and technology leader for the systems team.
- Define, maintain, and communicate the architecture runway (roadmap) for the ART.
- Serve as the single point of communication for all architectural matters within the ART.
- Lead the definition and governance of corporate and portfolio IT standards, guidelines, and practices.
- Lead solution architecture for new initiatives, vendor solution acquisitions, and enhancements.
- Provide architecture leadership and governance by leading solution design reviews.
Qualifications
- Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers.
- Comprehensive understanding of one or more technologies such as Java, ERP, Cloud, open source frameworks, low code platforms, Big data, BI, data warehouses, observability, automation, network and infrastructure, mobile & frontend technologies, AI/ML, container management platforms, database, integra
- Understanding of agile software development methodologies such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile and industry standard software modeling techniques such as ArchiMate, C4 and UML.
- Knowledge in architecture styles such as microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications and well architected framework for cloud and on premise deployments.
- Significant experience of major systems architecture is needed to ensure that a robust and scalable solution is developed.
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