Solutions Architect

Job Purpose: ENTER THE WORLD OF AVIATION TECH Join the Emirates Group IT Team
in Dubai At Emirates, we know that tech never stands still. Which is why we're
at the forefront of innovation in the aviation world. We are looking for the
best IT professionals to help ensure we stay cutting-edge. So bring your
talent to the world's largest international airline and join our IT team as
Solutions Architect Web ‎3.0 in our Tech Futures & Innovation team. What We
Offer This is your chance to work on challenging projects across different
brands and businesses within the Emirates Group's global portfolio. Based in
dynamic Dubai, you can enjoy all the benefits of a cosmopolitan lifestyle and
a great work-life balance. That's on top of a tax-free salary and amazing
travel perks. About The Role Our Solutions Architect Web ‎3.0 will architect,
design and communicate high-level structural and behavioural aspects of a
system 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 architecture guiding principles. This necessitates engagement
throughout the lifecycle of projects by taking full responsibility for the
solution architecture. Our Solutions Architect Web ‎3.0 will: - Have experience
with architecture and design of scalable, performant & robust DApp solutions
on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain(s). - Provide technical
leadership on best practices and Web3 enterprise architecture, with tech
skills as: Blockchain, Wallets Development, Web3, NFT, understanding
fundamentals of blockchain infrastructure. - Provide technical & architectural
guidance to Web2/Web3 partners and help design and develop the optimized
strategies by deploying the right architecture. - Identify and implement the
most appropriate programming languages and frameworks leading to effective
Web3/Blockchain/Metaverse solutions. What You'll Be Expected To Do: - Develop
optimal, fit for purpose and aligned IT architecture solutions that meet
customer requirements. Ensure architecture is robust, appropriate and of high
quality conforming to corporate IT standards and roadmaps. Take accountability
for the end-to-end architecture, including architecture and technology
decisions. - Develop Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines in the
information, application and technology domains. Work closely with Manager
Enterprise Architecture and other peer architects in the development of
technology advancements and adaptation of new technologies and patterns. -
Continuously monitor industry trends, identify and evaluate technologies &
tools that are relevant for the business. Showcase business value by executing
Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams. - Establish policy,
guidelines and strategy for the selection of system components and their
designs. Assess solution designs to ensure they effectively use architectural
patterns and adhere to the guidelines. Promote reuse of solutions, platforms
and services. Contribute to enterprise architecture repository. - Guide,
mentor, and motivate the development team members in adopting good engineering
practices, tools, and techniques throughout the development process. In
addition, advise and support team members to overcome technical challenges by
providing expert consultancy and coaching. - Conduct deep dive architecture
reviews of vendor products as part of selection and other critical production
applications together with Software Engineeting development teams. Provide
architecuture recommendations for the short and long-term improvement of
applications. - Develop logical infrastructure solutions in alignment with the
technology standards. Work closely with infrastructure teams to ensure that
the physical infrastructure designed meets project requirements, Work
together, oversee and govern the development to ensure design and
implementation done by the development team are in line with the proposed
architecture definition. Work closely with quality engineering team to ensure
that final solution meets the agreed non-functional requirements. -
Collaborate closely with Manager Enterprise Architects to ensure alignment of
information, application and technology architecture to the overall
architecture principles, framework and guidelines. - Own, manage and maintain
the architecture roadmap and runways of small to medium size initiatives,
products, environments and/or platforms. Act as a product owner and be
accountable for proactively identifying, prioritizing, and overseeing the
development of technical enablers, technical debts, quality improvements, and
application modernization activities. - Drive architecture decisions and be
accountable for their implications in regard to solution costs, delivery
schedules, application complexity, technical debt and overall solution
performance.
Qualifications & Experience: Qualifications & Skills You'll Need To Have: -
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or an IT related
discipline, and ‎8+ years' total experience in Information Technology - ‎5+
years of experience in the design and development of large scale, complex,
distributed, mission critical applications in heterogeneous environments. -
Hands on experience of detailed business system architecture and design
technical leadership across groups of technical architects and senior
developers. Ability to influence delivery plans based on architecture and
skills constraints. - In-depth 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 Architecture Methods, Principles and Patters (OOAD, GoF,SOA
etc.). - Understanding of Architecture and design artifacts (Archimate, C4,
UML models etc. - Understanding of agile software development methodologies
such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile - Understanding of Open Source Frameworks (
Apache, Spring etc.) - Understanding of cross cutting architecture
capabilities (Rules, Workflows, Security etc.) - Understanding of the big
picture view, non-functional requirements and other practices such as
observability, automation etc. - Understanding of architecture styles such as
microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications. -
Understanding of well architected framework for cloud deployments. -
Preferably good understanding and experience in airline domain. Leadership
Role : No How You'll Work: - We're full time back in office here in Dubai at
Emirates Emirates. Fly Better.
Salary & Benefits: Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary
and travel benefits that are exclusive to our industry, including discounts on
flights and hotels stays around the world. You can find out more information
about our employee benefits in the Working Here section of our website
www.emirates.com/careers. Further information on what's it like to live and
work in our cosmopolitan home city, can be found in the Dubai Lifestyle
section.