Solutions Architect

Job Purpose: 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. Job Outline: - Uses
appropriate tools, including logical models of components and interfaces, to
contribute to the development of systems architectures in specific business or
functional areas. Produces detailed component specifications and translates
these into detailed designs for implementation using selected products.
Develop fast 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. - Leads the development of
architectures for complex systems, ensuring consistency with specified
requirements agreed with both external, and internal customers. Takes full
responsibility for the balance between functional, service quality and systems
management requirements within a significant area of the organisation. -
Within a business change programme, assists in the preparation of technical
plans and cooperates with business assurance and project staff to ensure that
appropriate technical resources are made available. Within a business change
programme, manages the target design, policies and standards, working
proactively to maintain a stable, viable architecture and ensure consistency
of design across projects within the programme. - Develop information,
application and technology architectures for assigned projects with
established Enterprise Architecture standards. Work closely with Enterprise
Architects and Principal Architects in the development of technology
advancements and adaptation of new technologies. Continuously watch industry
trends, identify and evaluate technologies & tool that are relevant for our
business. Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging
relevant IT teams. - Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of
systems architecture components, and co-ordinates design activities, promoting
the discipline to ensure consistency. Ensures that appropriate standards
(corporate, industry, national and international) are adhered to. Effectively
use architectural patterns and solution designs documented in the reference
architectures. Promote reuse of solutions and services. Contribute to
enterprise architecture repository. - Guide and Mentor the solution
development by guiding and mentoring the team through the entire development
process. Advising when technically challenging areas. Understand and
contribute to all design needed for the solution. Provide expert consultancy
and coaching on these to project teams. - Conduct deep dive architecture
reviews of critical production applications together with Software Engineering
teams. Provide architecture recommendations to short and long term improvement
of application. - Develop logical infrastructure solutions aligned with the
technology standards. Work closely with infrastructure teams to ensure that
the physical infrastructure designed meets project requirements. - Work
together with Senior Technical Engineers in the Software Engineering team to
ensure design and implementation are in line with the proposed architecture
definition. Work closely with performance testing team to ensure that final
solution meets the agreed non-functional requirements. - Collaborate closely
with Principal Architects to ensure alignment of Information, Application and
Technology architecture to the overall architecture principles, framework and
guidelines.
Qualifications & Experience: Educational Requirement Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3
or equivalent): Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an
equivalent IT related discipline or equivalent experience. Preferably higher
level business-related qualification, such as MBA Preferably certification
related fields Experience Required Experience in the development of
distributed, mission critical applications in heterogeneous
environments/architectures for multi-user systems. Experience of detailed
business system architecture and design Specialist experience in relate fields
Preferably technical leadership and architecture experience Knowledge/skills
Understanding of solution technologies such as Java/JEE/Oracle/BI/DW/ERP
Understanding of Architecture Methods, Principles and Patters (OOAD, GoF,SOA
etc.). Understanding of Architecture and design artifacts (Archimate, UML
models etc. Understanding of industry standard development methods (e.g. RUP,
SCRUM) Understanding of Open Source Frameworks ( Apache, Spring etc.)
Understanding of architecture capabilities (Rules, Workflows, Security etc.)
Leadership Role: No Safety Sensitive Role: No
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.