Principal Solutions Architect - Integrations

Job Purpose At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

Key Responsibilities

• Integrations

• Integrations.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Ability to influence delivery plans based on architecture and skills constraints

• Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers. Ability to influence delivery plans based on architecture and skills constraints.

Benefits & Conditions

• Leadership Role: Yes Salary & benefits Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary

• On top of our generous travel benefits، including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world، this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package

• That’s on top of transport benefits، life insurance and more

• Salary & benefits

• Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology

Being pioneers in aviation innovation، we're always at the forefront، pushing boundaries

We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry

Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Principal Solutions Architect

Join the Architecture team and propel global aviation technology into the future! As architects، we bridge ambitious business goals with purposeful technological solutions، working ly with business units to inspire and implement fit-for-purpose solutions

Our team handles projects ranging from incremental improvements to strategic overhauls across diverse global operations

We utilize modern technology stacks such as ReactJS، NodeJS، Java Microservices، Self-Service Integrations، and Open APIs، all underpinned by best practices in DevSecOps، Cloud، and modern engineering

If you're passionate about transforming technology، we invite you to apply and to make a significant impact on the future of aviation at Emirates Group

As a Principal Solutions Architect، you will play a pivotal role leading the Enterprise Integration and API Modernisation programme from Enterprise Architecture

You are responsible for defining and leading the enterprise-wide integration architecture strategy، standards، roadmap، ensuring alignment with business objectives and the overall Enterprise Architecture vision

You will drive the adoption of modern integration capabilities including AI ready and API-first Integrations، event-driven architecture، cross-cloud integrations، microservices، and AI-enabled integration solutions and intelligent automation

You will be providing architectural governance، technology leadership، and strategic direction across portfolios، Agile Release Trains، and enterprise transformation initiatives while ensuring secure، scalable، resilient، and compliant integration solutions

If you are passionate about delivering modern digital integration capabilities، establishing engineering excellence، and enabling innovation through AI ready APIs، we invite you to apply and contribute to the success of Emirates Group

In the role، you will: Lead the definition and governance of new corporate and portfolio IT standards، guidelines and practices by analysing and understanding potential impact of competing technologies، assessing their strategic significance، defining their strategic role and scope، roadmap، relationship to existing standards، and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards

Scout market and track technology advancements and new business innovations، determine how they relate to our IT strategy، existing standards، platforms and patterns، and lead the work to amend existing assets or create new assets to reflect changes in the technology landscape

Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams

Lead the solution architecture development for new initiatives، vendor solution acquisitions، and enhancement of existing systems، taking full responsibility for the quality of the architecture، including integration architecture by aligning to agile architecture development practices

Drive architecture decisions and be accountable for their implications in regard to solution costs، delivery schedules، application complexity، technical debt and overall solution performance

Provide expert advice and lead solution design reviews to projects on technical and architectural standards، guiding them on the need to raise exception requests، develop new or amended standards، and on the appropriate use of architectural standards and patterns

Provide architecture and technology leadership to development teams by playing the lead architect/driver role in Teams of Teams or Agile/ Release Trains

In addition، be accountable for the overall architecture، solution discoveries، and strategic incubations by coordinating with peer architects and engineering teams Manage، direct، inspire and coach the work and capability of Solutions Architect and Senior Engineering resources as required، and engage in، and lead، a much wider virtual team of senior managers، technical and subject matter experts and business managers

Own، manage and maintain the architecture roadmap and runways of complex/large projects، technical 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

Qualification To be considered for this role، you must meet the below

Degree in Computer Science، Information Technology، Engineering، or a related discipline (12+3 or equivalent). 12+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Integration Architecture، Enterprise Architecture، or Solution Architecture leadership roles within large-scale enterprise IT environments

Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers

Proven experience designing enterprise-scale integration platforms and digital ecosystems، with hands-on expertise in API Management، iPaaS، Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)، cloud integration services، enterprise messaging and event streaming technologies، and microservices architectures

Comprehensive understanding of enterprise integration technologies، including SnapLogic، TIBCO، Informatica، Kong، Apigee، Kafka، RabbitMQ، Solace، Kubernetes، OpenShift، Docker، Terraform، GitHub Actions، Azure DevOps، Jenkins، OpenAI، Anthropic، Google Vertex AI، Amazon Bedrock، Datadog، Dynatrace، Splunk، Elastic، and OpenTelemetry

Proven experience leading enterprise-scale API، integration، and platform modernization initiatives spanning legacy transformation، cloud migration، and AI enablement

Extensive experience defining and governing enterprise integration and API architecture standards، patterns، reference architectures، and lifecycle management practices

Experience in driving adoption of AI-assisted integration development including AI-powered API design and documentation Experience leading cross-portfolio architectural intent and engaging with Enterprise Architecture، Engineering، Security، Cloud، and Business stakeholders at senior levels

Certifications: AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect preferred

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Job Purpose

At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

If you're passionate about transforming technology، we invite you to apply and to make a significant impact on the future of aviation at Emirates Group.

In the role، you will

Lead the definition and governance of new corporate and portfolio IT standards، guidelines and practices by analysing and understanding potential impact of competing technologies، assessing their strategic significance، defining their strategic role and scope، roadmap، relationship to existing standards، and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards.

Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams.

Drive architecture decisions and be accountable for their implications in regard to solution costs، delivery schedules، application complexity، technical debt and overall solution performance.

Provide expert advice and lead solution design reviews to projects on technical and architectural standards، guiding them on the need to raise exception requests، develop new or amended standards، and on the appropriate use of architectural standards and patterns.

In addition، be accountable for the overall architecture، solution discoveries، and strategic incubations by coordinating with peer architects and engineering teams

Manage، direct، inspire and coach the work and capability of Solutions Architect and Senior Engineering resources as required، and engage in، and lead، a much wider virtual team of senior managers، technical and subject matter experts and business managers.

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.

Qualification

To be considered for this role، you must meet the below

Degree in Computer Science، Information Technology، Engineering، or a related discipline (12+3 or equivalent).

12+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Integration Architecture، Enterprise Architecture، or Solution Architecture leadership roles within large-scale enterprise IT environments.

Proven experience designing enterprise-scale integration platforms and digital ecosystems، with hands-on expertise in API Management، iPaaS، Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)، cloud integration services، enterprise messaging and event streaming technologies، and microservices architectures.

Comprehensive understanding of enterprise integration technologies، including SnapLogic، TIBCO، Informatica، Kong، Apigee، Kafka، RabbitMQ، Solace، Kubernetes، OpenShift، Docker، Terraform، GitHub Actions، Azure DevOps، Jenkins، OpenAI، Anthropic، Google Vertex AI، Amazon Bedrock، Datadog، Dynatrace، Splunk، Elastic، and OpenTelemetry.

Proven experience leading enterprise-scale API، integration، and platform modernization initiatives spanning legacy transformation، cloud migration، and AI enablement.

Extensive experience defining and governing enterprise integration and API architecture standards، patterns، reference architectures، and lifecycle management practices.

Experience in driving adoption of AI-assisted integration development including AI-powered API design and documentation

Experience leading cross-portfolio architectural intent and engaging with Enterprise Architecture، Engineering، Security، Cloud، and Business stakeholders at senior levels.

Certifications: AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect preferred.

Leadership Role: Yes