Principal Solution Architect-Database

at  The Emirates Group

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’.
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 Solution Architect-Database
Join the Architecture team and propel global aviation technology into the future! As architects, we bridge ambitious business goals with purposeful technological solutions, working closely 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 Solution Architect-Database in the architecture team, you will be expected to design, develop and govern the solution architecture of the Group in alignment with corporate business and IT strategies, ensuring an appropriate balance between functional, service quality, and systems management requirements. This necessitates engagement at the strategic enterprise level while also taking full responsibility for the solution architectures implemented by individual projects and programmes.

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Ideally certification in at least one of the areas-Cloud Architecture and IASA
• Oracle Database Architecture will be a big advantage.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• 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 and also lead the development and documentation of architectural patterns and solution designs for use in solutions.
• Provide expert consultancy and coaching on architectural patterns and solution designs to project teams.
• 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 as well as 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 including providing expert advice 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 patterns.
• Lead solution design reviews and technical design reviews, ensuring that projects are following agreed corporate strategic direction and alignment to architectural standards and patterns.
• Provide architecture and technology leadership to development teams by playing the lead architect/driver role in Teams or Agile/ Release Trains and 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 as well as 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.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE: TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ROLE, YOU MUST MEET THE BELOW REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent IT related discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years experience in IT architecture
• Hands-on experience in database technologies such as OraMS SQL Server, Couchbase, PostgreSQL, MariaDB in both on-premise and cloud with containers, virtual machines, and managed services.
• Good knowledge and understanding of database products in the market, evaluation approach, and their licensing models as well as e xperience in using solutions related to database management, data masking, archival, recovery, data storage, data privacy, Change Data Capture (CDC), and security including e xperience in architecting and implementing non-functional aspects and HA/DR/Backup/Maintenance strategies to meet SLAs.
• Experience in development of large scale, complex, distributed, mission critical applications in heterogeneous environments.
• Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers and 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 centre, mainframe, service management platforms, messaging, cyber security etc.
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies such as SCRUM and Scaled Agile as well as knowledge of industry standard software modelling techniques such as ArchiMate, C4 and UML.
• Understanding of big picture view, non-functional requirements and design patterns as well as architecture styles such as microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications as well as understanding of well architected framework for cloud and on-premise deployments.

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