Job Description
The role of the Solutions Architect - Digital & Commercial is to Define and guarantee the overall standards and direction of architecture in the digital and commercial applications domain across the organisation.
Duties and Responsibilities
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Define the standards, guidelines and direction (roadmap) of digital and commercial (digital travel platforms, retailing, merchandising, in-flight, loyalty, holidays, omni-channel web and mobile) architecture to ensure consistency with the overall architecture framework, T&I policies and standards.
Lead digital and commercial (digital travel platforms, digital retailing and merchandising) design and enhancement initiatives to ensure consistency with the overall architecture and compliance with guidelines, strategy and procedures
Review and maintain digital and commercial architecture requirements for development, execution, and operations environments to ensure continuous improvement of digital and commercial platforms & systems and limit disruptions
Review and validate technical solutions for digital and commercial platforms, systems & integrations to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with the overall enterprise architecture
Lead the development of relevant technical documentation (design, models and patterns) & solution architecture artefacts to ensure proper description of digital and commercial applications (business, information, application, technology and security) to ensure documentation is aligned with internal standards, policies and principles
Collaborate with project teams to provide accurate digital and commercial application implementation estimates and timelines which considers the full architecture stack (business, information, application, technology and security) of architecture and design
Manage vendors and third parties (through in-depth solution and technology expertise) to monitor they operate in compliance with T&I processes, application architecture strategy and standards
Review the digital and commercial application plan to ensure alignment with Etihad strategy and objectives
Lead digital and commercial solution architecture, design and implementation through a full stack architecture approach which embraces a DevOps and AGILE methodology and culture
Contribute to the definition of the evolution roadmap for application architecture services which includes; cloud, digital and commercial platforms, digital integration (service orchestration, API’s and microservices) related to digital and commercial technologies, platforms and services.
Recommend and advice on innovations introduction to support the adoption of best practices solutions
Review and analyse technology market trends to identify and suggest innovations
Job Requirements
Minimum Diploma (2 years or more) in Information Technology, engineering or computing. A degree is preferred.
Minimum of 7 years of work experience within relevant solution architecture field with a focus on solution application architecture but must have experience with cross-functional architecture (technology, data, security and business services)
Minimum of 10 years of work experience within Information Technology (IT)
Job Specific Skills
It will be essential you have significant understanding in at least 1 of the following domains:
Business Understanding skills - Excellent
Leadership - Advanced
Project management skills - Excellent
Relationship management skills - Advance
Job Details
Company/Organization: Etihad Airways
Vacancy Type: Full-time Job
Job Location: United Arab Emirates
Application Deadline: N/A