About
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-ERP. As a Principal Solution Architect-ERP, you will 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.
The successful candidate 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.
Responsibilities
As a Principal Solution Architect-ERP in the Architecture team you will:
- Lead the development of new corporate IT standards, analysing and understanding the potential impact of competing technologies, assessing their strategic significance, defining their strategic role and scope, and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards.
- Lead the development and documentation of architectural patterns and solution designs for use in solutions and provide expert consultancy and coaching on these to project teams.
- Track technologies 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.
- Lead the solution shaping phase for major (more than AED 5m) complex projects, taking full responsibility for the architecture of the solution, including developing solution scenarios/stakeholder models, identifying strategic solution options, and guiding the development team in its adoption and elaboration as a solution design.
- Provide expert advice to projects on technical and architectural standards, and guide them on the need to raise exception requests or develop new or amended standards.
- Lead solution design reviews and technical design reviews, ensuring that projects are following agreed corporate strategic direction and alignment to architectural standards and patterns.
- From time to time, lead a strategic incubator project that involves managing the development team, taking full responsibility for the solution architecture, and managing the project, its budget, timescales, and dependencies.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of Architecture Guiding Principles.
- Manage, direct, inspire and coach the work and capability of STE, Principal Solution Architect resources as required.
- Own, manage and maintain the architecture roadmap of complex/large Projects, Products, Environments, or Platforms.
Qualifications & Experience
To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:
- Degree or Honours (12+3 or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent IT-related discipline or equivalent experience.
- 8+ Years Information Technology or other ideally higher-level business-related qualification, such as MBA.
- Experience in the development of distributed, mission-critical applications in heterogeneous environments/architectures for multi-user systems.
- Experience in detailed business system architecture and design, preferably with technical leadership.
- Understanding of solution technologies such as Java/TPF/Oracle/BI/DW/ERP and capability frameworks such as CMMI.
- Understanding of TOGAF, Zachman, and other Enterprise Architecture frameworks and of industry-standard development methods (e.g., RUP, SCRUM).
- Experience with ITIL Framework and project management methods (e.g., PMBOK).
- Experience working with ERP (Cloud and On-prem), preferably Oracle (EBS and Fusion) and ERP cloud migration.
- Experience engaging with business, domain expertise, and software engineering in Finance, Procurement & Supply Chain, and HR to validate ERP solutions architecture.
- Expertise in ERP platform components, including integration, add-ons, and extension frameworks.
- Experience in connecting with ERP vendors and industry to drive innovations and continuous improvement in the ERP platform.
Additional Details
- Leadership Position: No
- Salary & Benefits: To be provided.
