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Principal Solutions Architect

Unlock employer Dubai, United Arab Emirates Posted: 16 Feb 2026

Financial

  • Estimate: $120k - $150k*
  • Zero income tax location

Accessibility

  • Visa Provided

Requirements

  • Experience: Senior
  • English: Professional

Position

About the Job
At the company, we believe in connecting the world through our global hub in Dubai. Our IT department thrives on the dynamic nature of technology, constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Joining our Architecture team, you will help propel global aviation technology into the future by bridging ambitious business goals with purposeful technological solutions. Our team handles projects ranging from incremental improvements to strategic overhauls, utilizing modern technology stacks such as ReactJS, NodeJS, and Java Microservices, all underpinned by best practices in DevSecOps and Cloud.

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As a Solutions Architect, you will architect, design, and communicate high-level structural and behavioral aspects of systems to enable integrated solutions that meet current and future business needs, in alignment with corporate IT standards and architecture guiding principles.

Responsibilities

  • Develop optimal, fit-for-purpose, and aligned IT architecture solutions that meet customer requirements. Ensure architecture is robust, high-quality, and conforms to corporate IT standards.
  • Develop Enterprise Architecture standards and guidelines in the information, application, and technology domains.
  • Continuously monitor industry trends and evaluate relevant technologies and tools.
  • Establish policies, guidelines, and strategies for selecting system components and their designs.
  • Guide, mentor, and motivate development team members in adopting good engineering practices.
  • Conduct architecture reviews of vendor products and provide architecture recommendations for application improvements.
  • Develop logical infrastructure solutions in alignment with technology standards and ensure development aligns with proposed architecture.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure alignment of architecture principles, framework, and guidelines.
  • Own and manage the architecture roadmap of initiatives and platforms, identifying and overseeing development activities.
  • Drive architecture decisions and manage implications regarding solution costs and performance.

Qualifications
To be considered for the role, you must meet the below requirements:

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent IT-related discipline.
  • Certification in TOGAF, GenAI, AWS/Azure Architect, SAFe for Architects, Cybersecurity.
  • 5+ years in application design & development as a software engineer, with experience in developing enterprise-grade applications.
  • Ability to translate business requirements into measurable technical Non-Functional Requirements.
  • Demonstrated full stack application design and architecture experience.
  • Familiarity with modeling standards like ArchiMate, UML, and C4 models.
  • Understanding of standard industry practices in software architecture and development frameworks.
  • Hands-on proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, SQL, and experience with Integration & API Management.
  • Strong experience with Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and open-source frameworks.
  • Exposure to Data modeling, Big Data, BI, and understanding of AI agents, DevOps, Microservices, and Cloud-native applications.

Salary & Benefits
Join us in Dubai and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary and travel benefits, including discounts on flights and hotel stays worldwide.

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