Solutions Architect - Airline Systems

Etihad Aviation Group
Abu Dhabi
Full timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Communication","Architectural leadership","Risk management","Agile delivery"]

Define and govern end-to-end solution architectures that enable operational performance and guest experiences. Design scalable, resilient integrations across airline operational domains (Flight Operations, Technical, Training, Network Operations), ensuring real-time visibility, automation, and secure, governed data for analytics and AI use cases. Partner with business and delivery teams to translate priorities into roadmaps, evaluate vendors against enterprise architecture standards, and provide architectural leadership and guardrails for agile delivery.

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Etihad Aviation Group
Etihad Aviation Group
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Solutions Architect - Airline Systems

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Job Summary

Define and govern end-to-end solution architectures that enable operational performance and guest experiences. Design scalable, resilient integrations across airline operational domains (Flight Operations, Technical, Training, Network Operations), ensuring real-time visibility, automation, and secure, governed data for analytics and AI use cases. Partner with business and delivery teams to translate priorities into roadmaps, evaluate vendors against enterprise architecture standards, and provide architectural leadership and guardrails for agile delivery.
Location: Abu Dhabi
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and govern solution architectures that support operational capabilities and transformation initiatives.
  • •Design scalable solutions across airline operational domains including Flight Operations, Technical, Training, and Network Operations.
  • •Architect integrations between operational systems, enterprise platforms, and third-party solutions using appropriate integration patterns and technologies.
  • •Enable real-time operational visibility and automation using event-driven architectures, monitoring, analytics, and workflow capabilities.
  • •Provide architectural leadership and technical assurance, maintain architecture artefacts, and manage architecture risks and technical debt.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • •7+ years’ experience in Solution, Application, or Enterprise Architecture within large-scale digital transformation environments.
  • •Proven experience designing technology solutions for airline operations and supporting operational processes and systems.
  • •Strong knowledge of APIs, microservices, application integration, and modern integration architectures.
  • •Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native services, data platforms, streaming, and AI capabilities.
Experience:7+ yearsDigital transformationAirline operations
Education:Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems
Skills:Stakeholder managementCommunicationArchitectural leadershipRisk managementAgile delivery
Languages:English (UK)
Tech Stack:Microsoft AzureAPIsMicroservicesEnterprise architectureTOGAFAIMachine learningIntelligent automationEvent-driven architectureMonitoringAnalyticsWorkflowLow-code platformsCloud-native servicesStreaming technologiesAgileSAFe

Eligibility

Nationality:UAE National

Company Brief

Etihad Aviation Group
Etihad Aviation Group (Etihad Airways) is the national airline of the UAE, operating passenger and cargo services worldwide from Abu Dhabi and providing aviation-related services across hospitality, maintenance and cargo sectors.
Industry: Airlines
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Government Funded
Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Founded: 2003
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