Principal Solutions Architect - Integrations

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 Solutions Architect - Integrations.

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 Solutions Architect, you will play a pivotal role leading the Enterprise Integration and API Modernisation programme from Enterprise Architecture. You are responsible for defining and leading the enterprise-wide integration architecture strategy, standards, roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and the overall Enterprise Architecture vision. You will drive the adoption of modern integration capabilities including AI ready and API-first Integrations, event-driven architecture, cross-cloud integrations, microservices, and AI-enabled integration solutions and intelligent automation. You will be providing architectural governance, technology leadership, and strategic direction across portfolios, Agile Release Trains, and enterprise transformation initiatives while ensuring secure, scalable, resilient, and compliant integration solutions. If you are passionate about delivering modern digital integration capabilities, establishing engineering excellence, and enabling innovation through AI ready APIs, we invite you to apply and contribute to the success of Emirates Group.

In the role, you will:

• 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.
• 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. 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.
• Provide expert advice and lead solution design reviews 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 standards and patterns.
• Provide architecture and technology leadership to development teams by playing the lead architect/driver role in Teams of Teams or Agile/ Release Trains. 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. 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.

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

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline (12+3 or equivalent).
• 12+ years of IT experience with at least 5+ years in Integration Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, or Solution Architecture leadership roles within large-scale enterprise IT environments.
• Technical leadership in leading a group of technical architects and senior developers. Ability to influence delivery plans based on architecture and skills constraints.
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale integration platforms and digital ecosystems, with hands-on expertise in API Management, iPaaS, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), cloud integration services, enterprise messaging and event streaming technologies, and microservices architectures.
• Comprehensive understanding of enterprise integration technologies, including SnapLogic, TIBCO, Informatica, Kong, Apigee, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex AI, Amazon Bedrock, Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, Elastic, and OpenTelemetry.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale API, integration, and platform modernization initiatives spanning legacy transformation, cloud migration, and AI enablement.
• Extensive experience defining and governing enterprise integration and API architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and lifecycle management practices.
• Experience in driving adoption of AI-assisted integration development including AI-powered API design and documentation
• Experience leading cross-portfolio architectural intent and engaging with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Business stakeholders at senior levels.
• Certifications: AWS/Azure Certified Solutions Architect preferred.

Leadership Role: Yes

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. Find out what it’s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers