Solution Architect – Qatar Airways – Doha – Qatar
Qatar Airways invites application for Solution Architect in Doha, Qatar
Job Title:
Solution Architect
About the role:
Responsible for IT solution architecture design, that meets the business requirements. Activities involve creating solution architecture blueprints for the assigned system, work program prioritization, define standards for design and development, review requirements, including Non-functional requirements, solution review and risk management across projects/programs, to ensure timely delivery with quality and within budget.
This position also plays a key role in driving innovation; create a digital strategy for the Line of Business and aligning business and IT strategy to ensure that everyone is aligned, in defining and implementing technical solutions for business problems.
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Responsible to design innovative and practical end-to-end technical solution of a system, in line with the business strategy and objectives of the LOB
- Collaborate with Solution Architects from other LOBs to identify synergies in solutions and to adopt and standardize common tools and technologies across organization
- Contribute to the development of architecture governance structures, methodologies and compliance activities of the organization
- Responsible to deliver artefacts, including Solution Architecture. Contribute and review Functional and Non-functional requirements, Technical Architecture, Interface specifications and high-level design documents.
- Responsible for breaking down the complex application requirements using functional decomposition and Domain Driven Design, identify Microservices and define APIs for the domains.
- Oversee development, review artefacts of projects across LOB/scrum teams in order to ensure consistency with design and architecture guidelines
- Provide strategic guidance to development teams and ensure that business goals and objectives are aligned
- Drive communication plan to educate stakeholders on the purpose and benefits of solution architecture
- Plan and execute proof of concepts to demonstrate feasibility of idea, complex solutions and cutting-edge technologies.
- Drive innovation, to ensure that solutions drive value to the business and customers
- Liaise with external 3rd party suppliers and internal departments / IT teams to collaborate and design and implement robust solutions and interfaces between applications
- Ensure system designs are manageable, maintainable, scalable, resilient, sustainable, cost effective whilst addressing business requirements
- Responsible for ensuring that all application Non-Functional Requirements are met, ensure thorough testing of NFRs and ensure corrective / preventive actions
- Assist in review of production readiness, prior to release of the application to Production. Make sure that the items under user acceptance certificate are tested thoroughly by the quality assurance team.
- Responsible to correctly apply across programs/projects and products the relevant technical strategies, policies, standards and practices.
- Anticipate project issues and risks before they occur, and work with the team to identify and implement solutions or mitigations with relevant stakeholders
- Lead root cause analysis of reported critical incidents in operational production systems and recommend/ ensure implementation of effective preventive actions to avoid repetition
Be part of an extraordinary story:
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community. Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible
About you:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent (Degree in engineering, computer applications, commerce, or business administration).
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with minimum 3 years proven experience on domain driven design and microservices architecture.
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle including working in Agile Development methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe
- Knowledge of DevOps, DevSecOps methodologies and Software Quality Assurance processes;
- Expertise in area(s) of Solution Architecture, Enterprise Integration patterns and software design and development
- Expertise in Product and Solution Design of Large-scale applications
- Expertise in Large and Critical System Product Production Support and Problem Solving
- Ability to create system roadmaps based on business goals.
- Ability to recognize industry technology trends and emerging technologies, understands how they apply to different units in QR
- Must have good analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot and solve problems
- Ability to foster teamwork among team members.
- Ability to lead a diverse group of project stakeholders and members towards successful delivery of a project.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and organizational skills.
About Qatar Airways Group:
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before. So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community
Last Date:
July 29, 2024
