Lead Enterprise Solution Architect - Data, API & Cloud

Emirates Flight Catering; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Two duty meals provided at EKFC

Health and wellness coverage

Paid time off and public holidays

Performance-based bonus and salary/NAJ

Learning and development support

Team events and engagement

Job summary

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) seeks a senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end design of enterprise-grade apps and API-first platforms. You will evaluate scalable stacks, ensure performance and security, and design data warehouses and pipelines to support analytics.

You will collaborate with governance and security teams, mentor junior architects, and drive digital transformation while upholding enterprise architecture standards across projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in solution architecture in large-scale security and enterprise infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of enterprise-grade applications (web, mobile, API-first).
• Evaluate scalable tech stacks aligned with business goals (microservices, containers, serverless).
• Ensure performance, scalability and observability with high-availability patterns and API integration standards.
• Design data solutions (data warehouses/pipelines) aligned with data strategy and BI tools.
• Collaborate with governance, security and QA to ensure compliance with enterprise standards.
• Provide architectural guidance for critical IT projects per EA frameworks.
• Drive digital transformation to modernize processes and deliver business value.
• Enforce architecture principles for scalable, compliant solutions.
• Identify architectural risks and mitigate to ensure security and resilience.

Skills

Presentation skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Conflict management

Structured design thinking

Creative problem-solving

Stakeholder influence

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or IT

Master's degree preferred

TOGAF certification preferred

Tools

.NET Core

Java Spring

Node.js

Kafka

Kinesis

Snowflake

Azure Synapse

BigQuery

Redshift

Job description

Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) seeks a senior Solution Architect to lead end-to-end design of enterprise-grade apps and API-first platforms. You will evaluate scalable stacks, ensure performance and security, and design data warehouses and pipelines to support analytics.

You will collaborate with governance and security teams, mentor junior architects, and drive digital transformation while upholding enterprise architecture standards across projects.