Manager Enterprise Architecture

Emirates Airlines - Other locations; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international airline in Dubai is seeking a Manager for Enterprise Architecture. This role involves defining IT standards, providing technical leadership, and managing the technology landscape. The ideal candidate should have close to 10 years of experience in complex application development and hold a relevant degree. Along with an attractive tax-free salary, the position offers generous travel benefits and comprehensive healthcare packages, ensuring a fantastic work-life balance in a cosmopolitan city.

Benefits

Attractive tax-free salary

Discounted flights

Excellent leave and healthcare package

Transport benefits

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Close to 10 years of experience in information technology, enterprise architecture.
• Experience in developing large scale complex, distributed, scalable applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead definition and governance of new corporate IT standards.
• Provide technology leadership and coach solution architects.
• Develop team and set SMART goals to ensure SLA delivery.
• Track technology advancements and relate them to IT strategy.
• Manage technical debt and design modernised roadmaps.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture experience

Understanding of non-functional requirements

Agile software development

Cloud deployments

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Java

Cloud services

TOGAF

Job description

Job Purpose

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 are 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 a Manager Enterprise Architecture.

In this role you will:

• Lead the definition and governance of new corporate and portfolio IT standards and guiding principles by analysing and understanding the potential impact of those changes on both IT and the business. Periodically review the IT estate in the context of such standards and guidelines. Resolve cross‑portfolio technology concerns by establishing repeatable architecture solutions.
• Provide technology leadership and expert consultancy and coach solution architects and development teams. Execute servant leadership principles and empower the team by developing them and setting the right context.
• Lead the team by coaching, creating development plans, setting SMART goals to ensure delivery of service level agreements (SLA) and objectives. Conduct continuous performance reviews to cultivate a high performance culture.
• Scout the market and track technology advancements and new business innovations, determine how they relate to the IT strategy, existing standards, platforms and patterns, and lead the work to amend the existing assets or create new assets.
• Take accountability for continuous improvement of the application and technology landscape by defining, planning and driving technical enablers, managing technical debt and ensuring modernised roadmaps and updated architecture runways.
• Acquire knowledge in the business portfolio domains and lead technology transformations for simplification, rationalisation and innovation by defining target and transition architectures for the portfolio in line with business and IT objectives.
• Be an evangelist of the Well‑Architected Framework and ensure development teams understand and adopt such practices.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent IT related discipline. Experience in information technology, enterprise architecture.
• Close to 10 years of experience in the development of large scale complex, distributed, scalable mission critical applications in heterogeneous environments.

Knowledge & Skills

• Technical leadership and architecture experience with experience in leading a group of solution architects, directing strategic investments and influencing delivery plans.
• Experience in developing technology strategies and solutions with an enterprise big picture view and ability to zoom into solution details.
• Understanding of application development technologies such as Java, open source frameworks, cloud, low code platforms etc.
• Understanding of non‑functional requirements and other practices such as observability, automation etc.
• Understanding of agile software development frameworks such as Scrum, Scaled Agile.
• Understanding of TOGAF, Zachman or any modern day enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Understanding of industry standard software modelling approaches such as ArchiMate, UML etc.
• Understanding of architecture styles such as microservices, event driven architecture, cloud native applications.
• Understanding of well architected framework for cloud deployments.
• Ideally certification in at least one of the areas – TOGAF, IASA, Cloud Architecture, Cyber Security.

Leadership Role: YES

Salary & benefits

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.