Solution Architect

MAG; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

MAG Technology is seeking a Solution Architect to drive digital transformation across our airports. You will define technology solutions to enhance passenger journeys and improve operational efficiency. The role requires strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to influence and build consensus with senior stakeholders.
• Technical knowledge of enterprise technologies, systems, and infrastructure.
• Experience with technical architecture development and maintenance using TOGAF.

Responsibilities

• Define technology solutions aligned with strategic goals.
• Collaborate with business analysts and project managers to ensure successful implementation.
• Guide Heads-of-Technology on solution sets to enhance capability.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Networking

Presentation

Communication

Commercial acumen

Education

TOGAF certification or equivalent

Tools

DevOps toolsets

Enterprise Asset Management systems

IoT

Smart Infrastructure

Job description

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The Role

MAG Technology is currently expanding and we are looking for Solution Architects to help us to transform our business through technology, digital and automation. Working across our airports and group functions, youll define technology solutions to meet requirements, taking into account systems, data, process and people. Ensuring that designs are aligned to the overarching technology end state strategies (or challenging them if you see fit!), youll work hand in hand with business analysts, project managers, development teams (both internal and external) and the business stakeholders directly to ensure that solutions will meet desired business outcomes, and add value to MAG. Youll be helping to solve problems for our business including working out how to digitize our passenger journey, improve aircraft turnaround times, optimize colleague experiences and drive efficiencies across our group. Youll have a hand in delivery end to end, from inception and shaping, right through to post go live support.

What will make you a successful Solution Architect?
As well as the ability to interact, influence and build consensus with senior stakeholders, youll have excellent interpersonal, networking, presentation and communication skills and be commercially astute. Youll also have a detailed technical knowledge spanning enterprise technologies, systems and infrastructure, private and public cloud, development and DevOps toolsets with experience building and executing an IT strategy, maintaining a technology roadmap and being able to adapt to business, market and technical change. Youll have experience of developing, mapping and maintaining a technical architecture including enterprise, applications, service, infrastructure and data using a recognised methodology e.g. TOGAF. Youll have experience communicating complex technical information and informing the priority of spend, based on technical input and related risk vs. conflicting business priority. Youll be able to provide architecture expertise & guidance to the Heads-of-Technology, advising on possible solution sets and opportunities to increase capability. Desirable skills include an understanding of the Airport/Aviation Tech landscape; knowledge of the processes, applications, technology and data requirements, major trends and complexities of such a business. Experience of airport development and construction projects and experience of Enterprise Asset Management systems / IoT / Smart Infrastructure and be TOGAF certified, or equivalent.