Senior Solutions Architect

Air New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel discounts

FlexiLeave benefits

Medical expense cover (KoruHealth)

Job summary

Air New Zealand is seeking a Senior Solution Architect to design and guide technology solutions that power customer and operational experiences. You will work across squads and platforms to ensure robust, scalable architectures aligned to business goals.

You will collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams, driving secure, value-driven outcomes and raising architectural maturity through mentorship and pattern sharing.

Qualifications

• Strong integration experience with SaaS platforms.
• Experience designing integrations using APIs and event-driven patterns (e.g., Kafka).
• Ability to navigate unfamiliar domains and emerging tech.
• Work across software engineering, cyber security and operations.
• Holistic view of architecture impacting wider systems and business outcomes.
• Clear, purposeful communication and documentation.
• Proven ability to build trust with stakeholders and influence at multiple levels.
• Strategic mindset aligned to enterprise goals.

Responsibilities

• Design and guide robust solutions across SaaS, cloud-native apps, microservices, APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions to business goals and technology strategy.
• Assess trade-offs to enable adaptive, secure and value-driven outcomes.
• Operate within governance frameworks while evolving them to meet new ways of working.
• Lift architectural maturity by sharing patterns, mentoring others and contributing to our chapter's craft.

Skills

Integration experience

API design

Event-driven architectures

Cross-domain collaboration

Architectural governance

Mentoring

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Strategic thinking

Cloud architecture

Tools

Kafka

AWS/Azure

SaaS platforms

Azure AD/Okta

Job description

Air New Zealand is on an exciting journey to become the world’s leading digital airline, transforming travel experiences for millions around the globe. Our Digital team is at the heart of this transformation, shaping innovative solutions and setting new standards in the airline industry. Architecture is at the centre of that journey. We’re looking for experienced architects who are confident in their craft, collaborative in style, and comfortable navigating complexity to gain clarity.

As a Senior Solution Architect in our Architecture Chapter, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and guiding the technology solutions that underpin our most important customer and operational experiences. You’ll bring a customer-first lens to solution design, ensuring experiences are intuitive, reliable and aligned to measurable outcomes. You’ll work across squads, tribes and platforms to shape technically robust solutions, aligned to business goals, and designed to adapt as our platforms and needs evolve.

The role you will play:
You’ll be working with a wide range of technologies, including public cloud services, SaaS products, internally developed apps and containerised microservices with a variety of integration approaches, including APIs and event-driven/streaming patterns (e.g., Kafka):

• Designing and guiding robust, maintainable solutions across a variety of technologies, including SaaS, cloud-native apps, microservices, APIs and event-driven/streaming architectures
• Collaborating with stakeholders and SMEs to align solutions to business goals and technology strategy
• Assessing trade-offs to enable adaptive, secure and value-driven outcomes
• Operating with purpose within our governance frameworks while evolving them to meet new ways of working
• Lifting architectural maturity by sharing patterns, mentoring others and contributing to our chapter's craft and capability

What you will bring to this role:

• Strong integration experience, especially with SaaS platforms
• Experience designing integrations using APIs and event-driven/streaming patterns (e.g., Kafka)
• Confidence navigating unfamiliar business domains and emerging tech
• Ability to work across disciplines like software engineering, cyber security and operations
• A holistic view of architecture and how it impacts wider systems and business outcomes
• Clear, purposeful communication and documentation skills
• Proven ability to build trust with stakeholders and influence at multiple levels
• A strategic mindset, grounded in a strong understanding of enterprise goals

Nice to have:

• Demonstrated experience designing cloud-native solutions on AWS and/or Azure, with a focus on secure, resilient and cost-conscious outcomes (including containerised workloads where they’re a good fit)
• Experience designing secure-by-design solutions, including identity and access patterns (e.g., Azure AD, Okta) and alignment with enterprise security practices
• Familiarity with MACH principles (microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless) and applying them where they’re a good fit
• Familiarity with aviation industry SaaS products (e.g., airline operations, crew, disruption/IRROPS) and the integration patterns commonly used across airline ecosystems

If you meet the majority of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

What we can offer you

We want our people to live their best lives, and our benefits support your life outside work:

• Generous staff travel discounts for you, your family, and friends
• Access to FlexiLeave, offering up to four extra weeks off each year
• Comprehensive medical expense cover through KoruHealth
• A culture of growth, with extensive opportunities for professional development

Ready for take-off?

Join us and become part of a team that's shaping the future of digital travel experiences globally.

Applications close on 20 September 2026.

Additional Information

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

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