Solution Architect: Drive Secure, Sustainable Tech

Christchurch Airport; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Christchurch Airport is seeking an experienced solution architect to evaluate options, develop pragmatic architectures, and help guide technology decisions across business and technology teams. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers and specialists to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural outcomes.

You will work with business stakeholders and technology partners to understand needs, develop architectures that align with enterprise principles, and

Qualifications

• Around three or more years' experience in solution architecture or a comparable technical role.
• Broad technical knowledge across applications, cloud, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data or related technology domains.
• Experience working with business stakeholders, technical specialists and technology partners to develop or recommend technology solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse business and technology problems, evaluate solution options and make sound architectural recommendations.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with business stakeholders, technical specialists and technology partners to understand business needs, evaluate solution options and develop pragmatic solution architectures.
• Develop solution architectures that align with business objectives, enterprise architecture principles and long-term technology direction.
• Evaluate technology options and provide architectural recommendations that balance business needs, security, operational resilience and sustainability.
• Collaborate with engineers, cybersecurity and data specialists to guide solution design and delivery.
• Contribute to architecture standards, governance and practices that support better technology decisions across Christchurch Airport.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Documentation

Cloud

Job description

Christchurch Airport is seeking an experienced solution architect to evaluate options, develop pragmatic architectures, and help guide technology decisions across business and technology teams. You will collaborate with business stakeholders, engineers and specialists to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term architectural outcomes.

You will work with business stakeholders and technology partners to understand needs, develop architectures that align with enterprise principles, and