Job description: Solutions Architect - Dubai
Application and integration-focused Senior Solution Architect who can own the complete customer transaction from the digital channel through APIs and CDS business services into Emirates enterprise systems and external chauffeur/service-provider platforms.
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Strong hands-on experience (8+ years) in enterprise application and solution architecture, with significant experience architecting complex, customer-facing digital platforms.
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Proven experience defining end-to-end solution architecture across web/mobile channels, backend services, integration platforms, enterprise systems and external service providers.
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Ability to translate business capabilities, functional requirements and customer journeys into scalable, secure and resilient technical solutions.
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Strong experience defining:
- Solution Architecture
- Application Architecture
- Integration Architecture
- Data flows and system interactions
- Deployment Architecture
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Security Architecture
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Strong understanding of microservices and domain-driven architecture, including service decomposition, bounded contexts, service communication and API contracts.
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Strong experience with API-first architecture, including:
- RESTful APIs
- OpenAPI / Swagger
- API gateways
- API versioning
- Authentication and authorisation
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API lifecycle management
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Strong knowledge of enterprise integration patterns, including synchronous, asynchronous and event-driven integration.
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Experience architecting solutions using messaging and event technologies such as:
- Kafka
- Solace
- JMS
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Strong understanding of enterprise integration platforms such as SnapLogic or equivalent iPaaS technologies.
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Experience defining architectures for applications built using modern technology stacks such as Java / Spring Boot and React / TypeScript.
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Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, including:
- Containers and Docker
- Kubernetes / OpenShift
- Infrastructure scalability
- Configuration and secrets management
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High availability and resiliency
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Experience defining solutions leveraging relational and NoSQL databases, caching and appropriate data storage patterns.
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Strong understanding of security architecture and secure-by-design principles, including:
- OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect
- JWT
- Role-Based Access Control
- Certificates and encryption
- Secrets management
- Data protection
Preferable:
- Experience architecting airline, travel, transportation, mobility, logistics or complex booking platforms would be highly desirable.
- Ability to define the end-to-end architecture supporting Chauffeur Drive booking, modification, cancellation and fulfilment journeys.
- Experience architecting real-time transactional platforms handling availability, eligibility, capacity and service confirmation.
- Ability to architect solutions supporting complex customer eligibility and business-rule evaluation.
- Experience designing solutions involving address capture/validation, geolocation, service-area determination, vehicle selection and routing-related services.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns required across customer-facing channels, reservation systems, loyalty platforms, CRM, payment services and operational fulfilment systems.
- Experience integrating with external suppliers /service providers, including patterns for handling availability, booking confirmation, failures, retries and reconciliation.
Thanks & Regards,
