Senior Architect Dev Ops | SITA | United Kingdom - London

Senior Architect Dev Ops | SITA | United Kingdom - London

Senior Architect Dev Ops

Location: United Kingdom - London | Full time | Job opening ID: 7514

Purpose

Provide technical direction to the project team, including project managers, analysts, engineers and customers.
Responsible for requirements analysis and design of various technical aspects, such as software and network on a large scale project in a distributed global environment.
Accountable for bringing together different aspects of IT design, business architecture, domain expertise and applying it in a relevant manner to the design of SITA products or services, with an awareness of integration with the wider SITA portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

- Architect, design, and configure multiple streams of work with an appreciation for SITA's vision;
- Develop solutions that reflect strategic, long-term direction and planning with a complete understanding of interdependencies;
- Understand client requirements at a detailed level in order to translate them into technical specifications;
- Develop creative and innovative architectural designs for a complex module with minimal supervision;
- Lead a small team working on new modules or system development;
- Works with project managers and peers to understand and solve challenging technical problems;
- Work with project managers and peers to produce effort estimates and to improve system functionality and reliability;
- Assess requirements and make design recommendations;
- Produce models (integrated function, process dependency or entity relationship) that form the foundation for further analysis;
- Understand or clarify the problem statement and work independently to design the solution for the problem;
- Develop architecture designs which are well-thought out, reasonable and practical;
- Leverage SITA Methodologies to produce results in a timely and predictable manner;
- Assess difficult requirements, process them and form innovative models to arrive at solutions to address those requirements;
- Define key terms and concepts.

Education & Qualifications

Degree in a technical discipline (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, etc.) or sufficient work experience to demonstrate proficiency at this level.

Experience

- Minimum of 8-10 years IT experience or equivalent work experience in a relevant environment.
- Knowledge of Dev Ops is desirable

Knowledge & Skills

- Experience of Web Logic Server 11g , Oracle RAC, Oracle Service Bus.
- Exposure to J2EE technology Stack (JSP, Servlets, EJB, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts, Web Services)
- Good knowledge of build and deployment practices in a J2EE environment (including Maven, Artifactory)
- Experience of formulating Integration Strategy for service based development for cross functional development and SOA Middleware strategy and implementation.
- Strong experience in Integration Architecture, Service Orientated Architecture, SOA Integration Standards and Governance
- Working knowledge of resource estimation, internal administration and operational processes.
- Expertise in one solution portfolio area (networking, passenger, self-service, etc.).
- Understanding of Enterprise Architecture/IT Strategy.
- Knowledgeable about SITA architecture direction, methodologies, policies and practices.
- Knowledgeable on how components are connected and interact.
- Strong knowledge of standard engineering principles, theories, concepts and techniques.
- Strong understanding of system integration and hardware issues.
- Strong understanding of modeling methodologies such as UML.
- Strong understanding of requirements methodologies such as Use Cases.
- Reasonable awareness and understanding of industry drivers.
- Demonstrates a practical awareness of other architectures.
- Demonstrates analytical flexibility and versatility.
- Demonstrates core engineering competencies.
- Understanding of how own work fits into the bigger picture.

Profession Competencies

Business Acumen
Applications Support
Infrastructure/Platforms
Application Development
Telecommunications Network
Database Design and Management
Business Analysis
Architecture
Information Security
Software Quality Processes

Core Competencies

Adhering to Principles & Values
Creating & Innovating
Customer Focus
Results Orientation
Teamwork
Communication
Impact & Influence
Leading Execution
Developing Talent
Managing Performance

Additional Information

- Experience of Web Logic Server 11g , Oracle RAC, Oracle Service Bus.
- Exposure to J2EE technology Stack (JSP, Servlets, EJB, Spring Framework, Hibernate, Struts, Web Services)
- Good knowledge of build and deployment practices in a J2EE environment (including Maven, Artifactory)
- Experience of formulating Integration Strategy for service based development for cross functional development and SOA Middleware strategy and implementation.
- Strong experience in Integration Architecture, Service Orientated Architecture, SOA Integration Standards and Governance

SITA Overview

We are the world's leading specialists in air transport communications and IT solutions.
We deliver and manage business solutions for airline, airport, GDS, government and other customers over the world's most extensive network, which forms the communications backbone of the global air transport industry.
Created and owned by the air transport community, SITA is the community's dedicated partner for information and communications technology. As a team of industry experts, our know-how is based on working with customers across the global air transport community. Almost every airline and airport in the world does business with SITA.
With a customer service team of over 1,700 staff around the world, we invest significantly in achieving best-in-class customer service, providing integrated local and global support for both our communications and IT application services.


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