Principal Solution Architect

Job Purpose: At Emirates, we believe in connecting the world to and through our global hub in Dubai and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’. Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology.

Being pioneers in aviation innovation, we're always at the forefront, pushing boundaries. We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry. Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as Principal Solution Architect.

As a Principal Solution Architect you will design, develop and govern the solution architecture of the Group in alignment with corporate business and IT strategies, ensuring appropriate balance between functional, service quality, systems management requirements and business objectives. This necessitates engagement at the strategic enterprise level while also taking full responsibility for the solution architectures implemented by individual projects and programmes.

**In this role you will**:

- Lead the definition and governance of new corporate and portfolio IT standards, guidelines and practices by analysing and understanding potential impact of competing technologies, assessing their strategic significance, defining their strategic role and scope, roadmap, relationship to existing standards, and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards.
- Scout market and track technology advancements and new business innovations, determine how they relate to our IT strategy, existing standards, platforms and patterns, and lead the work to amend existing assets or create new assets to reflect changes in the technology landscape. Showcase business value by executing Proof of Concepts by engaging relevant IT teams.
- Provide expert advice and lead solution design reviews to projects on technical and architectural standards, guiding them on the need to raise exception requests, develop new or amended standards, and on the appropriate use of architectural standards and patterns.
- Provide architecture and technology leadership to development teams by playing the lead architect/driver role in Teams of Teams or Agile/ Release Trains. In addition, be accountable for the overall architecture, solution discoveries, and strategic incubations by coordinating with peer architects and engineering teams

**Qualifications & Experience: To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements**:

- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in IT, with a focus on DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, and Automation.
- Strong experience architecting and implementing security solutions for complex, distributed systems in both cloud and on-prem environments.
- Expertise in integrating security automation into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring secure development processes and automated vulnerability management.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and experience securing cloud infrastructure.
- In-depth experience with SIEM, SOAR, and automated incident response tools, such as Splunk, ELK Stack, AppDynamics.
- Experience with cloud security practices and platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and security technologies such as IAM, VPC, encryption, and logging.
- Strong familiarity with secure software development lifecycle (SDLC), shift-left security practices, and security testing tools (e.g., Wiz, ShiftLeft, Gitlab Security and Workflow)

Salary & Benefits: Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That’s on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more.