The role of Senior Solution Architect is a key role to define and deliver a state-of-the-art Air Traffic Solution.
The role is responsible for defining, stabilising and maintaining the solution architecture for bids and projects for all lifecycle phases, it includes:

• Defining and proposing innovative technical solutions that meet customer requirements and are compliant with the business' product/system technical strategy
• Analysing the architectural and technical choices to ensure the best trade-off between customer requirements, technical solutions, cost and risk.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the solution architecture is optimised to satisfy the product requirements:
  • Bringing to the foreground the key architectural drivers
  • Exploring the solution space to define a set of alternate candidate architectural concepts and perform related trade-offs ensuring all design alternatives are recorded and decisions justified
  • Perform early validation of the architecture including modelling and proof of concept activities to de-risk

• Develop Architectural Viewpoints to:
  • Define the system breakdown
  • Lead the interface definition and arbitrate technically between the various contributors (whether internal or external)
  • Describe the system behaviour through functional flows and identifying dependencies between system components
• Specify Technical Performance Measurements (TPMs) and support their validation throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Document architecture in required artefacts (E.g. Product Breakdown Structure and System of System Design Documentation).
• Responsible for stabilising and maintaining the solution architecture throughout its lifecycle in cooperation with the Project Design Authority (PDA) and the Engineering Delivery Manager (EDM).
• Support the PDA and EDM in the approval of the main engineering reviews and deliverables.
• Review key Subsystems including Infrastructure, Platform and Security artefacts ensuring that the constraints imposed by the system requirements on the design are understood and met.
• Ensure and demonstrate that the defined architecture meets the requirements taking into consideration:
  • Performance
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Human Factors
  • ILS
  • Contractually applicable legislation, rules and regulations including Environmental/HSE requirements and standards.

• Contribute to the development of Architecture Policies, Processes and Procedures to ensure best practice.
• Provide mentoring and support to all personnel involved in architecture activities.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, IT or related discipline

Essential Experience

• 5+ years experience in similar positions on projects delivering complex software-centric real-time systems.
• Good experience in the ATM Domain and Air Traffic Management standards eg. ICAO, Eurocontrol
• Demonstrated experience in the design of infrastructure and network architectures
• Demonstrated experience in the design of secure solution architectures inline with security standards and policies
• Experience with collective decisions and conflict resolutions
• Capability to manage various stakeholders having different objectives
• Proven capability to work in a multi-cultural environment and with variety of international customers.
• Aptitude to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary integrated team environment
• A positive attitude combined with excellent interpersonal and motivational skills.
• Sound judgement and independent decision-making capability where necessary

Desirable:

• Experience in Modelling Tools e.g. Capella, Enterprise Architect
• Experience in System Engineering tools eg. DOORs, Jira
• Experience in working in a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Assist in ensuring a harmonious work environment in all departments that you are working with by upholding Thales' key values.
• An advocate for diversity and inclusion who will be actively involved in implementing change initiatives to achieve our diversity goals
• An advocate for a culture of continuous improvement
• An advocate for Accountability, transparency and curiosity
• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies and framework and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues, visitors and/or the environment and to ensure a safe work practises at all times.
• Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.