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 e.g. 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 a 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 e.g. 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 safe work practices at all times.
Comply with all relevant Company policies and procedures.
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