Lead Platform Architect – Airline Operations

Overview

As Lead Platform Architect, you will be the architectural authority for the Airline Operations Platform, guiding its evolution to a unified, scalable system that supports flight operations, crew management, and engineering. You will align platform goals with enterprise strategy, govern complex integrations, and drive multi-mission reuse to reduce duplication. You’ll lead architecture reviews, set API-first standards, and champion real-time data and resilience across teams. This role offers impact at the core of how we run aviation operations and deliver reliable, high-value services.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual bonus potential
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Discounted staff travel

Responsibilities

• Own Platform Integrity: define target architecture and roadmap for a shared enterprise asset
• Enforce Reuse: design platform capabilities for multi-Mission reuse to eliminate duplicates
• Set the Standards: establish service contracts, API-first rules, and default integration patterns
• Manage Change: govern platform evolution to minimize unmanaged dependencies and friction
• Align Globally: partner with Enterprise Architecture to match platform goals with enterprise strategy
• Act as Authority: serve as final design review voice and technical authority for the platform
• Guide Engineering: provide technical leadership on scalability and resilience
• Run Design Reviews: lead architecture assurance activities for alignment with target models
• Control Deviations: review and control deviations from platform standards
• Architect Core Layers: design identity, operational data, orchestration, and event streaming
• Drive Real-Time Data: champion event-driven architecture and shared data services
• Scale Smart Tech: define reusable AI, automation capabilities, and telemetry workflows
• Follow Industry Standards: ensure platform alignment with aviation standards (e.g., IATA)
• Secure by Design: embed identity, authentication, federation, and data privacy
• Mitigate Risk: identify architectural risks to protect real-time flight operations
• Cultivate Talent: mentor architects and engineers on platform-first design principles

Key requirements

• Systems Thinker: ability to operate in large, interconnected systems
• Strategic Leader: experience aligning product demands with business strategy
• Integration Expert: mastery of scalable, API-first, event-driven architectures
• Aviation Domain Knowledge: knowledge of aviation data frameworks and IATA is desirable
• Governance Champion: track record of design reviews and managing technical debt
• Superb Communicator: able to influence federated engineering teams and manage conflicts

• strategic influence
• communication
• cross-team collaboration
• API-first architecture
• event-driven architectures
• scalability and resilience

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