Infrastructure Architect

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Description

Are you passionate about IT, experienced in software development techniques and convinced by the business added value of digitalization?

Airbus started its Digital journey. The objective being to transform the company and to prepare it for the future. This transformation includes new global governance, new ways of working and the implementation of digital business services and platforms Airbus is looking for an Infrastructure Architect (m/f) to join in Bangalore, India.

Required skills

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

The skills you bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, information technology or other related discipline with 12-14 years of total experience

  • Min. 5-8 years agile experience working in cross-functional Agile teams from inception to release.

  • Min. 5-8 years of experience designing and building complex IT systems.

• Experience with Agile methodology, and ideally (but not necessarily) Kanban and SAFe

• Preferred skills:

  • Experience working on distributed systems, and microservices

  • Experience with systems integration

  • Experience working on data-driven applications

  • Knowledge of software security standards and best practices
    

Your Responsibilities/Tasks

• Define and validate infrastructure architecture for new and existing IT solutions

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects and stakeholders to align infrastructure strategy with business needs

• Lead requirements gathering, architecture design, documentation, evaluation, and evolution for infrastructure projects

• Guide development and operations teams on infrastructure best practices

• Participate in architecture exchanges and communities

• Mentor and coach team members on infrastructure topics

• Ensure compliance with security, scalability, and maintainability standards

• Design, document, and support on-premises and cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure) infrastructure solutions

• Industrialize highly available, scalable, monitored infrastructure solutions

• Support business process redesign and change management transformation

• Monitor and assess new technologies and trends for infrastructure improvement
  

Qualifications

Must have

• Application level solution designing and support

• Application scaling to the platform and following guidelines and standards

• Microservices and System Integration experience

• Experience in designing and implementing serverless architecture, RESTful APIs, Web-services

• Good understanding of implementing software security standards and best practices

• Designing, developing, testing, documenting, publishing, supporting and operating on premises and cloud (AWS, GCP) applications

• System architecture dossiers (technical chapter of an Architecture requirement dossier) answering to functional requirements

• Industrializing highly available, scalable, maintainable, monitored solutions

• Strong knowledge about cyber security and the ability to design cyber security compliant applications and components

• Experience in software architecture/systems design and team leadership

• Experience with software development/architecture on the cloud

• Collaborates effectively with others in a team environment

• Experience with software design including design patterns, algorithms, the SOLID principles, and clean code

• Knowledge of architecture design including architecture patterns and anti-patterns

• Ability to thoroughly understand the business issues surrounding each project

• English: advanced level both verbal and written

• Proven experience in infrastructure architecture, design, and support

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP), on-premises infrastructure, and hybrid solutions

• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure design, architecture patterns, and anti-patterns

• Experience in technical security solutions and compliance

• Advanced English (verbal and written)

• Experience in team leadership and mentoring

• Ability to communicate and influence across teams and stakeholders

• Ability to play a visionary role to proactively help define the direction of future IT products and services and validate product designs

• Communication - Collaboration with other architects, systems analysts, and developers to deliver the highest-quality solutions using innovative technologies

• Knowledge to define models, including solution blueprints, to guide decisions related to these solutions

• Participation in all phases of the application development lifecycle, including research and design, development, testing, implementation, and support

• Capacity to align the architecture strategy with the organization's business objectives and long-term strategic planning for its IT systems

• Ability to ensure the technical/functional design of the application and infrastructure components of a new solution based on the defined functional design. - Provide expertise in business processes, change management transformation, functional improvement, and technology enablement for business process redesign and support architects during projects

• Understanding of potential compliance risks and commitment to acting with integrity, as the foundation for the company's success, reputation, and sustainable growth

• Good understanding & Alignment of IT/Business strategies

• Good understanding of Software Engineering fundamentals: Backend Languages & Frameworks, Database Management, API Design, Cloud solutions, UI/UX Principles

Nice to have

• Experience with digitalization initiatives and business transformation

• Familiarity with software engineering fundamentals and design thinking

• DevOps knowledge on CI/CD pipelines and utilizing them efficiently

• DevOps orientation, knowledge of continuous integration frameworks and some of the following products/tools: Docker, Nexus, Artifactory, GitHub, Jenkins, Maven, VersionOne, Splunk, ElasticSearch, Ansible, etc
  
  

Success Metrics

Success will be measured in a variety of areas, including but not limited to

• Consistently ensure the on-time delivery and quality (first-time-right) of the projects

• Bring innovative cost effective solutions

• Achieve the customer satisfaction

• Ability to handle a subject from demand management, to development and support

• Ability to understand the business potential of applications and provide insight to clients

• Ability to scale the team, assess the needs and manage big sized teams

• Ability to challenge the needs of the clients and provide appropriate solutions

This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company’s success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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At Airbus, we support you to work, connect and collaborate more easily and flexibly. Wherever possible, we foster flexible working arrangements to stimulate innovative thinking.