Principal Solutions Architect

A career without limits

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.

We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.

The role:

Principal Solutions Architect Guide the solution architecture for the Head of Solution Architecture across their area, effectively influencing stakeholders to help define and deliver the future state adhering to policies, standards, and roadmaps. ​Defines solutions to complex business problems using a wide range of artefacts, methods and tools and uses expertise and knowledge within a specific area to drive the transformational change of applications.

​Facilitates the structuring of business problems to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are clearly understood, aligned with business objectives and are traceable in the technical solution design. During the implementation phase, ensures any deviations from the agreed solution are managed with the project to deliver a successful outcome. ​Maintains a view of business and technical capabilities and applications across their area ensuring technical integrity and alignment with business requirements and the ongoing support of applications in line with obsolescence and security requirements.

​Understands and manages the technical quality of the solutions in their area, ensuring short term technical debts are managed, and paydown plans are developed to ensure long term health of solutions is assured. ​Identification and execution of continual improvement opportunities, ensuring the best outcomes for BA, driving optimal solutions through the implementation of the architecture roadmaps. ​Management of key supplier relationships, ensuring the quality of supplier deliverables meets BA Digital standards and fit with strategic business requirements on a continuing basis.

​Identify opportunities to work across BA Digital to underpin the successful delivery of major initiatives. ​

What you’ll do:

Provide technical leadership across several business or technical domains and the expertise to drive forward solutions, ensuring alignment with the business and technical strategic vision and goals. ​Provide expertise to the Business, Heads of Delivery, Technical Area Leads etc. and their teams in relation to all aspects of Solution Architecture. ​Collaborate with Architects in their immediate and wider areas to ensure solutions are fit for purpose and aligned with business and technical architectures and strategic direction.

​Ensure all solution architecture activity across their area is aligned with policies and standards and roadmaps with a focus on consistency and efficiency of approach ensuring a balance between quality, cost and timescales. Identifies and resolves any potential non-compliance. ​Ensure best in class solutions that minimise customisation, through Solution design that integrates world-class applications. ​Recognise opportunities for business or IT change, communicates them persuasively to appropriate stakeholders with support from Lead Enterprise Architect.

​Follow the agreed methods and tools for architecture…