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Airbus • Waterloo, Canada

SKYWISE - Solution Architect

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

Job Description:

Skywise is a leading digital services company, wholly owned by Airbus. We deliver a first-of-its-kind offer that seamlessly integrates Planning & Operations Control, Flight, Technical, and Ground Operations. By providing interoperable digital solutions for end-to-end operations, Skywise combines aircraft manufacturer expertise and digital know-how to transform operational complexity into predictable and profitable performance, ensuring resilient and more sustainable operations.

As a Solutions Architect at Skywise, you will collaborate with fellow architects, development teams, and other stakeholders to design resilient, feasible, and scalable solutions for our customers. You will also prioritize features that build out the architecture runway, and align with standards.

To be successful in this role, you need to be a team player with a strong technical background and excellent communication skills.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Enterprise Architects and other stakeholders to align the technical solution with the business requirements
  • Responsible for the solution architecture life-cycle activities i.e. requirements gathering, architecture design, architecture documentation, architecture evaluation, architecture evolution, etc.
  • Create, maintain, and prioritize the enabler feature work in the program backlog and help development teams understand and break down the enabler features into user stories as needed
  • Provide architecture guidance to development teams
  • Collaborate with other professionals to create/align/evolve development processes and standards
  • Conduct/participate in non-functional requirement and architecture decision assessments

Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in software development
  • Minimum of 1 year of experience in software architecture
  • Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, or equivalent

Minimum qualifications/skills:

  • Experience in software architecture/systems design and team leadership
  • Experience with software development/architecture on the cloud (preferable AWS)
  • Collaborates effectively with others in a team environment
  • Experience with software design including design patterns, algorithms
  • Knowledge of architecture design including architecture patterns and anti-patterns
  • Experience with Agile methodology, and ideally (but not necessarily) Kanban and SAFe

Nice-to-Haves:

  • Experience working on distributed systems, and microservices
  • Experience with systems integration
  • Experience working on data-driven and event-driven systems (e.g. Kafka, AWS SNS/SQS)
  • Knowledge of software security standards and best practices
  • Architecture certifications
  • Knowledge of .NET, Vue.js, and CI/CD tools is a plus, as these are the primary technologies in our organisation

What we Offer:

Located in the heart of University of Waterloo’s David Johnston Research + Technology Park, Skywise is close to shops, restaurants, gyms, daycare, and many other amenities, and only 10 minutes away from Hwy 85. As part of our family, you will enjoy:

  • Being part of Airbus Network
  • Flexible hours
  • Hybrid working environment (3 days in office)
  • Free parking
  • Vacation Days (15 - 25)
  • Professional Development Day
  • Christmas shut down
  • Summer core hours
  • Strong work-life balance
  • Casual dress code
  • Competitive group benefits plan
  • Strong focus on mental health support benefits
  • Sick and Personal days
  • RRSP matching program
  • Life Insurance
  • Access to Employee Share Scheme
  • Maternity & Paternity benefits

AI Disclosure: No artificial intelligence tools are used to screen, assess, or select candidates for this role

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.

Company:
NAVBLUE, Inc.

Contract Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional

Job Family:
Digital

By submitting your CV or application you are consenting to Airbus using and storing information about you for monitoring purposes relating to your application or future employment. This information will only be used by Airbus.
Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.

Airbus is, and always has been, committed to equal opportunities for all. As such, we will never ask for any type of monetary exchange in the frame of a recruitment process. Any impersonation of Airbus to do so should be reported to emsom@airbus.com .

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.

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Company benefits

Accrued annual leave
Adoption leave
Annual bonus
Bike parking
Coaching
Complimentary Medical Services
Cycle to work scheme
Employee discounts
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Enhanced sick pay
Family health insurance
Health insurance
In house training
Language lessons
Mentoring
On-site gym
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Open to part time work for some roles
Open to part-time employees
Referral bonus
Sabbaticals
Teambuilding days
Mental health support
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders

Working at Airbus

Company employees:

165000

Gender diversity (m:f):

70:30

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