Lead Solution Architect Airports

Lead the design of integrated airport technology solutions covering passenger processing (check-in, self-service kiosks, bag drop, boarding), baggage handling and reconciliation, common-use systems (CUPPS, CUSS, CUTE), and airport operational systems (AODB, RMS, FIDS, BHS interfaces).

Define target architectures and roadmaps spanning applications, data, integration, infrastructure, cloud, networks and security, ensuring alignment to enterprise and industry reference models.

Produce and own high-level and low-level design artefacts, solution blueprints, interface specifications and architecture decision records.

Make and justify build-vs-buy and platform selection decisions, balancing operational resilience, cost, vendor landscape and long-term maintainability.

Design integration architectures (APIs, ESB/iPaaS, messaging, event-driven patterns) that connect airline, airport, ground-handler, government and retail systems.

Ensure solutions meet stringent availability, performance, failover and business-continuity requirements appropriate to a 24/7 safety- and security-critical operational environment.

Embed cyber security, data protection and regulatory compliance into the design from the outset (security-by-design).

Act as the senior technical authority across the engagement lifecycle bid/pursuit, mobilisation, design, build, test, transition and operations.

Lead and mentor a team of solution and domain architects, setting design standards and assuring the quality of their work.

Own technical risk identification, mitigation and escalation; chair design authority and architecture review boards.

Provide effort, cost and resource estimates to support commercial proposals and project planning.

Build trusted-advisor relationships with airport executives, operational stakeholders, airlines, regulators and technology partners.

Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value and decision-ready options for non-technical audiences.

Contribute to pre-sales, proposals and innovation activities, shaping winning, deliverable solutions.