Cognizant
Solution Architect – Airline Domain
- Permanent
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 2 - 5 yrs
Job expiry date: 01/05/2026
Job overview
Date posted
17/03/2026
Location
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Salary
AED 20,000 - 30,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
2 - 5 yrs
Seniority
Experienced
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
01/05/2026
Job description
Responsible for developing, designing, and implementing enterprise-grade solution architectures for airline domains such as Commercial, Customer, Digital, Cargo, Airport, Engineering, and other platforms. Ensures alignment with business requirements, regulatory demands, IT strategy, and architecture best practices.
Required skills
Enterprise Solution Architecture and Design
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microservices, and Integration Methodologies
Agile and Waterfall Software Development Life Cycle
Design and development of low-level architecture artifacts (ICDs, ICM, design patterns)
Application of Well Architected Framework for governance and standards
Stakeholder management and collaboration across business and IT teams
Evaluation and implementation of emerging technologies
Business capability modeling and alignment to enterprise architecture standards
Key responsibilities
- Design end-to-end solutions for specific airline business areas in line with enterprise standards
- Create solution intents and low-level design artifacts for value streams
- Ensure solutions adhere to architecture principles, governance, and the Well Architected Framework
- Collaborate with stakeholders to align solutions with technology roadmaps, business capabilities, and strategy
- Support Agile transformation initiatives by delivering cost-effective, high-quality technology solutions
- Contribute to evaluation and adoption of new technologies to enhance business value
- Maintain and enhance the business capability model and architecture practice maturity
Experience & skills
- 3–5 years of experience in Solution or Enterprise Architecture design
- Experience with SOA, microservices, and integration methodologies, preferably in airline domain
- Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (Agile and traditional)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field
- Certifications in Solution Architecture or Enterprise Architecture preferred