Role Introduction

Reports to: Application Manager
Join Cathay Pacific as a Senior Solution Architect in our Information Technology Solution Centre. You will be the one to design innovative architectural solutions that aligns with business needs, collaborating with the Enterprise Architect team and development team to translate requirements into technical specifications.

Thrive in a dynamic and agile environment that embraces AI and cutting-edge technologies. Our culture fosters teamwork and progressive thinking, while our internal mobility program offers diverse career opportunities.
Leverage your expertise to oversee architectural excellence in Cargo Solution Centre, ensuring we deliver on our brand promise and drive organizational success.
Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architect team, Application Manager and technical team to explore business demand at pre-prioritization stage including requirements assessment, solution planning, prototyping and impact analysis
• Gather and understand documentation available from vendors, SMEs, systems, product managers and business analysts to transform it into different architectural diagrams or viewpoints
• Work closely with application and infrastructure project teams to focus on high level designs and conceptual designs for project delivery
• Develop and analyze solution options based on business demand, enterprise architecture and balanced comparison of functional capabilities, non-functional capabilities, risk, cost and benefits
• Provide consultancy on performance optimization for new and existing solutions during production fire-fighting situations
• Understand, advocate and augment the business and IT strategies specifically on Enterprise Architect development and service delivery
• Manage junior Solution Architects as part of program (multiple related projects) delivery to design multiple cohesive and integrated solutions
• Keep abreast of the latest trends in technology, ensure timely exploration and proactively communicate IM’s position towards the introduction of relevant / key emerging technologies

Requirements

• University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related disciplines
• Minimum 10 years of IT experience with at least 5 years hands-on project solution architecture experience in large scale projects
• Proficient knowledge in cloud-based architecture, application development methodologies and design framework are a must
• Ability to translate business needs into solution architecture requirements is must
• Familiar with large scale enterprise level architectural solutions that complies with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies is a must
• Ability to provide technical guidance and mentorship to development teams is a must
• Significant practical experience or good understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF is an advantage

Personal & Application Information

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