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Job Summary:

At NAVBLUE we formed our software development teams around a matrixed organization where team members belong to a chapter, in which their skills, competencies and standards are solidified and grown.  They are also members of a Squad where they utilize those skills and competencies to support the squad to be a self-sustaining team able to build and release quality software.  Squads belong to a Tribe, which coordinates and ensures the squad’s focus and output are aligned to support services and solutions for a product or vertical. 

To provide direction oversight of our solutions and services the Software Factory has a built out Architecture team.  This worldwide team has a mission to:

1. Prepare themselves and our teams with the skills and knowledge needed to support and accelerate squads.
2. Coordinate and collaborate with stakeholders to define and evolve our standards and common solutions.
3. Stabilize and accelerate squads efforts by temporarily working within a squad as an implementer.
4. Champion our NAVBLUE principles to empower our squads to build solutions with best practices and standards.

The Architecture Manager leads  the Architecture team on their competencies, driving initiatives to reach team goals, and supporting teams needs to set architecture decisions and review squad designs. They are in charge of defining the architecture strategy.  

The Team Lead, Architecture provides people management support for the Architecture Team.  This includes the responsibility for career development towards the organization’s needs and helping the team on their journey to mastery of their disciplines.  This is done by the coordination of training with, peers, mentors, various other tools such as books, videos, conferences, or other training that is available.  The Team Lead also provides performance reviews, focusing not just on the technical skills of employees, but all aspects including interactions, company goals, processes, and soft skills (such as decision making, written or verbal communication, and presentations).

The jobholder will bring extensive experience in designing and deploying software solutions to NAVBLUE projects. In this role the jobholder will work directly with clients, system integrators, Product Directors and the development teams to identify and elaborate solution requirements, then turn those requirements into a detailed, implementable architecture and work with the Tribe Leads to deliver the solution.

In addition, development skills will be needed to properly understand all NAVBLUE platforms and participate in a cross-functional team to ensure software architectural standards are applied uniformly across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• People management (7-10 based in North America, Europe and supported by Airbus India)
• Define the Software Architecture strategy ,
• Strong knowledge of several stacks used in the organization. 
• Can use KPI’s to help create and execute a plan to strengthen the organization
• Coaching high performing team members to bring Architecture skills to the team
• Setting technical direction via various tools like Architecture Decision Records and a Target State document
• Identify the appropriate software architecture based on the requirements and design elements contained in a system specification 
• Work closely with Product Management and/or clients to ensure requirements are sufficiently elaborated and clearly understood and aligned with all parties.
• Ensuring the team maintains and evolve software architecture documents based on evolving system requirements and industry trends and technologies
• Analyze risk and report problems in meeting system requirements
• Coordinate and liaise with Software Developers to support the creation of a system specification and software design specifications
• Communicate the architecture to project stakeholders
• Participate in the system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture
• Comply with all applicable product development processes. 
• Overseeing team members to perform detailed software design as well as implements and/or maintains code according to duties and responsibilities
• Ensure the team is ensuring the overall integrity of the solution architecture and validate it against the system specification 
• Building a team which can develop complex, highly performant, scalable and reliable software systems (this position requires oversight of hands-on development)
• Understanding of cloud-native design principles and best practices
• Building highly-available and secure API based services
• Proactively identifying architectural weaknesses and recommending appropriate solutions, performing functional and code reviews in related areas
• Grasping the business requirements and designing the architecture

Experience: 

• More than 10 years design experience in a dynamic development environment
• Experience in Agile Software Development methods
• Functional experience with Flight Operations solutions is an asset
• Experience developing under external industry standards or certifications
• Experience working directly with customers in service/consulting engagements

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities & Competencies:

• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Strong ability to plan, organize, and lead initiatives
• Strong knowledge of DevOps culture and principles
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of SAFe Agile
• Ability to Coach and Mentor the team
• Ability to multi-task, set priorities for the team
• Understands KPI and how they fit into organization goals
• Must work effectively with others in a team environment
• You are self-motivated and able to learn quickly
• Able to effectively communicate, verbally and written highly technical aspects of architecture and integration to management, clients and staff at all levels

Technical Systems Proficiency:

• Various backend and frontend technologies
• Strong knowledge of AWS (Lambda, Fargate, IoT, Aurora, SQS, API Gateway, S3, EFS, FSx)
• Strong knowledge in at least one language C++, C#, Java
• Strong Ability to digest and apply and demonstrate new technologies
• Understanding of solutions hosted via VMs vs Docker/Kubernetes on prem/in cloud.
• Knowledge of other Cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure a plus

We offer: 

• Stable employment based on a full-time job contract
• International working environment in a dynamic company 
• Access to the latest knowledge and technologies enabling professional development 
• Training and development possibilities 
• Participating in international projects and international trips 
• Competitive salary dependent on experience and qualifications
• Flexible working hours and work-from-home opportunities 
• Private medical coverage for you and your family 
• Sport card 
• Life insurance for you and your family
• Co-funding for meals
• Employee stock ownership plan

How to Apply:

We thank all applicants for applying. Only selected applicants will be contacted.

Navblue is committed to creating an environment and a culture where everyone feels like they belong no matter who they are or where they are from. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, record of offences, and basis of disability or any protected class. Accommodations will be available on request for candidates throughout the entire recruitment and selection process.

NAVBLUE is operating within the Airbus Helicopters Polska Structure. 

About Us:

NAVBLUE, an Airbus Company, is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions, including aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (take-off/landing, weight and balance), and crew planning solutions. You’ll be able to shape the future of the digital aviation industry by working on several of the best in the industry flagship products enabling pilots, dispatchers, flight engineers and other aviation personnel on a daily basis to deliver safe, efficient, and reliable flight operations all over the world. You’ll have the opportunity to support millions of flights each year and help NAVBLUE customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs, ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations, and effectively deliver their services.

You’ll join a team with a focus on digital and collaborative innovation that is passionate and customer-focused. Over the last few years, Airbus has been supportive of various initiatives such as Going Digital, Performance Based Navigation Services, Air Traffic Management Modernization Programs, FlySmart on iOS and other digital projects related to new aircraft technologies; the launch of NAVBLUE was therefore a natural step to further develop its Flight Operations and Air Traffic Management Portfolio. 

NAVBLUE is a fully owned subsidiary of Services by Airbus, fueled by the agility of Airbus ProSky and Navtech (acquired in 2016), and the pioneering spirit of Airbus, NAVBLUE was created in July 2016 with one mission: lead aviation into the digital age. 

NAVBLUE is based in Hersham (UK), Cardiff (UK), Toulouse (France), Waterloo, ON (Canada), Bangkok (Thailand), Malmö (Sweden), and Gdańsk (Poland) with other offices all around the world. 

The Future is Yours for the Taking:  https://youtu.be/vdY6gYuceYY