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Solution Architect

• Based at Manchester Airport


• Permanent Role


• We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds


• Office or Flexible/Hybrid working for a better work/life balance

Manchester Airport Group
At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate.
The safety of our customers is at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has a unique opportunity to contribute as we help families, businesses and cargo connect around the world.
We are ambitious for our airports, investing in the infrastructure our airports need to grow beyond pre-pandemic levels over the coming years. We are always on the lookout for new ways we can add value for customers as they travel, as well as seeking opportunities to work smarter and collaborate more.
We’re all here on a journey ourselves, striving every day to help make air travel smoother, more seamless, connecting more people and goods with the world. As a team, we recognise the importance of what we do, supporting one another along the way. Together, we are the Journey Makers.

The Role
As a Solution Architect in our MAG Technology team, you’ll be charged with helping us to transform our business through technology, digital and automation. Working across our airports and group functions, you will define technology solutions to meet requirements, taking into account systems, data, process and people. Ensuring that designs are aligned to the overarching technology end state strategies (or challenging them if you see fit!), you’ll work hand in hand with business analysts, project managers, development teams (both internal and external) and the business stakeholders directly to ensure that solutions will meet desired business outcomes, and add value to MAG. You’ll be helping to solve problems for our business including working out how to digitize our passenger journey, improve aircraft turnaround times, optimize colleague experiences and drive efficiencies across our group. You’ll have a hand in delivery end to end, from inception and shaping, right through to post go live support.

What will make you a successful Solution Architect?
As well as the ability to interact, influence and build consensus with senior stakeholders, you’ll have excellent interpersonal, networking, presentation and communication skills and be commercially astute. You’ll also have a detailed technical knowledge spanning enterprise technologies, systems and infrastructure, private and public cloud, development and DevOps toolsets with experience building and executing an IT strategy, maintaining a technology roadmap and being able to adapt to business, market and technical change. You’ll have experience of developing, mapping and maintaining a technical architecture including enterprise, applications, service, infrastructure and data using a recognised methodology e.g. TOGAF. You’ll have experience communicating complex technical information and informing the priority of spend, based on technical input and related risk vs. conflicting business priority. You’ll be able to provide architecture expertise & guidance to the Heads-of-Technology, advising on possible solution sets and opportunities to increase capability. Desirable skills include an understanding of the Airport/Aviation Tech landscape; knowledge of the processes, applications, technology and data requirements, major trends and complexities of such a business. Experience of airport development and construction projects and experience of Enterprise Asset Management systems / IoT / Smart Infrastructure and be TOGAF certified, or equivalent.

What can we offer in return?
Great benefits as you would expect from a business the size of MAG – in the shape of a competitive salary, bonus scheme and benefits package including 11% company contribution pension, 25 days holidays plus bank holidays, free parking, subsidised public transport, and a huge range of company discounts.

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all diverse backgrounds.

MAG is a Disability confident employer and therefore are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process

We’re committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our colleagues in every aspect of their lives. This includes prioritising mental health, which is just as important as physical health.

We recognise that everyone experiences fluctuations in their mental health, and we are dedicated to creating a supportive, inclusive and caring environment where our colleagues feel valued and respected.

You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com