Domain Architect for Engineering (d/f/m), Manching

Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive family of airliners on the market, ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. Airbus champions innovative technologies and offers some of the world’s most fuel efficient and quiet aircraft. Airbus has sold over 13.800 aircraft to more than 360 customers worldwide. Airbus has achieved more than 8,000 deliveries since the first Airbus aircraft entered into service. Headquartered in Toulouse, France.

Responsibilities

• Designs engineering domain-specific target architectures and underlying design principles to steer specific solution architectures in Programs/Projects
• Co-creates required architecture artifacts with Enterprise Architects, e.g., architecture blueprints and technical debt backlog
• Manages domain IT specific technology lifecycle in alignment with enterprise architects and translates it into a domain transformation roadmap
• Acts as Lead Architect in Programs/Projects when related to large & complex solution crossing domains
• Accounts for cross-architecture layer / end-to-end IT architecture consistency within the domain, modelling this architecture following open standards TOGAF and Archimate as well as Airbus internal processes and guidelines
• Drives architecture effectiveness from a functional end-to-end perspective with cross-layer responsibility to ensure close integration of layers
• Supports solution architects or IT specialists by identifying and evaluating solution options
• Acts as an internal consultant and independent moderator in domain specific design discussions supporting and guiding other stakeholders
• Assesses deviation from standards, recommends standard alternatives and documents technical debt
• Functional and technical architecture support as part of respective SAFe large solutions and release trains

Key Accountabilities

• Consistent end-to-end / cross-architecture layer domain architecture supporting Program/Projects
• Supporting activities related to engineering domain transformation roadmap
• Engineering Domain-specific architectural consistency and governance
• End to End Accountable for Architecture Needs at the Project Level
• Design and sign Architecture Dossier (ARD) for domain solutions at Project Level

Requirements

• Experience and outstanding knowledge of underlaying infrastructure, network and security components
• Experience & knowledge in TOGAF architecture framework and Archimate modelling language
• Knowledge of Prolaborate and Sparx Enterprise Architect Tool
• Strong background and extensive hands-on experience in software or enterprise architecture
• ideally combined with experience in systems engineering and knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environments