As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.
So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.
We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.
The Role: Principal Solution Architect
Join our forward-thinking Architecture & Engineering team as a Principal Solution Architect! Embedded within our delivery squads, you will play a pivotal role in crafting the future of our customer journeys by defining and delivering innovative and transformative solution architectures.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide technical leadership across multiple domains, driving strategic vision and aligning solutions to meet evolving business objectives.
- Define solutions to sophisticated challenges, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and aligned with industry best practices and BA standards.
- Collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, from delivery leaders to product owners, to craft world-class, fit-for-purpose applications that streamline processes and maximise efficiency.
- Maintain and evolve technical roadmaps that enable scalability, reliability, and adaptability to future requirements.
- Lead, mentor, and inspire solution architects within your domain, encouraging a collaborative and high-performance environment.
- Support Agile delivery processes, contributing to backlog refinement, sprint retrospectives, and program increment planning.
- Influence senior stakeholders across BA Digital, balancing priorities to achieve optimal outcomes for the business.
- Stay ahead of emerging technologies and identify opportunities to integrate them into our architecture, ensuring British Airways remains at the forefront of innovation.
What You’ll Bring to British Airways:
- Exceptional leadership and stakeholder management skills to influence decision-making across the organisation.
- A results-driven mindset with a track record of delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex challenges.
- Expertise across architecture domains, including business, data, applications, and technology.
- Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, hybrid architectures), secure computing practices, and scalable design patterns.
- A passion for driving continuous improvement while balancing quality, cost, and delivery timelines.
Your Experience:
- A proven track record of delivering complex solution architectures in diverse business and technical environments.
- Extensive experience in application development, enterprise integration, IT infrastructure, and migration planning.
- Certified qualifications in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Agile methodologies like SAFe are desirable.
- A strong understanding of Cloud Architecture Patterns, secure computing practices, and design for reliability and scalability.
What we offer:
We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.
From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.
At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.
We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.
Inclusion & Diversity
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.
