Platform Technical Architect - IT Common Tools

Job Title: Platform Technical Architect - IT Common Tools 

Location: Luton

The ITSO (IT Services and Airline Operations) organisation manages and is accountable for the rapid delivery of the trustworthy, scalable, and efficient IT infrastructure services needed to support the technology critical for easyJet’s future growth plans and ambitions. 

I&O Platforms are part of the ITSO organisation and form the backbone of easyJets technology capabilities. They underpin nearly everything we do at easyJet - from providing transparency on the state of our technology services to ensuring efficient and secure hosting of our data. Effective I&O Platforms are critical to enabling our future growth aspirations and our ambition to become Europes most loved airline.

I&O Platforms consist of:

-        Observability Platform – monitor end-to-end IT infrastructure, network, and application services.

-        Hosting Platform – provide application teams with technology environments (e.g., server, database, etc.) required to build and run IT solutions.

-        Connectivity Platform – connect devices to our IT services and to the internet.

-        Identity and Access Platform – provide employees with simple and secured access to IT services.

-        IT Common Tools Platform – provide IT leaders and teams tools to work efficiently (e.g., development and testing environments, etc.).

 Each Platform is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of business outcomes and the Platform teams are expected to demonstrate a proactive work mindset in addressing easyJet’s priorities.

Job Purpose  

The Platform Technical Architect is a technical professional who designs, develops, and maintains the architecture of a platform. This role ensures the creation of architecture guardrails that drive autonomous and scalable I&O Platforms that serve as a solid foundation for easyJet’s IT ecosystem, supporting its current and future business needs. They work with a variety of stakeholders, including Product/Platform Engineers, and Product/Platform Leads, to ensure that the platform meets the needs of the business and its users. Platform Technical Architects have a deep understanding of software architecture principles and practices. They are also familiar with a variety of software platforms, including cloud platforms, open-source platforms, and proprietary platforms.

The role is critical to ensure the design, implementation, and maintenance of high-quality and efficient I&O Platforms – helping easyJet to stay ahead of platform technological advancements and industry trends.

What you need to do the role

>       Extensive experience working as a Platform/Technical architect.

>       Understanding and experience in I&O Platform Architecture with skills in technical architecture, enterprise architecture, application architecture, cloud solutions and ideally vanguard architecture skills.

>       Know of IT service management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

>       Knowledge of different modelling languages (such as UML and ArchiMate).

>       Understanding of system development life cycle methodologies (agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronise and stabilise, and DevOps).

>       Experienced in managing and delivering through third-party suppliers, focusing on business outcomes and employee experience.

>       Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as facilitation and negotiation.>      

What you’ll get in return

·          Competitive base salary

·          Up to 20% bonus

·          25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with opportunity to buy 5 additional days leave after 12 months in role

·          BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

·          7% pension

·          Life Assurance (x4)

·          Discounted staff travel scheme with access for friends and family

·          Annual credit for discount on easyJet holidays

·          ‘Work Away’ scheme, allowing you to work abroad for 30 days a year

·          Electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme

·          Access to online learning tools and development programmes

Location & Hours of Work

This is a full-time role, we support hybrid and we spend 3 days per week  in the office which is based at Luton Airport. 

About easyJet

At easyJet our aim is to make low-cost travel easy – connecting people to what they value using Europe’s best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

It takes a real team effort to carry over 90 million passengers a year across 35 countries. Whether you’re working as part of our front-line operations or in our corporate functions, you’ll find people that are positive, inclusive, ready to take on a challenge, and that have your back. We call that our ‘Orange Spirit’, and we hope you’ll share that too. 

Apply

Complete your application on our careers site.

We encourage individuality, empower our people to seize the initiative, and never stop learning. We see people first and foremost for their performance and potential and we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates.

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