We have an excellent contract job opportunity for AMOS Platform Architect for our leading airline client.

Role Purpose

The AMOS Platform Architect is responsible for defining, governing, and evolving the platform and application architecture for the AMOS maintenance system, ensuring it is scalable, secure, resilient, and aligned to Group-wide operational and architectural standards.Working as part of the Architecture & Platform Delivery team, the role provides architectural leadership across AMOS application configuration, integrations, data flows, infrastructure, security, and operational reliability, enabling standardisation across Operating Companies while supporting safe and compliant airline operations.The role acts as a key architectural authority within the Single AMOS initiative, working closely with airline CDIO's, Product Managers, Operations, Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture to translate business and operational needs into robust platform designs.

Contract - until Dec 2026

Location - Waterside (UB7 0GB) (3 days onsite)

Pay - Attractive daily rate (Inside IR35)

Key ResponsibilitiesAMOS Platform & Application Architecture

• Define and maintain the AMOS platform and application architecture, ensuring alignment with Group target-state designs and standards.
• Provide architectural direction on configuration vs customisation, ensuring harmonised AMOS usage and minimising long-term technical debt.
• Support the design of AMOS environments across development, test, and production.

Integration & Data Alignment

• Define and govern integration patterns between AMOS and peripheral systems, reducing complexity and operational risk.
• Work closely with Data and Integration Architects to ensure consistent data models, data quality, and a single source of truth across OpCos.
• Support data migration and cutover planning from an architectural perspective.

Infrastructure, Security & Reliability

• Define AMOS infrastructure and hosting requirements, ensuring performance, scalability, and availability at Group scale.
• Ensure AMOS architecture complies with security, access control, regulatory, and audit requirements across jurisdictions.
• Contribute to operational and reliability architecture, including HA, DR, SLAs, and non-functional requirements.

Delivery & Governance Support

• Provide architectural assurance during design reviews, delivery milestones, and governance forums.
• Work alongside Product Managers and delivery teams to support incremental, agile delivery while maintaining architectural integrity.
• Document architecture decisions, standards, and reference models for AMOS.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Act as a trusted architectural advisor to Operations, Maintenance, Product, and Technology stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Enterprise, Data, and Solution Architects to ensure end-to-end architectural coherence.
• Support knowledge transfer and architectural guidance to delivery and support teams.

Skills & ExperienceEssential

• Experience with AMOS Cloud.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application platforms, integrations, and non-functional requirements.
• Experience working with operational or safety-critical systems.
• Ability to balance standardisation with operational flexibility.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Desirable

• Experience working in a platform, application, or solution architecture role within complex enterprise environments.
• Exposure to aviation, asset-intensive, or regulated industries.
• Familiarity with architecture governance and design assurance processes.
• Experience supporting large-scale system consolidation or harmonisation programmes.

Success Metrics

• A clear, well-governed AMOS platform architecture aligned to Group standards.
• Reduced architectural complexity and customisation across AMOS implementations.
• Improved platform stability, resilience, and operational confidence.
• Strong alignment between operations, product, and architecture teams.

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