Principal- Network Architect

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future. Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster. 

Role purpose -

As a Senior Architect you will define, develop and help deliver Accelya’s technology roadmap. With a focus on automation, orchestration and transparency – it is the role of Accelya’s IT Transformation team to bring Accelya to the forefront of infrastructure development.

What will you do?

• Design and optimize Accelya’s networks.
  • Build robust and resilient networks that will carry us into the future considering scalability, security and performance. Familiar with both traditional on prem architectures along with software and cloud-based solutions
• Cloud Integration and Strategy
  • As with many enterprises Accelya is progressing on a cloud migration journey which requires deep knowledge and expertise with various cloud strategies, best practices, providers and technologies.
• Security & Compliance
  • Ensuring latest best practices in the areas of network security, data privacy and protection are architected into the foundation of Accelya’s network fabric.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting
  • Architecting and engineering sufficient telemetry into the network to ensure that Accelya is proactive in any issues that may be occurring.
  • In the event that issues occur being the point of escalation for timely and effective resolution.
• Collaboration
  • As the network is the foundation of our corporate and customer facing systems this role will work closely with other internal and external partners.

What do you need to know?

• Cloud Related Skills
  • Deep level expertise with AWS, Azure and GCP networking components and their integration with corporate networks.
  • Expertise with network virtualization in on premise and cloud environments along with facilitation of containerization and micro service-based deployments.
  • Cloud based security implementations and related integration to various cloud-based security platforms.
• Knowledge to Administer systems and servers related to LAN and WAN (e.g. email systems, accounts, workstation ID, IP assignments, computers, security, antivirus, spyware, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring availability of services to authorized users
• Knowledge of the infrastructure (hardware, client devices, operating systems, directory services, importance of systems redundancy etc.)
• Good technical understanding of Desktop OS, Server OS, Remote Working methods and their relationships with other systems
• Knowledge of all areas of IT Infrastructure outside of immediate area of specialization (Networking) to an intermediate level (Desktop OS, Windows OS, Client Systems, Directory Systems
• CCNA/CCIE certified is highly beneficial
• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent work experience required

About Accelya

Accelya is a leading global technology and service provider to the air transport industry delivering innovative change at speed and scale.

The company´s market-leading passenger, cargo, and industry platforms support airline retailing from offer to settlement, both above and below the wing.

Over 250 airline customers count on Accelya, with operations spread across nine countries and employing over 2,000 professionals worldwide.

For more than 40 years, Accelya has been the industry’s partner for change, simplifying airline financial and commercial processes and empowering the air transport community to take better control of the future.

Whether partnering with IATA on industry-wide initiatives or enabling digital transformation to simplify airline processes, Accelya drives the airline industry forward and proudly puts control back in the hands of airlines so they can move further, faster.

What does the future of the air transport industry look like to you? Whether you’re an industry veteran or someone with experience from other industries, we want to make your ambitions a reality!