Job Purpose At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

Key Responsibilities

• Mainframe

• Mainframe.

Requirements & Qualifications

• As a Principal Engineer – Mainframe، you will actively design، develop، implement and support infrastructure solutions for the group in alignment with corporate business and IT strategies ensuring an appropriate balance between functional، service quality، and system management requirements

• In the role you will: Develop IT solutions that meet customer requirements

• Develop IT solutions that meet customer requirements

Benefits & Conditions

• Leadership Role: Yes Salary & benefits Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary

• On top of our generous travel benefits، including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world، this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package

• That’s on top of transport benefits، life insurance and more

• Salary & benefits

• Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary

Emirates Group IT thrives on the dynamic nature of technology

Being pioneers in aviation innovation، we're always at the forefront، pushing boundaries

We're on the lookout for exceptional IT professionals to fortify our position as leaders in the industry

Embark on a journey with the world’s largest international airline and become a vital part of our cutting-edge information and technology team as a Principal Engineer

Join our Digital Platforms and Employee Experience team as Senior Technical Engineer، driving cutting edge Network and Telecom practices at a group level

In this pivotal role، you will be instrumental in designing، implementing، and optimizing our Network and Telecom strategies to enhance efficiency، scalability، and reliability across our technology landscape، globally

Your expertise will help us streamline operations، reduce time-to-market، enhance performance and resiliency and continuously improve our technology and processes

If you are passionate about leveraging the latest Network and Telecom technologies and practices to drive innovation and excellence، we invite you to apply to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our technology initiatives at Emirates Group

This necessitates engagement with the internal and external stakeholders while taking full responsibility for the implemented solutions and operational availability of production infrastructure

Ensure that the design is robust، appropriate، and high-quality conforming to corporate standards and in line with the technology strategy

Own، manage، and maintain solution designs of complex/large projects، products، environments، or platforms

Provide expert technical consultancy and guidance within the technology domain and act as a lead technical expert in delivering infrastructure solutions

Contribute to the development and maintenance of Architecture Guiding Principles، drawing on architectural knowledge and experience

Lead corporate IT Standards، analysing and understanding the potential impact of competing technologies، assessing their strategic significance، defining their strategic role and scope، roadmap، and relationship to existing standards، and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards

Track technology and business innovations، determine how they relate to our IT strategy، existing standards، platforms، and patterns، and lead the work to amend existing assets and/or create new assets to reflect changes in the technology landscape

Ensure implemented solutions meet the service level

in terms of expected availability، capacity، continuity، security، performance، and reliability

Identify and define standards and metrics on the relevant technology

Monitor current performance and ensure appropriate levels of capacity، quality، service level، and resources and solutions are optimally tuned

Publish and maintain high-quality documentation for the technology area

Working within the standard templates and documentation guidelines which includes detailed design، configuration details، support procedures، operations manuals، and architecture deployment

Manage End of Life replacement of equipment and/or software within the technology domain to ensure conformance to technical standards and support the technology initiatives and directions

Ensure operational and information security risks are identified، tracked، and mitigated promptly

Lead solution and technical design review، ensuring that projects are following agreed corporate strategic direction and alignment to architectural standards and patterns

Provide expert advice to projects on technical and architectural standards، guiding them on the need to raise exception requests، develop new or amended standards، and on the appropriate use of architectural patterns manage، direct، inspire، and coach the work and capability of STE and operational resources as required and engage in، and lead a much wider virtual team consisting of at least 20 individuals

Qualification To be considered for this role، you must meet the below

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science، Information Technology، Engineering، or a related discipline

IBM Mainframe certifications are highly desirable. 10+ years of hands-on experience designing، engineering، administering، and supporting enterprise-scale IBM Mainframe environments، ideally within large، complex، and highly regulated organisations

Extensive experience serving as a senior technical lead، architect، or subject matter expert for Mainframe platforms، with responsibility for defining technology roadmaps، architecture standards، engineering best practices، and long-term platform strategy

Deep expertise across IBM Z Systems and z/OS technologies، including JES2/JES3، WLM، SMP/E، RACF، DFSMS/SMS، HCD، Parallel Sysplex، VSAM، IBM MQ، WebSphere، batch processing، scheduling، automation، and high-volume OLTP environments

Proven experience managing mission-critical Mainframe infrastructure، including platform availability، resilience، capacity planning، performance tuning، RMF/SMF analysis، workload optimisation، and complex root cause analysis

Strong background in Mainframe storage and I/O engineering، including IBM DS8000، DASD administration، allocating، sizing، resizing and managing volumes، DFSMS/SMS، Virtual Tape Systems، FlashCopy، Safeguarded Copy، storage replication technologies، capacity forecasting، and performance optimisation

Demonstrated experience designing and supporting Mainframe networking، middleware، and integration solutions، including TCP/IP، z/OS Communications Server، IBM MQ، WebSphere، secure communications، enterprise connectivity، Hybrid Cloud integration and understanding of SDN concepts

Proven track record leading Mainframe modernisation، transformation، and automation initiatives، including Infrastructure as Code (IaC)، AIOps، intelligent monitoring، REXX scripting، IBM System Automation، and operational efficiency programmes

Extensive experience designing، implementing، and testing high-availability، disaster recovery، cyber recovery، and business continuity solutions، including Parallel Sysplex، GDPS، Cyber Vaulting، immutable backups، ransomware recovery preparedness، and recovery testing against defined RTO and RPO objectives

Strong expertise in Mainframe security، governance، risk، and compliance، including RACF administration، privileged access management، encryption technologies، security monitoring، audit remediation، technical risk management، regulatory compliance، and the management of technical debt and platform lifecycle risks

Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders، executive leadership، technology partners، and cross-functional engineering teams، with experience mentoring engineers، driving technical excellence، and supporting strategic technology investment decisions

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Job Purpose

At Emirates، we believe in connecting the world، to and through، our global hub in Dubai، and in constantly innovating to ensure our customers ‘Fly Better’

If you are passionate about leveraging the latest Network and Telecom technologies and practices to drive innovation and excellence، we invite you to apply to play a crucial role in shaping the future of our technology initiatives at Emirates Group.

In the role you will

Own، manage، and maintain solution designs of complex/large projects، products، environments، or platforms.

Contribute to the development and maintenance of Architecture Guiding Principles، drawing on architectural knowledge and experience.

Lead corporate IT Standards، analysing and understanding the potential impact of competing technologies، assessing their strategic significance، defining their strategic role and scope، roadmap، and relationship to existing standards، and periodically reviewing our entire IT estate in the context of those standards.

Track technology and business innovations، determine how they relate to our IT strategy، existing standards، platforms، and patterns، and lead the work to amend existing assets and/or create new assets to reflect changes in the technology landscape.

Monitor current performance and ensure appropriate levels of capacity، quality، service level، and resources and solutions are optimally tuned.

Working within the standard templates and documentation guidelines which includes detailed design، configuration details، support procedures، operations manuals، and architecture deployment.

Ensure operational and information security risks are identified، tracked، and mitigated promptly.

Lead solution and technical design review، ensuring that projects are following agreed corporate strategic direction and alignment to architectural standards and patterns.

Provide expert advice to projects on technical and architectural standards، guiding them on the need to raise exception requests، develop new or amended standards، and on the appropriate use of architectural patterns manage، direct، inspire، and coach the work and capability of STE and operational resources as required and engage in، and lead a much wider virtual team consisting of at least 20 individuals.

Qualification

To be considered for this role، you must meet the below

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science، Information Technology، Engineering، or a related discipline. IBM Mainframe certifications are highly desirable.

10+ years of hands-on experience designing، engineering، administering، and supporting enterprise-scale IBM Mainframe environments، ideally within large، complex، and highly regulated organisations.

Extensive experience serving as a senior technical lead، architect، or subject matter expert for Mainframe platforms، with responsibility for defining technology roadmaps، architecture standards، engineering best practices، and long-term platform strategy.

Deep expertise across IBM Z Systems and z/OS technologies، including JES2/JES3، WLM، SMP/E، RACF، DFSMS/SMS، HCD، Parallel Sysplex، VSAM، IBM MQ، WebSphere، batch processing، scheduling، automation، and high-volume OLTP environments.

Proven experience managing mission-critical Mainframe infrastructure، including platform availability، resilience، capacity planning، performance tuning، RMF/SMF analysis، workload optimisation، and complex root cause analysis.

Strong background in Mainframe storage and I/O engineering، including IBM DS8000، DASD administration، allocating، sizing، resizing and managing volumes، DFSMS/SMS، Virtual Tape Systems، FlashCopy، Safeguarded Copy، storage replication technologies، capacity forecasting، and performance optimisation.

Demonstrated experience designing and supporting Mainframe networking، middleware، and integration solutions، including TCP/IP، z/OS Communications Server، IBM MQ، WebSphere، secure communications، enterprise connectivity، Hybrid Cloud integration and understanding of SDN concepts.

Proven track record leading Mainframe modernisation، transformation، and automation initiatives، including Infrastructure as Code (IaC)، AIOps، intelligent monitoring، REXX scripting، IBM System Automation، and operational efficiency programmes.

Extensive experience designing، implementing، and testing high-availability، disaster recovery، cyber recovery، and business continuity solutions، including Parallel Sysplex، GDPS، Cyber Vaulting، immutable backups، ransomware recovery preparedness، and recovery testing against defined RTO and RPO objectives.

Strong expertise in Mainframe security، governance، risk، and compliance، including RACF administration، privileged access management، encryption technologies، security monitoring، audit remediation، technical risk management، regulatory compliance، and the management of technical debt and platform lifecycle risks.

Demonstrated ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders، executive leadership، technology partners، and cross-functional engineering teams، with experience mentoring engineers، driving technical excellence، and supporting strategic technology investment decisions.

Leadership Role: Yes