Solution Arquitect

Location: Madrid, Spain

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

Thales in Spain is a leader in technological solutions applied to Defence, Aeronautics, Security, Transportation and Space and, furthermore, is a global centre for excellence in Space, Security of Critical Infrastructures and Transportation. With a turnover of €320 million and a staff of 1,200, it exports approximately 40% of its total production principally to the Middle East, North Africa and Latin America.

Thales Cybersecurity & Digital Identity
is a global leader in digital security, bringing trust to an increasingly connected world. We design and deliver a wide range of products, software and services based on two core technologies: digital identification and data protection.

With the massive surge of electronic travel documents and national eID cards, Thales Digital & Security global business unit is supporting border agencies, government authorities and airports to exploit technology convergence to gain consistent, comprehensive border, visa management and document verification worldwide, that will:

• Deliver seamless travel with border control applications
• Offer convenience for travelers for fast and secure border crossing
• Improve border intelligence for detection and prevention, including some of the most disruptive new technologies like biometrics, machine learning, or micro services.

If you're looking for new opportunities, and ready to join a high-skilled multicultural team, willing to travel (up to 15% of your time on certain peaks), we are now looking for a
Solution Architect
to join our Delivery team in Madrid.

What will you do? As a Solution Architect within Thales, you will:

A Solution Architect act as a primary technical leader of overall project solution during BID or Project development phase, focused on technical scope of the whole solution (WHAT). Solution Architect is the key to give the shape of the technical solution.

The experience on Business Analysis allows the Solution Architect to act as a bridge between business stakeholders and the technical team, helping to identify business needs, analyze processes, and deliver effective solutions to achieve organizational goals. It involves gathering requirements, documenting processes, and facilitating communication to ensure project success.

Education and experiences:

• SW Engineering background or any Computer Sciences equivalent engineering degree.
• More than 6 years' experience in Solution Architecting: Definition and design of complex SW solution architectures and technical leadership.
• More than 3 years' experience in Requirements management

Hard Skills:

• Be experienced in the design of complex SW solution architectures in line with security standards and policies.
• Be able to take decisions and be responsible for overall solution architecture and its feasibility.
• Have good understanding and high-level knowledge of microservices architecture, reactive programming, containerized services.
• Be experienced with UML and modelling tools, such as Enterprise Architect.
• Proficiency in requirements gathering, documentation techniques and requirements management tools (e.g.: JIRA with EaseRequirements/R4J).
• Capable of leading workshops with stakeholders to clarify requirements and scope if needed, as well as technical meetings and peer reviews.
• Quickly understand the system/solution and how it works.
• Understanding of Agile methodologies and frameworks like Scrum or Kanban.
• Be fluent in English and Spanish (≥ B2) is mandatory.

Nice to have:

• Have experience in Border & Travel projects: Border Management System, Automatic Border Control or similar.
• Have high-level knowledge on HW devices integration.
• Network and Security knowledge.
• Experience with Biometric technologies.
• Have knowledge of cloud solutions deployment.

What do we offer?

• Flexible working hours.
• Intensive working days on Fridays and during August.
• Remote-friendly - 2/3 days a week working from home.
• Restaurant allowance and social benefits (health insurance, kindergarten).
• Free coffee on-site

At Thales we provide CAREERS and not only jobs. With Thales employing 80,000 employees in 68 countries our mobility policy enables thousands of employees each year to develop their careers at home and abroad, in their existing areas of expertise or by branching out into new fields. Together we believe that embracing flexibility is a smarter way of working. Great journeys start here, apply now