Technical Architect (NFR)

• Closing date: 03-Nov-2025

About The Role
In this role, you will serve as the Non-Functional Requirement expert across enterprise solutions. This solution ensures that applications and integrations meet key architectural qualities such as performance, scalability, reliability, availability, observability, and security.

Role and Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an enterprise NFR framework covering availability, reliability, performance, scalability, observability, maintainability, auditing, and security.
• Define measurable NFR KPIs, SLAs, and SLOs across critical platforms (e.g., web, mobile, API, data, AI workloads).
• Assess and define reference architecture and NFR patterns for multi-cloud, hybrid, and distributed systems (e.g., Azure, GCP & OnPrem).
• Architect observability solutions using tools like Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, and Azure Monitor.
• Define load, stress testing strategy, and ensure performance validations using tools such as k6, JMeter or Galing.
• Integrate NFR design principles with data privacy and encryption frameworks (BYOK, Fortanix, Azure Key Vault, TDE)
• Ensure systems meet compliance and audit requirements for data residency, logging, and access control.
• Validate secure integration practices for APIs, event streams, and third-party connectors (APIM, Apigee, MuleSoft, Solace, IBMMQ)
• Collaborate with testing and QA teams to define performance acceptance criteria.
• Establish performance baselines and capacity planning model for mission critical systems.

Be part of an extraordinary story
Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.
Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
Together, everything is possible.

About You

• Bachelor’s Degree or Honors in Engineering / Computer Science / Mathematics / Sciences or Equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in 2-3 yrs architecture or system design roles with focus on NFRs.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices and cloud computing.
• Deep experience in performance, scalability, and reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring, logging, and tracing stacks (Dynatrace, ELK, Prometheus, Open Telemetry)
• Familiarity with API gateways, CDN, and WAF technologies (Akamai, Azure Front Door, F5)
• Knowledge of security standards (OAuth, SAML, TLS, encryption-at-rest/in-transit).
• Hands-on experience in identifying and explaining the system bottlenecks to the application team for the resolution.
• Hands-on experience in identifying the application bottlenecks using Dynatrace / ELK APM / AppDynamics tool and explain the bottlenecks to the application team for the resolution.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organization skills
• Certifications such as TOGAF, Azure/Google architecture expert.
• Exposure on enterprise sectors like aviation.

About Qatar Airways Group
Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.
So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries and be part of a truly global community.

How to apply

If you’re ready to join a progressive team and have a challenging and rewarding career, then apply now by uploading your CV and completing our quick application form.