Company Description

Inmarsat has been at the forefront of global mobile satellite communications for over forty years, and is the market leading provider of voice and high-speed data communications for users on land, at sea and in the air through its constellation of 14 geostationary satellites.  Inmarsat is a privately owned company with a profitable track record and significant growth aspirations. This is represented by more than 55 nationalities in the workforce, reflecting the global and dynamic nature of the business. With an investment of over $3 billion in its latest network infrastructure, Inmarsat is at the forefront of global mobile communications innovation.

Chief Technology Office 

Inmarsat’s Chief Technology Office (CTO) business unit sits at the core of our business and focuses on innovative technology development and engineering. The CTO maintains a centre of excellence for technology and broader infrastructure-related innovation, translating market needs into core expansion programmes to enable market development. We ensure that Inmarsat’s products and services are constantly pushing the boundaries of satellite communications.  The CTO team is responsible for delivering Inmarsat development programmes, including satellites and launchers, ground infrastructure (ground stations, networks, user terminals and access technology), regulatory, market access and product and service development. 

Job Description

Primary role purpose:

The CTO Platform Architecture Team owns the end-to-end architecture and technology strategy for Inmarsat's software platforms, products and services.

The primary purpose of this role is to define the technical requirements and high-level architecture of Inmarsat’s software products to meet customer demands, as well as working on infrastructure projects and technology innovations that lay the foundations for Inmarsat’s technology roadmap. Architects are responsible for describing the solution to technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring that solutions are fit for purpose, cost-effective, deliverable, operable and supportable.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across a diverse set of technology domains, such as mobile edge devices, software defined networks, hybrid cloud, data platforms, analytics and monitoring, API design, next-generation safety services, as well as OTT services and applications.

The role requires broad technical expertise and excellent analysis / design skills. It offers a tremendous opportunity to learn from a wide range of customers, subject matter experts, technologies and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with internal stakeholders and operational staff to ensure technical solutions meet business requirements
• Translation of business requirements into technical requirements, high-level architecture, and design documentation
• Ensuring solutions are cost-effective from both a commercial and operational perspective, secure, and reusable
• Identification of risk, issues and dependencies
• Working closely with software engineering teams to help decompose high-level architecture into work packages, guiding the specification and implementation for all aspects of the software architecture.
• Validating low-level designs against high-level architecture and requirements.
• Providing support and expertise during engineering, deployment and go-live phases
• Contributing to the architecture roadmap for Inmarsat’s products and infrastructure
• Technology leadership for the software architecture of Inmarsat’s products
• Providing technical expertise and advice to internal stakeholders
• Identifying new and emerging industry trends that should be evaluated and incorporated into the company’s strategy
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the company

Qualifications

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Bachelor or Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field
• Experience as an architect, leading the design, development and deployment of end-to-end software at scale
• Software engineering experience
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex subjects in clear language, tailoring your delivery for the audience
• Thorough grasp of systems thinking and the ability to understand, interpret and adopt new technical information rapidly
• Ability to think holistically, with an appreciation of operational complexity, security and systems management.
• Interest in new technologies and innovation, and a practical understanding of the technology development lifecycle
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Strong sense of responsibility and ownership for the success of projects
• Familiarity with modern design patterns and frameworks
• Creative problem-solving and analytical skills
• Proven ability to think strategically about product and technology challenges

Desirable:

• Certification or hands-on experience in one of more cloud environments
• Knowledge and first-hand experience of networking protocols and routing
• Experience with software virtualisation including containers and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with Linux and hypervisors
• Experience of working in an Agile development environment, DevOps.
• Cybersecurity and secure-by-design methodology
• Experience of working in a relevant communications, network infrastructure or related computing field
• Familiarity with microservice and service-oriented architecture
• Familiarity with one or more database technologies and data modelling
• Data and event-driven design, domain-driven architecture
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in API best practices and management platforms

Additional Information

You must be eligible to work in this location advertised.

Inmarsat Values: 

Our values define Inmarsat’s culture and represent what we believe in. Inmarsat employees aspire to certain behaviours which support our corporate values, they create a stronger working environment and lie at the heart of our continued success as an organisation.

• Customer – Providing a unique value to our customers
• Accountability – taking ownership, getting results and keeping our promises
• Respect – collaborating, embracing diversity and valuing differences
• Excellence – creating bold solutions for our customers and putting quality at the heart of everything we do