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Country: UK

MonetaryAmount: GBP

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2026-04-22T09:04:30

Location: Whiteley, PO15 (1-2 days per week onsite)

Duration: 12 month contract

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Role details:

NATS (National Air Traffic Services) are looking for a senior technical authority with strong UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) experience to lead the architecture and technical design of software-intensive, safety-critical systems. The role focuses on big data platforms, API-driven services, and cloud-native architectures supporting UTM/OpenAir capabilities.

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong UTM knowledge, including:
- SORA / UK SORA, JARUS, ASTM F3548, Remote ID, U-space
Experience designing API-first systems:
- REST, event-driven / pub-sub architectures
- OpenAPI / AsyncAPI standards
Proven background with big data and complex datasets, including:
- Geo-spatial and/or time-series data
- Data modelling at scale
Cloud-native architecture experience:
- Kubernetes, containerisation, microservices
- AWS / Azure / GCP
- Scalable, highly available, multi-region designs
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
Understanding of safety-critical and regulated environments, including assurance considerations (e.g. CAP670, ED-109A, DO-178C).

Desirable Experience

SWIM concepts and aviation data standards
Ability to understand geo-spatial / time-series databases (such as PostGIS, TimescaleDB) and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards - both raster and vector formats
Advanced API testing and automation
Distributed systems and federated architectures
Predictive modelling or algorithmic complexity awareness

Interested? Apply today via the link provided!

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UTM / OpenAir Technical Architect

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NATS (National Air Traffic Services) are looking for a a senior technical authority with strong UTM (Unmanned Traffic Management) experience to lead the architecture and technical design of software-intensive, safety-critical systems. The role focuses on big data platforms, API-driven services, and cloud-native architectures supporting UTM/OpenAir capabilities. Essential Skills & Experience

Strong UTM knowledge, including:
Experience designingAPI-first systems:
Proven background with big data and complexdatasets, including:
Cloud-native architecture experience:
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
Understanding of safety-critical and regulated environments, including assurance considerations (e.g. CAP670, ED-109A, DO-178C).
SWIM concepts and aviation data standards
Ability to understand geo-spatial / time-series databases (such as PostGIS, timescaledb) and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards - both raster and vector formats
Advanced API testing and automation
Distributed systems and federated architectures
Predictive modelling or algorithmic complexity awareness

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