INTRO

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- EDUCATION & PRIOR JOB EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or equivalent experience
• 8 years of application systems development experience
• 5 years architectural and design experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS- EDUCATION & PRIOR JOB EXPERIENCE

• Master’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related discipline
• 5 years of technical or team leadership experience
• 2+ years’ Cloud architecture or development experiences in IBM Public and Azure
• 2+ years’ experience in Agile methodology
• 2+ years’ experience in DevOps deployment processes
• Airline industry experience and multiple domain knowledges, such as passenger reservation, customer experience, flight operations, scheduling, yield management and pricing, codeshare alliances, merchandizing, distribution etc.

SKILLS, LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

• Background in Enterprise/Solutions Architecture or software engineering
• Command of architecture, design patterns and business processes
• Mastery of application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Knowledge of industry wide technology trends and best practices
• Expertise in working in in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals, and passionate about building an innovative culture
• Experienced in technology transformations and migration to Azure and AWS Cloud platforms
• Strong technical leader able to drive to outcomes and mentor delivery teams
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) tools and platforms
• Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration platforms (aka Docker & Kubernetes)
• Expertise in one or more cloud native relational databases such as MySql, PostgreSql and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra and MongoDB highly desired
• Demonstrated track record in building platforms and tools that accelerate technology transformations
• Expertise with databases and migration to/from enterprise class databases highly desired
• Experience with Ubuntu is a plus

• Partner with a highly inspired and inquisitive team of technologists who are already developing and deploying applications to the highest standards.
• Lead the buildout of cutting edge engineering platforms and solutions that accelerate the modernization of the American Airlines applications. Most importantly you will focus on self-service platform capacities with heavy emphasis on discoverability and automation.
• Partner with application team technical SMEs and utilize your cloud migration experience to guide the application teams to make the right technology choices and build true cloud native 12-factor applications.
• Explore emerging technologies/practices and develops prototypes and concepts/ideas with little or no guidance; incorporates these into architectural solution when appropriate.
• Work in an open, collaborative, trusting and thought-provoking environment, one that encourages diversity of thoughtful and creative solutions; one that supports experimentation with a fall forward culture.