Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT Systems (Dallas, TX, US) - American Airlines

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!

Why you'll love this job

You’ll be a member of the Compute as a Service team within the Hosting and Cloud Management organization where you’ll design, develop, and deploy automation tooling to manage infrastructure at American Airlines data centers and cloud providers.  
 

What you'll do

• Collaborates with leaders, business analysts, product owners, IT architects, technical leads and other developers/engineers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements 
• Maintains and enhances existing tooling 
• Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions. 
• Researches and implements new technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance  
• Supports the development of coding standards and adheres to best practices and security guidelines  
• Works closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needs  

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or other related technical field or equivalent experience/training 
• 2-3 years of full stack development experience with React, Web Services, Python, Fast API 
• 2 years of experience with configuration and administration of continuous integration tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions.  
• 3-5 years of working in Linux operating system and shell scripting 
• 3-5 years of working in Windows operating system and PowerShell 
• Demonstrated expertise utilizing Puppet for configuration management is a must
• Demonstrated experience utilizing Ansible 
• Experience with creating/managing containers/services in Azure 
• Working knowledge of common networking protocols (e.g., HTTP, TCP, IP, SSH, FTP, SMTP, DNS, LDAP), load balancer, firewall, storage 
• Strong knowledge with creating and maintaining CI/CD Pipeline processes and related automation tooling 

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Ability to learn new technology and programing languages 
• Large scale application deployment experience, as well as extensive build and release engineering experience and proven ability to design and develop automated deployment solutions.  
• Ability to develop integrations between CI/CD tools 
• Mastery with API development utilizing various tools such as Azure DevOps, yaml pipelines, GitHub & GitHub Actions, VMware VRA/VRO, Terraform, Packer 
• Mastery with configuration tools (Puppet, Ansible) 
• Capable of writing comprehensive technical documentation and diagrams 
• Understand end to end application development lifecycle from code commit to production deployment 
• Possesses DevSecOps mindset 
• Able to work/collaborate with other teams to drive for result 
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels both verbally and in written form 
• Demonstrated growth mindset, enthusiastic about learning new technologies quickly and applying the gained knowledge to address business problems. 

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.