Principal Architect, IT Applications

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

• This job is a member of the Information Technology team within the Information Technology Division.
• This position is a technical role on a highly skilled and experienced team providing technical application design and leadership services.

What you'll do

• Lead and contribute to the technical strategy and execution of a product (or set of applications).
• Collaborate with Solution Architects, Principal Engineers, and other technology leaders to deliver optimal solutions for the product and enterprise.
• Design and contribute to the architecture of Travel Rewards ecosystem
• Partner with engineers to guide the architecture for Functional and Technical Designs; review, revise, and approve design documents.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including architecture vision, strategy, standards, policies, and presentations.
• Provide ongoing technical knowledge and partner with product management during meetings to support the best architectural decisions.
• Escalate technical challenges as necessary to keep projects on track and mitigate risk and reduce impacts
• Establish, maintain, and communicate standards and procedures for application design, development, and associated activities.
• Review business requirements and recommend alternative best practices where applicable, before design initiation.
• Assess source code changes and unit test cases when there is high risk associated with the design or coding.
• Provide technical assistance and feedback related to the M&E application and its architecture.
• Offer consulting and advisory services regarding application architecture, infrastructure services, and emerging technologies.
• Leverage appropriate technologies to reduce costs and improve productivity, adding value to the company.
• Effectively manage problem-solving, multitasking, and scheduling to ensure visibility and predictability in project timelines.
• Mentor and empower team members to promote growth, independence, and technical proficiency.
• Consistently demonstrate a positive, professional leadership approach in all interactions and communications.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology , Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 10 years of development experience in programming languages like Java
• 7 years architectural and design experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Master's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology , Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 5 years of technical or team leadership experience
• Airline industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Knowledge of public cloud like IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure etc.
• Experience in supporting high transactional systems
• Significant experience in microservices architecture & API first principle.
• Significant experience in requirements analysis and use case development, with a thorough understanding of software development life cycles, development and technology tools, testing methodologies, and requirements gathering
• Experience supporting and directing technical architecture for supported business domains
• Passion for change and continual improvement with ability to effectively lead, drive, and support change
• Proven ability to work across multiple functional teams in the creation of business solutions
• Experience with the operations characteristics of large scale and highly available computer systems deployed in a variety of software and hardware environments
• Knowledge of systems integration practices and understanding of Service Oriented Architecture principles and practices
• Ability to simultaneously manage a large Architect workload involving multiple projects, day-to-day tasks, meetings and ad-hoc technical requests
• Ability to adapt to unexpected events, new facts, and rapidly changing circumstances
• Ability to thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment and leverage best practices
• Ability to be highly responsive and communicative, act with urgency, commit to follow-through and delivery, and respond to many simultaneous challenges with tenacity and innovation
• During adversity or challenges, ability to apply discipline, responsibility, initiative, and resources to stay on course and/or achieve resolution
• Understanding of the application environments and related tools, and their relationship to each other
• Understanding of the end-to-end implementation process and procedures
  

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.