Senior Engineer, IT Data (Fort Worth, TX, US)

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and duringyour 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

• As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline. 
   
• The Data Domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on managing and leveraging data as a strategic asset. This includes data management, storage, integration, and governance. The Data domain leans into Machine Learning and AI, as well as Data Science and Business Intelligence

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced.  Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Work closely with source data application teams and product owners to design, implement and support analytics solutions that provide insights to make better decisions
• Implement data migration and data engineering solutions using Azure products and services: (Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Event Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Databricks, etc.) and traditional data warehouse tools
• Perform multiple aspects involved in the development lifecycle – design, cloud engineering (Infrastructure, network, security, and administration), ingestion, preparation, data modeling, testing, CICD pipelines, performance tuning, deployments, consumption, BI, alerting, prod support
• Provide technical leadership and collaborate within a team environment as well as work independently
• Be a part of a DevOps team that completely owns and supports their product 

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years experience building data solutions, using agile and DevOps practices
• 4 years experience using SQL, Python and Spark
• 4 years experience with Cloud technologies (especially Microsoft Azure)

     
Preferred Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience  

• 5 years experience building data solutions, using agile and DevOps practices.
• 5 years experience using SQL, Python and Spark
• 5 years experience with Cloud technologies (especially Microsoft Azure)
• Airline Industry Experience 

Skills, Licenses, and Certifications

• Scripting experience with Python, Spark, Unix, and SQL.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Terraform.
• Proficiency in BI tools including Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, Alteryx, Denodo, and Grafana.
• Experience with data warehousing tools like DataStage and Informatica.
• Knowledge of data governance and privacy tools such as Informatica Axon, EDC, and BigID.
• Expertise with the Azure Technology stack for data management, data ingestion, capture, processing, curation and creating consumption layers
• Expertise in providing practical direction within the Azure Native cloud services 
• Azure Development Track Certification (preferred)
• Spark Certification (preferred) 

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.