Sr Developer, IT Applications (Cloud)

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!

• ​This job is a member of the Employee Technology Team within the Information Technology Division supporting the Payroll and Benefits product portfolios
• Responsible for developing and supporting web based, mobile-aware, applications and web services hosted in the cloud. As a member of an agile team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment with internal customers, management, business analysts, project managers, IT architects and other developers to understand requirements and development needs while gaining valuable experience and skills

• ​Leverage experience in creating and supporting cloud-native applications in the Azure cloud environment
• Understand application design requirements and use industry standard blueprints/patterns/frameworks for web applications hosted in public cloud environments
• Maintain current/steady-state applications and products hosted in the Azure cloud, including, but not limited to, application security related patching, code upgrades/updates, data migration, bug fixes, feature enhancements, and performance tuning
• Perform application modernization best practices such as exploring, researching, and implementing new technologies to improve efficiency of the application lifecycle
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in distributed web applications using methods and tools available in the Azure cloud environment
• Implement situational awareness and resiliency concepts using native Azure cloud features to meet operational requirements pertaining to application performance, observability and availability metrics
• Work with a team to create detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates, and ensures tasks/projects are completed on time and within scope
• Support the development of coding standards and application security guidelines to meet enterprise and regulatory requirements (SOX, PII, PCI etc.)
• Work with production operations department to ensure deployments roll out smoothly and customer groups receive appropriate support
• Participate in code reviews, security assessments, disaster recovery testing and mentoring junior developers
• Provide on-call production support (24 x 7 x 365), as required

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• ​Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 3 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments
• 3 years of professional, design, and open-source experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• ​Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 5 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience
• Airline Industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Applied knowledge and expertise of software patterns and frameworks used in applications hosted in modern cloud-native environments.
• Applied knowledge and/or expertise in using modern programming languages such as Python, C, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, Angular, SOAP/REST and other SDKs for .NET/Java runtimes
• Applied experience in modern highly available cloud-native databases such as Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Cosmos DB etc.
• Applied knowledge and/or expertise of application runtime environments using Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, etc. 
• Knowledge of Azure networking concepts, such as Virtual Networks, Subnets, and VPN Gateways etc.
• Applied knowledge and/or expertise in use of Azure Monitoring and Logging tools for troubleshooting, auditing, and ensuring operational health of applications.
• Applied knowledge and/or expertise in security best practices such as use of SSL/TLS/X.509 certificates, Azure Key Vaults, SSO federation using OAuth/PingFederate, Multi-Factor Authentication, Role-based access controls, network/application security groups, data encryption and privacy by design concepts. 
• Applied knowledge in IaC scripting languages using Azure CLI, Terraform, BICEP/ARM templates.
• Experience in use of cloud-ready tools for development environments such as Visual Studio, Eclipse, Azure Data Studio etc.
• Intermediate/Expert level knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD best practices using Azure Devops, Jenkins, Selenium and/or Git Actions for GitHUB.
• Experience in relational databases such as MS-SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL.
• Experience in TDD using cloud-based automated/manual testing tools such as Azure Test Plans and/or JMeter, Azure Load Testing etc.
• Azure Certifications, such as AZ-900, AZ-104, and/or AZ-204
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem solving abilities.
• Personal commitment to Agile principles and a continuous improvement mindset
• Knowledge of regulatory standards such as SOX, PII, PCI Compliance
• Knowledge of diagnostics tools (SOAPUI, Fiddler, IE Inspector, HTTP Analyzer, Dynatrace)

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

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.