Principal Data Architect, IT

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 Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division.
• The candidate will work to architect applications within an enterprise data analytics ecosystem. This includes architecture, discovery, processing, integration, storage, data science, data analytics, and machine learning, etc.

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.

• Build and administer on premise and cloud platforms
• Lead in proof of concepts on emerging technologies and will work with developers and business partners to perform test cases leading to viable new products
• Responsible for maintaining platform reliability, data reliability and data security per AA’s enterprise requirements
• Work closely with multiple product teams to successfully design and implement solutions by removing roadblocks, cultivating relationships, and effectively communicating across Enterprise at various levels of leadership

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
• 7 years of applicable experience in the design/administration/ support for data analytics platforms with 2 years in cloud strategy required

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
• 8+ years of applicable experience in the design/administration/ support for data analytics platforms with 2+ in cloud strategy required
• Airline Industry experience will be plus

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Strong experience in large scale software & systems architecture and development
• Implemented distributed and parallel computing technologies and operating systems.advanced storage implementations like grids (MPP)and Cloud object storage architectures
• Worked on data security architecture for authentication, multi-tenancy/authorization, auditing and governance
• Strong Experience with data analytics ecosystem: data integration (ETL/ELT), data delivery, data preparation, data discovery, data processing, data storage, data science, data analytics, etc with expertise in testing strategies and tools use to ensure data quality
• Designed and developed object oriented, real time messaging and relational database management application with strong experience in Agile project management methodology and DevOps principles
• Implemented enterprise architectural standards for security, data integrity, and disaster recovery of platforms
• Worked with product teams promoting a self-governing culture and self-service automation process
• Good working knowledge performing product impact analysis, capacity planning, data retention, as well as conformance with legal, audit, and regulatory mandates

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.