Programmer-Analyst/Senior Programmer-Analyst, IT (Phoenix, TX, US)

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08) 
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 47942 

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.
• Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems at American Airlines by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase better.

What you'll do

This job is a member of the Financial Optimization product team, within the Cargo Information Technology Division. This position is a senior technical role on a highly skilled team providing application and solution architecture services.  The role will be responsible for providing the technical development and solutions for our business partners and customers.
Specifically, you'll do the following:

• Deliver and maintain artifacts and work products in support of the architecture review, software development and steady state operations
• Communicate a clear technical roadmap on the optimal application of technology to products and services to various stakeholders and knows when to balance technical solutions with business needs
• Deliver development solutions that incorporate industry and company technology standards
• Actively participate in requirements analysis, proofs of concepts, RFI & RFP processes and solution delivery
• Anticipate and act upon issues that arise, provides alternative approaches, optimal solution and continuously improving performance of applications
• Develop prototypes and concepts for new technologies and ideas with the delivery team and with guidance from the lead architect
• Create and promote patterns/techniques to foster DevOps adoption
• Examine emerging technologies/technology practices and incorporates into architectural solution, when appropriate
• Collaborates with leaders, business analysts, project managers, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements
• Maintains and enhances existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven development
• Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions
• Creates detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates
• Researches and implements new technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance
• Supports the development of coding standards and adhere to best practices and security guidelines
• Implements various RPA’s as desired by the Cargo IT and BU stakeholders
   

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 rlated technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 5+ years of application systems development experience
• 3+ years of architectural and design experience
• Hands-on experience with cloud deployment patterns, micro-services architecture, real time analytics and big data
• Proficient in Agile and SDLC methodologies
• Strong technical expertise in tiered and distributed architectures, Service Oriented Architecture, Micro Service Architecture, J2EE, Spring, Messaging platforms, Relational/NoSQL Databases, Big Data, Application Servers, HTML5 frameworks, UNIX, Linux, Windows and Design Patterns, as well as relational databases, web development and object-oriented methodologies
• Working knowledge of DevOps tool chains, Agile Methodologies, IBM BlueMix, Kubernetes and Docker Container

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 3 years’ experience in large scaled application systems design and development
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
  • J2EE technologies: Java
  • Database and persistence frameworks: Hibernate, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning
  • Cloud-based development: Cloud Foundry
  • Web Servers: Tomcat, TC Server, IBM WebSphere
  • Web Services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML)
  • Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
  • Front-end: Angular, Node,  HTML5, CSS, SCSS
  • Build/deployment tools: Maven, Gradle, Git, Junit, Mockito
  • Other Dev Ops Toolchain: Selenium, Nexus Repository, Hygieia, Sonar Qube, Fortify on Demand, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins

All you'll need for success

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Demonstrated experience in the following:
  • Java, XML, HTML, or similar
  • Web Services, such as REST/SOAP, JSON/WSDL/XML
  • Eclipse or similar IDE
  • Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
  • Oracle – PL/SQL, DB2 SQL
  • Object Oriented Analysis, Design Patterns, and Frameworks
• Experience with DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration, and Continuous Deployment
• Experience with Agile project management methodology
• Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing priorities and work environments
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio)

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.

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 47942 

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