Sr Principal Architect, IT Applications

American Airlines Group
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Strategic planning","Risk management","Stakeholder communication"]

Lead technical direction for IT solutions used at American’s Integrated Operations Center (IOC), ensuring architecture, design, development, and deployment support critical operations. Create detailed designs, code key components, and drive modernization, refactoring, and technical debt reduction while elevating team maturity across design, testing, availability, security, and non-functional requirements. Manage technical and product stakeholders, mitigate IT risks, and communicate strategic plans and innovations clearly to drive outcomes.

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American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group
3 days ago

Sr Principal Architect, IT Applications

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Job Summary

Lead technical direction for IT solutions used at American’s Integrated Operations Center (IOC), ensuring architecture, design, development, and deployment support critical operations. Create detailed designs, code key components, and drive modernization, refactoring, and technical debt reduction while elevating team maturity across design, testing, availability, security, and non-functional requirements. Manage technical and product stakeholders, mitigate IT risks, and communicate strategic plans and innovations clearly to drive outcomes.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide technical direction and leadership for solutions used at the Integrated Operations Center (IOC).
  • •Own technical excellence for a major product/product group across design, development, deployment, troubleshooting, and modernization.
  • •Create detailed designs and define patterns, securing and refactoring solutions while reducing technical debt.
  • •Elevate team maturity across design, testing, availability, security, and other non-functionals.
  • •Manage technical and product stakeholders, identify and mitigate IT risks, and drive innovation and strategic planning aligned to business objectives.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPet InsuranceEmployee Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering/Technology/Information Systems or equivalent experience.
  • •8 years of application systems development experience.
  • •5 years of architectural and design experience.
  • •Background in enterprise/solutions architecture or software engineering, including architecture, design patterns, and business processes.
  • •Experience with large, collaborative teams plus technology transformations and migration to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI).
Experience:Airline industryApplication systemsCloud platformsEnterprise architecture
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipStrategic planningRisk managementStakeholder communication
Tech Stack:AWSAzureGCPOCIPalantirAgileDevOpsIaaSPaaSDockerKubernetesMySqlPostgreSqlCassandraMongoDBNoSQLContainersContainer orchestration

Company Brief

American Airlines Group
Major U.S. airline providing scheduled passenger and cargo air transportation globally. Operates a large fleet and extensive domestic and international route network, serving millions of customers with diversified travel and loyalty services.
Industry: Airlines
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Fort Worth, United States
Founded: 1926
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