Data Engineer/Sr Data Engineer, IT Analytics

American Airlines Group - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

Air Transportation

About the position

The Data Engineer / Sr Data Engineer role at American Airlines is focused on enabling data engineering solutions within the IT Analytics team. This position involves designing and delivering analytics solutions to foster a data-driven culture, collaborating with various teams to implement data migration and engineering solutions using Azure technologies, and mentoring team members to enhance technical skills.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Perform multiple aspects involved in the development lifecycle including design, cloud engineering, ingestion, preparation, data modeling, testing, CICD pipelines, performance tuning, deployments, consumption, BI, alerting, and production 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.
• Implement batch and streaming data pipelines using cloud technologies.
• Lead the development of coding standards, best practices, and privacy and security guidelines.
• Mentor others on technical and domain skills to create multi-functional teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems, Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training.
• 3 years software solution development using agile, DevOps, operating in a product model that includes designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications or data engineering solutions.
• 3 years data analytics experience using SQL.
• 2 years of cloud development and data lake experience (prefer Microsoft Azure) including Azure EventHub, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake, Azure Power Apps and Power BI.
• Experience in scripting with Python, Spark, Unix, SQL.
• Experience with data platforms such as Teradata, Cassandra, MongoDB, Oracle, SQL Server, ADLS, Snowflake.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years software solution development using agile, dev ops, product model that includes designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications or data engineering solutions.
• 5+ years data analytics experience using SQL.
• 3+ years full-stack development experience, preferably in Azure.
• Airline Industry Experience.
• Azure Development Track Certification (preferred).
• Spark Certification (preferred).

Benefits

• Travel Perks: Access to 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across the global network.
• Health Benefits: Access to health, dental, prescription, and vision benefits from day one, including virtual doctor visits and flexible spending accounts.
• Wellness Programs: Resources and support for personal wellness.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire with potential employer contributions after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises, and more.