Portfolio Architect, Communications Software Engineering

Portfolio Architect, Communications Software Engineering

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Join Delta IT as we leverage AI within technology to unlock powerful customer experiences and continuously refine airline operations. We are seeking a Engineering Solution Architect / Advisor to be part of a growing technology team.

As Software Engineering Architect - Advisory Developer, within the Communications, AI, and Automation portfolio, you will architect and build globally available solutions solve complex problems. Customer Communications and Servicing connects the dots for operational information throughout the travel-experience - for both customers and employee systems.

We're looking for a technology expert with prior experience in a serverless-first migration approach, to instill SecDevOps best practices within agile squads across multiple teams. This role will have a wide aperture to various airline strategic initiatives and opportunities.,

This role will play a key part in modernizing applications from on-prem to cloud, with a focus on serverless and other limited maintenance patterns to maximize development time for agile squads.

Overview of Responsibilities:

• Turn operational challenges into competitive advantange for the Delta brand - Engage with squads to understand requirement and business value
• Provide architectural assessments of existing cloud and on-prem solutions
• Recommend modernization strategies and document detailed roadmaps for applications to migrate to AWS cloud architecture
• Advise on thoughtful strategies for newly created applications with a serverless-first approach
• Design, test and develop efficient and effective software using AWS architecture components
• Establish and grow a culture of software craftsmanship best practices, including TDD/BDD/Test Automation and SecDevOps
• Drive squad adoption of full-stack engineer autonomous roles (Scrum, Stories, Design, Development, Testing, Infrastructure-as-code, Security, 24/7 Support and Cost) of change to achieve fully functioning autonomous squads
• Research and evaluate upcoming and recent serverless functionality to benefit teams
• Introduce and evolve processes to increase squad flow (code reviews, demos,
• Create sample frameworks, diagrams, and videos to lead development squads with examples
• Implement team standards for clean coding practices, test scripts, and infrastructure-as-code pipelines with Java/Python/Node.js
• Achieve 80%+ automated testing to increase speed to market
• Understand and support existing on prem applications and internal PAAS applications (pre-cloud migration)
• Encourage curiosity to look upstream and downstream to see around corners and anticipate future consequences for immediate technical choices
• Measure - Lead the technical definition and implementation of data capture for operational analytics and downstream trend analysis
• Create effective artifacts, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Drive performance improvements including monitoring, detailed metrics, problems, trends, and costs, in order to determine solutions, required process changes, etc. that will make functions more efficient
• Shift left on design security standards and compliance with privacy rules and regulations early in the development
• Be relentless to drive value, reliability, and efficiency at scale
• Optimize pace and meet deadlines
• Provide assistance and support other team members where required, including troubleshooting and maintenance of production systems/programs/applications as needed

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• 10+ years of experience with Software Engineering solutions for business or mission critical applications or systems
• 7+ years' experience in a combination of Java, Full-stack, Python, Node.js, C# development experience is required
• 2+ years' hands on experience in AWS Serverless components, well-architected patterns and framworks
• Sees learning a new language as an opportunity for growth
• Skilled in writing, designing unit test cases using TDD and BDD methodologies
• Experience with virtualizing services for test automation using tools such as Wire Mock, Mockito etc.
• Automation-minded: In depth experience designing and writing automated tests for backend applications and data flow, using tools such as Postman, REST Assured, Cypress, Ready API etc.
• Hands on experience of working with continuous integration tools such Jenkins, Circle CI.
• In depth cloud experience (AWS and/or Azure), including taking teams from on-prem to containerized to modernized using serverless design patterns
• Experience with SQL/No SQL data capture, design, and use
• Experience working in an agile development environment using workload management tools like Agility
• Expert troubleshooting and Sec/Dev/Ops exposure
• Experience with system integrations, optimizing performance and data integrity
• Strong technical and non-technical communication skills. Assures smooth flowing, timely transmission of critical information.
• Excellent judgment and problem-solving skills; individual should be able to resolve urgent problems in a calm and quick manner and display a high degree of initiative and drive
• Proactive with the ability to lead and be effective in a high stress environment
• Skilled in presenting to technical and business audiences at all levels
• Experience with business-critical production-grade development, integration and support
• Position open to ATL and MSP offices - must reside in commutable proximity, hybrid office schedule
• Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for U.S.-based job, if not currently employed by Delta Air Lines, Inc.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field is preferred.

• Experience working in an airline technology environment is preferred.

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