Principal Architect, IT Applications

Principal Architect, IT Applications

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. This position is a senior technical role on a highly skilled and experienced team providing technical application design and leadership services.

What You'll Do

• Oversees and contributes to the technical approach of application design
• Collaborates with developers to guide the architecture approach for the Functional and Technical Design; reviews, revises, and approves the content of these design documents
• Creates required documents to support technical application architecture, vision, strategy, standards, policies, and presentations
• Continually contributes technical input and responses in meetings and discussions in order to support the best application architecture
• Escalates technical issues when needed to keep project on track and minimize risk
• Creates, maintains, and communicates application architecture standards and procedures related to design, development, and other associated activities
• Reviews Business Requirements documents and where applicable, offers alternative best-practice solutions prior to start of design
• Reviews source code changes and / or unit test cases when applicable (i.e. where design, coding or project can involve high risk).
• Provides technical assistance and feedback, as needed, related to applications and architectures
• Consults and advises resources for related application architecture and infrastructure services and technologies
• Applies appropriate technology to reduce costs and / or improve productivity resulting in value to the company
• Maintains an effective approach on problem solving, multi-tasking, coordinating, and scheduling in accordance with stated goals to ensure visibility and predictability
• Influences and empowers team members for growth and independence
• Consistently demonstrates a positive, professional, leadership attitude and frame of mind when working with and communicating with others
• Help educate team members about cloud standards, strategies and application migration approaches
• Drive proof-of-concepts and implementation, with hands-on development involvement

All You'll Need For Success

What You'll Get

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