Principal Software Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions

Principal Software Cloud Engineer, AWS SolutionsUnited States, Georgia, AtlantaInformation Technology22-May-2024Ref # : 24955LinkedIn Tag : #LI-TB1How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)Delta IT is on a journey of transformation.

We are changing the way we do business from top to bottom. As thought-leaders within Delta, we strive to create meaningful and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help us realize our vision.

Delta IT employees are thinkers, doers, innovators. We are proactive. We are collaborative. We deliver impact to our customers.

Join us on our transformation journey in becoming a world-class IT organization at the world's best airline!The Revenue, Loyalty, and Data Analytics organization has invested in a diverse solutions team that advises businesses across the enterprise on technologies that power the availability and pricing of Delta’s flight products across our network, including market share forecasting, schedules availability, and competitive pricing and shopping engines.

The Senior Principal Software Cloud Engineer owns the technical strategy with software engineering solutions, specifically AWS cloud solutions, combining a high level of domain knowledge with solutions that drive change and innovation across business lines.

This high-level role requires aptitude in understanding current business needs and anticipating future business needs, while designing integrated solutions that are agile and durable.

The ideal candidate is an innovative thinker who impacts the technical roadmap tactically, while maintaining the big picture ideas.

Delivering thoughtful insight and design elements along with best-practice knowledge will be a core component and exciting body of work within the AWS portfolio.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to : Leveraging expertise with AWS platforms and scaling solutions across the enterpriseKnowledge of designing, prototyping, and demonstrating new features and components to of front-end and back-end to users to ensure compliance with requirements;

Owns design, implementation, and optimization of software approaches, tools, and workflows.Deep understanding of risks and benefits for solutions recommended to different business unitsHigh level consultative interactions with business leaders and technical teams, defining and educating stakeholders on risks and benefits of solutionsPlatform architecture skills including site reliability engineering, quality and testing, system design and integration, and implementation from the ground upUtilizing technical domain knowledge to inspect current structure while balancing optimization for future state solutionsDeveloping and defining business and technical operating procedures and standardsContinuous ideation and decision making on new technologies towards implementationAbility to dig into a technical problem, lead troubleshooting sessions when necessaryCollaborator, who wants to share what they’ve learned and continue learning themselvesDeep sense of ownership and accountabilityDesign the solutions to meet functional and technical requirements .

Align to Security / Compliance frameworks and controls requirements.Own quality posture. Write automated tests, ideally before writing code .

Mentors others writing code for software engineering products, including overseeing development of automated tests, delivery pipelines, and automated deployment scripts.

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep ClimbingOur culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork every day, in everything we do.

At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees.

Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way : Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leaveComprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short / long term disability and life benefitsFamily care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stagesHolistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental healthDomestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family membersCareer development programs to achieve your long-term career goalsWorld-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprintBusiness Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategiesRecognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable TogetherAccess to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcareWhat you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or related technical field10+ years of professional experience in software architecture or senior software engineering capacity at enterprise scale6+ years of experience with the architecture and design of AWS cloud solutions, applications, integrations, sand platform engineeringDemonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior engineers and developers with best practicesExperience defining and maintaining accountability to architectural design patterns and serving as a technology domain’s subject matter expertProfessional experience working with Agile Methodologies is required.

Experience working with DevOps principles, practices and tools in an enterprise technology environment is required.Experience engineering software within an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure or other prominent enterprise cloud provider is requiredFoundational knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle, building CI / CD pipelines and practicing Test Driven Development is a requirement.

Fundamental Awareness of Application Security principles and 12-factor application development principles is required.Experience with source control, build tools, and GIT (GitHub, Bitbucket or other)Embraces diverse people, thinking and stylesConsistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priorityWhat will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)Master’s or graduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related technical field is preferred.

15+ years of professional experience in software architecture or senior software engineering capacity at enterprise scale is preferred10+ years of experience with the architecture and design of AWS cloud solutions, applications, integrations, security and platform engineeringExperience working in an airline technology environment is preferred.

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