Technical Architect – Delta Opportunities


Website Delta Airlines

Position Summary:

Delta IT is on a journey to introduce state of the art technologies to support our innovative business needs. 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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Investigate, troubleshoot and correct system problems as needed
  • Assist and advise project teams on strategic architectural standards and direction
  • Partner with consumers of the platform/services produced under the framework
  • Lead or assist in certifications of new or revised products or tools
  • Oversee both high level and detailed technical design reviews
  • Be the technical leader for an agile team
  • Lead creation of processes, tools, and monitoring to proactively identify potential system issues
  • Communicate and champion Delta’s values
  • Provide leadership in communicating and exhibiting leadership vision/strategy
  • Lead the design, development, implementation, and support of information technology solutions encompassing multiple specializations, platforms, and technologies.
  • Revise, test, and implement software as needed
  • Create component design working with the solution architect and implement the design
  • Assist and advise project teams on project design options
  • Keep abreast of industry trends through benchmarking, participation in professional associations, etc in order to lead strategic business direction
  • Collaborate with solution architect and business area to analyze technical information and produce quality software

Required Education & Experience:

  • Experience in VersionOne, GIT and DevOps is required
  • API technologies and platforms such as APIGEE and Swagger is required.
  • Experience with agile development with frequent releases is a plus
  • Must have the ability to mentor junior developers
  • Large project experience with high transaction volumes is required
  • Web application frameworks like JQuery, Springboot, GraphQL, AngularJS, Node.js is required.
  • Must have the ability to listen to customers and colleagues; convey ideas effectively; prepare written documentation
  • Have experience working with diverse teams located in various countries
  • Experience using IBM’s DataPower in a Prod environment is a plus.
  • Experience working with microservices architecture, messaging middleware and developing cloud native applications is required.
  • Must have ability to monitor and support business critical APIs
  • Experience working with business rules engines/business process management systems such as JBPM is required.
  • 10 + years of Software Development experience and/or architecture is preferred
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science with 8 or more years of software development experience with a minimum of 4 years of experience working with Services and Integration technologies.
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as OpenShift (Kubernetes) and AWS
  • Highly motivated and keen to work in a fast-paced organization
  • Have a proven history of building consensus and driving results across teams and organizations
  • Self-motivated individual with strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to work independently and in a collaborative setting