108 applicants

Company

Southwest Airlines · 8 hours ago

Tech Lead System Engineer

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$156K/yr - $173K/yr

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Responsibilities

Influence and execute engineering processes that deliver predictable quality, providing accurate estimates in support of feasibility assessments for engineering activities

Help build high performing Teams and grow and mentor the technical skills within the Team, ensuring capacity and skillsets are aligned to meet ongoing delivery expectations

Write, review, and take responsibility for clear, concise, and comprehensive technical documentation and be a positive influence on other Developers

Contribute to iteration planning and participate in daily scrums, iteration retrospectives, and iteration demos

Manage the engineering of Infrastructure services, Network, Servers, Storage, Virtualization and Monitoring

Create, maintain, review and approve designs in collaboration with Solution Architects and shared services Teams, ensuring alignment to the appropriate solution architectures and taking tradeoffs into account

Research new technologies that could improve overall infrastructure stability and performance and promote and enforce enterprise standards and industry best practices

Troubleshoot, escalate, and resolve infrastructure and environment issues in a timely manner and incorporate findings into design changes to prevent future issues

Define and review technical criteria for vendor evaluations, participate in package evaluations, and ensure contracts include expected technical outcomes

Establish functional or system standards to address operational requirements, quality requirements, and design constraints

May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Qualification

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System EngineeringTechnical DocumentationCustomer Service OrientationMentoring Skills

Required

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Systems, or related field; or equivalent formal training

Expert level experience, expansive and far reaching knowledge in system engineering

Advanced knowledge of at least one required programming language

Skilled in excellent partnering, communication, negotiation, and execution in working with various Technology or partner Teams

Ability to articulate ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and recommendations to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences and how it provides business value

Ability to lead multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work and to mentor others to do the same

Skilled in strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive mindset to get ahead of issues

Ability to lead ideation, presentation, and group-thinking sessions

Ability to influence effectively without authority up through Senior Leadership levels to achieve desired business outcomes

Ability to lead multiple efforts concurrently, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in their own work

Ability to work in a fast-paced, Team-based, Customer service-oriented environment with a strong attention to detail

Ability to perform work duties from limited space work station/desk/office area for extended periods of time

Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job

Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job

Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines

Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines

Benefits

Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)

Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings

Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit

Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)

Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.