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United Airlines · 2 days ago

Principal Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$137K/yr - $187K/yr

7+ years exp

United Airlines is a major American airline that offers extensive travel opportunities. The Principal Architect will lead the architectural design and strategy of enterprise applications, collaborating with various teams to implement best practices and develop technical standards.

HospitalityIn-Flight EntertainmentService IndustryTransportationTravel

No H1B

Responsibilities

Collaborate with domain architects, engineers, and leaders to develop technical standards, reference architectures, design patterns, opinion papers, and architecture decision frameworks that guide the design of technology solutions, especially those requiring integration of applications

Develop and manage a technical strategy and coordinates adoption

This role will be responsible to architect guidance that conveys best practices and common pitfalls for system design, infrastructure integrations, application development practices, and application runtime principles

Manage the architecture review process by creating validation checklists, reviewing architectural artifacts, and providing domain specific guidance to drive architectural alignment across the enterprise

Design and implement comprehensive end-to-end observability solutions that integrate with key monitoring tools across the technology stack, including Network Node Manager and ThousandEyes for network monitoring, Quantum Metrics and Dynatrace for application performance management, BigPanda for event correlation, and ServiceNow CMDB for IT service management, enabling a unified view for proactive monitoring and efficient incident management

Apply architectural and engineering concepts to design solutions that meet operational requirements, such as scalability, maintainability, security, reliability, extensibility, flexibility, availability, and manageability. Define requirements and advocate for tooling improvements that reduce manual effort

Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and observability tools (Dynatrace, DataDog, Splunk) to ensure efficient software delivery and application reliability

Conduct research and develop Proof of Concepts on emerging technologies and implementation toolkits in support of anticipated development efforts and recommend technologies that functionally robust and cost effective

Research, enforce, and drive the adoption of design patterns throughout the enterprise and evangelizes best practices for solution design and development

Identify new technologies, industry trends, and best practices, which should be incorporated into BFS policies & roadmap

Plays a critical role in translating business strategy into technical strategy and defines end-to-end technology architectures that support the strategy

Fine-tune backend configurations to match customer traffic patterns, maintaining the stability and scalability of applications

Configure applications to collect telemetry data, including metrics, logs, and traces

Qualification

End-to-end observability architectureDevOps practicesPCI complianceSecurity best practicesData architectureCloud infrastructureProgramming in PythonIT service managementHybrid cloud environmentsMonitoring toolsVulnerability management

Required

Bachelor's degree

Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field preferred

7+ years of relevant experience

Experience of implementing end-to-end observability architecture, with a strong background in managing complex enterprise applications and infrastructure

Experience of observability and monitoring of enterprise-wide solutions

Cloud and On-Premise Infrastructure: Expertise in on-premise server provisioning, with a focus on hybrid cloud environments

DevOps and CI/CD: Strong knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, automation, and observability tools (Dynatrace, DataDog, Splunk)

PCI Compliance: Proven experience in implementing and maintaining PCI compliance for enterprise applications

Security and Vulnerability Management: Solid understanding of security best practices, including vulnerability management and mitigation

Data Management: Proficient in data architecture, governance, and security, with experience in both relational and non-relational databases

Proficiency in IT service management tools like ServiceNow

Programming background in Python, and experience with Dynatrace

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position