American Airlines · 5 days ago
Sr Manager, IT Engineering - DoOps
Fort Worth, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expAmerican Airlines is a leading airline company that offers travel opportunities and career growth. The Sr Manager, IT Engineering - DoOps will oversee the Airline Operations Technology organization, focusing on creating a culture of continuous learning and delivering platform application solutions using Agile and DevOps methodologies.
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Responsibilities
Collaborates with Business and IT leadership to define systems vision, direction, priorities, and technology roadmaps while ensuring clear communication and progress toward targets
Ensures consistent application of agile project management, business analysis, and quality assurance practices, using software development best practices to maintain quality while meeting deadlines
Removes roadblocks, builds strong cross‑enterprise relationships, communicates effectively at all leadership levels, and enforces technology standards across teams
Drives continuous improvement of development processes and optimizes how applications support business operations, while leading adoption and migration of new and emerging technologies
Oversees resource estimation, allocation, and delivery to ensure initiatives meet business needs; manages and tracks project and program schedules and budgets in partnership with controllers
Maintains strong problem‑solving, multitasking, coordination, and scheduling discipline to ensure visibility, predictability, and alignment with goals
Develops, mentors, and motivates a high‑performing team of technologists including project managers, business analysts, QA professionals, and developers
Manages production support and off‑hours operational needs, including communication and issue resolution, and works extended hours or travels as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
10 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments
7 years of experience overseeing large technology projects from inception to implementation in an enterprise environment
5 years of experience delivering SDLC solutions using ITIL / Agile / XP, or similar methodologies
Experience in attracting, selecting, developing, and motivating technical individuals that can work as a team to meet deliverables and quickly overcome obstacles
Experience in leading a team of individuals with various levels of skills and experience in potentially high stress and challenging situations, across various geographic regions; strong leadership skills in transforming teams to be nimbler in delivering business capabilities
Ability to develop strong working relationships with other leaders within IT and across Business teams
Experience delivering technology solutions with third part SaaS application as well as custom developed applications
Balanced delivery track record where IT hygiene (EOSL, patching, DR compliance, Technical Debt) is a focus
Experience in managing, supporting, and delivering 'mission-critical' projects/migrations
Proven ability to work with multiple teams, technical solutions, and business domains, with a focus on building action-oriented consensus, with a record of product and solution delivery
Experience delivering on high profile, deadline driven, contractual commitments
Demonstrated ability to work in a mission-critical, non-stop, real-time environment
Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing priorities and work environments
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a sense-of-urgency environment and leverage best practices
Ability to think strategically and use sound judgment and initiative in making decisions
Ability to manage conflicting priorities and customer expectations in a fast paced operational environment
Experience and thorough understanding of overall systems development life cycle practices and procedures using various methodologies (agile, lean, waterfall)
Strong technical experience with expertise in object-oriented programming, common data structures and algorithms, and of design patterns and best practices
Experience working with Agile project management methodologies and tools
Experience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
Experience providing requirements, review, approvals for contracts, and statements of work to vendor partners, internal vendor management groups, and legal
Experience managing financial budgets
Proven ability to handle multiple projects/work streams and demands efficiently
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
Airline industry experience, including business processes and supporting technology
Benefits
Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more
Company
American Airlines
American Airlines is an airline company that operates a diverse fleet of aircraft, including narrow-body and wide-body jets. It is a sub-organization of American Airlines.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1B2023-11-17Post Ipo Debt· $250M
2023-02-08Post Ipo Debt· $750M
2015-01-01Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
Doug Parker
Chairman and former CEO at American Airlines
David Seymour
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2026-01-16
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