Principal Engineer, IT Cloud

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline.
• The Cloud domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on the delivery of computing services—such as servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—provided as a service. Examples are AWS, GCS, and Azure. The implementation could be a Private, Public, or Hybrid cloud and the scope includes platform management, security, networking, storage, and enabling DevOps to support the consuming domains (Applications, AI, Data, etc.).

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Architects end to end cloud governance, cost management and AI tokenomics FinOps solutions by integrating GenAI capabilities, policy automation, and cost optimization frameworks across multi cloud environments.
• Partner closely with Cybersecurity and enterprise architects to define cloud best practices. Shape and promote cloud architecture that aligns with business goals and industry standards.
• Serve as a technical mentor to the engineering team, providing guidance on best practices, design patterns, and emerging technologies in cloud computing and DevOps.
• Leads solution design for complex governance initiatives, including automated policy remediation, AI driven cost intelligence, anomaly detection, and compliance automation.
• Spearhead initiatives to automate infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies. Champion innovation by adopting and implementing cutting-edge cloud technologies.
• Oversee the lifecycle of cloud solutions and platforms, ensuring they remain updated and aligned with industry standards and organizational requirements.
• Effectively communicate product strategy, technical changes, and cloud platform roadmaps to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Monitor cloud systems for availability, performance, and cost efficiency. Implement strategies to optimize resource usage, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve cloud environments.
• Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues. Provide expert support and conduct root cause analysis to address critical incidents, taking preventive actions to avoid future occurrences.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, supporting business-critical applications and systems.

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 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

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Technical expertise in the following technologies:
  • Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02)
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (or equivalent advanced IaC certification)
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) (demonstrates deep security alignment)
  • Deep understanding cloud cost governance, optimization, and FinOps best practices.
  • Advanced mastery of Azure and AWS governance, including policy-as-code, compliance automation, and enterprise security frameworks.
  • Proven experience architecting multi-cloud governance frameworks for large-scale organizations.
  • Advanced proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Python, ARM Template, CloudFormation) and enterprise CI/CD pipeline integrations.
  • Strong grasp of cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWPP) solutions.
  • Ability to architect highly scalable and resilient governance solutions across distributed systems.
  • Experience with DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including CI/CD and GitOps, and the ability to drive continuous improvement through automation and operational excellence.
  • Ability to optimize solutions for security, performance, resiliency, reliability, and cost efficiency.
  • Exceptional ability to convey complex ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and through technical documentation and diagrams.
  • Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM lead, and participation in cross-functional project teams.
  • Skilled in mentoring and guiding junior engineers to enhance their technical skills and professional growth
• Ability to optimize solutions for security, performance, resiliency, reliability and cost efficiency.
• Exceptional ability to convey complex ideas verbally, in writing, in code, and through technical documentation and diagrams.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM, to lead and participate in cross-functional project teams.
• Skilled in mentoring and guiding junior engineers to enhance their technical skills and professional growth.

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• 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

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.