Senior Associate Engineer

ANSR is hiring for one of its clients.

About American Airlines:

To Care for People on Life's Journey. Together with our American Eagle regional partners, we offer thousands of flights daily to more than 350 destinations in more than 60 countries.

American Airlines is transforming the way it delivers technology to its customers and team members worldwide.

American's Tech Hub in Hyderabad, India, is our latest technology office location and home to team members who drive technical innovation and engineer unrivalled digital products to best serve American's customers and team members. With U.S. tech hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona, our new team in Hyderabad, India enables better support of our 24/7 operation and positions American to deliver industry-leading technology solutions that create a world-class customer experience.

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 grow your expertise to 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 will 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 Network Domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on the design, implementation, management, and maintenance of an organization's Wireless networking infrastructure. This domain encompasses various activities, tools, and technologies required to ensure the efficient and secure transmission of data between devices, systems, and locations.

What you will do:

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional 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.

• Write / engineer network device configuration scripts with associated change documentation to meet project goals and deadlines.
• Implementation of network changes during appropriate change windows (possibly after hours)
• Review and provide feedback on change documentation/engineering of other engineers.
• Establish processes to test applications and devices before planned network deployment to quantify their performance and recommend steps to ensure they are optimized.
• Serve as second-tier support for the network operations team on wireless issues when needed.
• Participate in on-call support escalation rotation as needed
• Translate business needs into actionable deliverables.
• Manage small internal data network projects.
• Create or contribute to the development of detailed network designs that meet the customer requirements (including physical and logical) of complex wireless network systems to meet the functional objectives of the business.
• Serves as a technical resource providing guidance and advice to associates on data, voice and mobile network capabilities for utilizing the full capability of technology in designing effective solutions.

All you will need for success:

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments, specifically with wireless network cloud technologies

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training
• Airline Industry experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications:

Proficiency with the following technologies:

• Programming Languages: Python, Javascript / Typescript
• Frameworks: FastAPI
• Deployment Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker
• Source Control: GitHub, Azure DevOps
• CICD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
• Integration / APIs Technologies: REST
• Cloud Providers such as Azure and AWS
• Proficiency in developing API calls, scripting, and coding using Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and web services.
• Knowledge of network security protocols (RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1x).
• Industry Certifications such as Cisco Meraki Solution Specialist certification (CMNA) is desired
• Demonstrated expertise with protocol analyzers, and test equipment is desired, specifically with Ekahau
• Experience working with network tools such as CA Spectrum and Wireshark.
• Knowledge on Meraki Wireless Cloud Controllers, Meraki Access Points, Wireless Security (ISE and ACS), QOS, NAT,VOIP, Multicast, DNS services, MPLS networks, and network protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, SNMP, VLAN Trunking)
• Knowledge on Cisco routers, Cisco L2 / L3 switches, load balancing, QOS, VPN, NAT, VoIP, IPSec, Multicast, DNS services, MPLS networks, network protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, SNMP, VLAN Trunking), and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF).
• Basic knowledge of Spanning-tree protocols.
• Basic understanding of public cloud and Azure cloud networking
• Experience with vulnerability remediation.
• Act as the liaison between IT verticals, vendors, the business, and the network team
• Experience with Cisco ISE would be an advantage.
• Previous software development experience is a plus to help drive Automation

Language, Communication Skills, & Physical Abilities:

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization
• Physical ability necessary to safely and successfully perform the essential functions of the position, with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship.
• Note: If the Company has reason to question an employee's physical ability to safely and/or successfully perform the position's essential job functions, the HR team generally will engage in an interactive process to determine whether a reasonable accommodation is appropriate. HR (working with the operation) ordinarily first speaks with the team member directly and they mutually identify the physical demands of the job that are or may be impacted by the employee's obvious or known condition. Then, if necessary, HR would request medical documentation from the team member's treating physician or others to confirm the employee's ability to perform those essential job functions safely and successfully.

What you will get:

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

Feel Free to be yourself at American:

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 in America.