Principal Engineer, IT Cloud [T500-29388]

ANSR; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

American Airlines' Hyderabad Tech Hub is seeking a Principal Engineer, IT Cloud to lead enterprise cloud transformation and align IT with business objectives. The role drives architectural governance, security, and FinOps across multiple cloud platforms while mentoring engineers and collaborating with IT leadership.

You will guide cloud strategy, ensure delivery of scalable digital products, and promote best practices in alignment with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, CS, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 9+ years of experience delivering IT solutions using ITIL / Agile / XP, or similar.
• 9+ years of cloud engineering experience with security, governance, and FinOps.
• Hands-on expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong experience with Kubernetes, container security, and IaC tools.

Responsibilities

• Exhibits leadership to guide solutions and coordinate with Engineers to meet business needs.
• Collaborates with IT leadership to execute technical vision and roadmaps.
• Creates environment for delivery teams to be self-governing and accountable.
• Remove blockers and foster cross-functional collaboration across IT and leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Policy-as-Code

Zero Trust

Job description

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.

We are excited to announce an opening for Principal Engineer, IT Cloud at American Airlines.

Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities.

Skills Required:

Experience Range:

• 9 - 14 years

What you will do:

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.

• Exhibits strong business and leadership skills, deep technology perspective to guide solutions, and strong communication skills to coordinate with Engineers to ensure they understand business needs and objectives, as well as technical requirements of products
• Collaborates with Business and IT leadership to execute and communicate organization’s technical vision, mission, and work priorities, and drives progress towards roadmaps and ensures efficient technical product management and effective communication with stakeholders
• Creates environment for delivery teams to be self-governing organizations who are accountable for their own performance and delivery commitments and measured accordingly
• Removes roadblocks, cultivates relationships, and effectively communicates across IT and at various levels of leadership
• Removes squad impediments and emphasizes cross-functional collaboration between roles
• Provide input on technology decisions, people management, and product features across all stages of product lifecycle
• Establish open lines of communication between engineering squads and IT leadership, and support clear adherence to business requirements
• Facilitate and monitor clear Engineer check-ins, sprint deliverables, and open communication toward squads and stakeholders
• Drives forward increased technical upskilling across organization with education, programs, and metrics
• Manage Engineer staffing strategy to ensure alignment to Scrum and Agile principles and work closely with Scrum Lead
• Promote use of industry leading technology trends and continuously assess AA IT needs and areas for improvement
• Manages and leads adoption and migration of new and emerging technologies
• Leads, develops, and mentors a high performing engineering team of individuals with a diverse range of technical skills and experiences
• Exhibits a desire for continuous learning and sharing of new knowledge within the organization
• Responsible for the hiring and managing of squad members, including staffing and performance reviews
• Responsible for budget management and forecasting
• Manages production issues and off-hours support, communication, and coordination, as needed
• Works extended hours occasionally, based on the needs of the project and the operation.

All you’ll need for success:

• Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Job Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 9+ years of experience participating in delivery of solutions using ITIL / Agile / XP, or similar methodologies.

Education & Prior Job Experience:

• Airline industry experience, including engineering / business processes and supporting technology.

Skills, Licenses, and Certifications:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with deep specialization in security, governance, and FinOps.
• Hands-on expertise in at least two major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong experience with:
• Kubernetes and container security
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation)
• Policy-as-Code tools
• Proven track record of driving enterprise-wide cloud transformation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, GCP Security Engineer).
• FinOps certifications (FinOps Practitioner/Professional).
• Experience in regulated industries (aviation, finance, healthcare).
• Exposure to service mesh, zero trust, and platform engineering mode.

Language / Communication Skills:

• 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.

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.