Data Engineer/Sr Data Engineer, IT Analytics

American Airlines; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Engineer/Sr Data Engineer to join their innovative IT Analytics team. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, including Azure and Palantir Foundry, to optimize data workflows and support analytics for a leading airline. You'll collaborate with a diverse team, focusing on data management, cloud engineering, and technical leadership. Enjoy travel perks, comprehensive health benefits, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion as you contribute to the success of a global leader in air travel.

Benefits

Travel Perks

Health Benefits

Wellness Programs

401(k) Program

Employee Assistance Program

Pet Insurance

Discounts on Hotels

Discounts on Cars

Discounts on Cruises

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software solution development experience in agile and DevOps.
• Experience with Azure products including Azure Data Lake and Azure Functions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to design and maintain data workflows on Palantir Foundry.
• Implement data migration solutions using Azure services.

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure Design

Azure Data Lake

Data Engineering

Machine Learning

Data Governance

Python

SQL

DevOps Practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience/training

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Palantir Foundry

Azure Databricks

GitHub

Jenkins

Terraform

Power BI

Snowflake

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Data Engineer/Sr Data Engineer, IT Analytics Posting Start Date: 5/6/25

Location:DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
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Requisition ID:78815

Job Description

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 Data Domain refers to the area within Information Technology that focuses on managing and leveraging data as a strategic asset. This includes data management, storage, integration and governance. The Data domain leans into Machine Learning and AI, as well as Data Science and Business Intelligence

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.

• Collaborate with data engineers, application developers, and business stakeholders to design, implement, and maintain Palantir Foundry platform infrastructure and data workflows that support industrial foundry operations and analytics.
• Implement data migration and data engineering solutions using Azure products and services: (Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Event Hub, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Databricks, etc.) and traditional data warehouse tools
• Oversee the full platform lifecycle, including design, cloud engineering (infrastructure, networking, security), data ingestion, transformation, ontology modeling, testing, CI/CD pipelines, performance tuning, deployments, monitoring, and production support.
• Provide technical leadership and collaborate within a team environment, as well as work independently
• Be a key member of a DevOps team that fully owns and supports the Palantir Foundry platform.
• Leads development of coding standards, best practices and privacy and security guidelines
• Mentor team members on technical

All you'll need for success

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
• 3+ years software solution development using agile, DevOps, operating in a product model that includes designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications or data engineering solutions
• 3+ years of cloud development and data lake experience (prefer Microsoft Azure) including Azure EventHub, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake, Azure Power Apps and Power BI
• 1+ years of experience with Palantir Foundry, including data pipeline development (Pipeline Builder or Code Repositories), ontology modeling, or analytics (Contour, Workshop).

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

• 5+ years software solution development using agile, dev ops, product model that includes designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications or data engineering solutions
• 5+ years data analytics experience using SQL
• 3+ years full-stack development experience, preferably in Azure
• 3+ years of cloud development and data lake experience (prefer Microsoft Azure) including Azure EventHub, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, ADX, ASA, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake, Azure Power Apps and Power BI
• Airline Industry Experience
• 2+ years of experience with the administration of data warehousing platforms like Snowflake or SQL Warehouse

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Cloud and Platform Expertise:
  • Ability to design and implement secure, scalable cloud infrastructure for Palantir Foundry.
  • Proficiency in the Azure technology stack for platform management, data ingestion, processing, storage, and analytics, including Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Databricks, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure DevOps, and Power BI.
• Palantir Foundry Expertise:
  • Worked with Foundry’s core components, including Pipeline Builder, Code Workbooks (Python, SQL, Spark), Ontology modeling, Contour, Workshop, and data governance features (e.g., RBAC, data lineage, audit logging).
  • Familiarity with Foundry’s integration capabilities (e.g., APIs, JDBC, file uploads) and Resource Identifiers (RIDs) for managing datasets and projects.
• Combination of Development, Administration & Support experience in several of the following tools/platforms required:
  • Scripting: Python, Spark, Unix, SQL
  • CI/CD: GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Terraform
  • BI Analytics Tool Stack - Cognos, Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, Denodo, and Grafana
  • Data Governance and Privacy: Alation, Monte Carlo, Informatica.

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+ Employee 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.

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