Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT Kubernetes

American Airlines; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Employee discounts

Job summary

American Airlines is seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer in Fort Worth, TX to build and manage scalable Kubernetes infrastructure. You’ll drive infrastructure as code with Terraform, Python, and GitHub Actions, oversee cluster lifecycles, and ensure security and observability across on‑prem and cloud environments.

You will collaborate with Risk, Security, and Compliance teams, document architectural patterns, and support incident response to maintain platform reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Kubernetes and platform engineering experience required.
• A strong understanding of DevOps and best practices.
• 3 years of experience as software, platform or infrastructure engineer.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform, Python, and GitHub Actions to manage Kubernetes.
• Manage lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades and best practices.
• Document solutions, patterns, and best practices for Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with Risk, Security, and Compliance to implement security policies on clusters.
• Implement observability and monitoring across Kubernetes and ensure cost efficiency.
• Set up networking and troubleshoot Kubernetes resource issues.
• Work with internal teams to optimize Kubernetes usage and reliability.
• Participate in incident response and on-call support for platform reliability.

Skills

Kubernetes

DevOps mindset

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Security awareness

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related technical discipline

3 years of software/development/platform/infrastructure experience

Tools

Terraform

Python

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Istio

Prometheus

Grafana

Datadog

AKS

Azure

Job description

Location:DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:88206

Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and duringyour 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.

• Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform, Python, and GitHub Actions to manage Kubernetes
• Manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades and implementing best practices.
• Document solutions, architectural patterns, and best practices around the Kubernetes environment
• Work with internal IT teams (Risk, Security, Compliance) to implement security policies on Kubernetes clusters.
• Implement observability solutions on Kubernetes and develop alerting and monitoring
• Optimize cluster performance, workload scheduling, resource utilization, and cost efficiency across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Set up and manage the networking plumbing for Kubernetes.
• Troubleshoot Kubernetes issues related to resources deployed on the cluster
• Collaborate with internal application teams to best utilize Kubernetes
• Encourage an environment of sharing and team work among the team.
• Stay current with systems technology best practices and changing technologies, in order to maintain domain expertise and recommend enhancements or changes
• Support communication and response process by responding to users on system issues, maintenance, and system status, and advising and escalating on any prolonged or major issues
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, platform support, and an on-call off-hours support to ensure platform reliability and availability.

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
• Kubernetes and platform engineering experience
• A strong understanding of DevOps philosophy and best practices
• 3 years of experience as a software developer, platform engineer, or infrastructure engineer

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
• Azure or Kubernetes technical certifications, such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification
• 2+ years of Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS) with deep understanding of container orchestration and distributed system concepts
• 2+ years of experience implementing infrastructure as code

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Advanced ability to plan strategically for current and future business environments, including future technology and business design changes to create flexible, scalable solutions
• In-depth knowledge of IT business operations, systems requirements, and processes
• Experience keeping production environments operating at peak performance on the cloud and in containers
• Experience managing production Kubernetes infrastructure with exposure to the use of cloud vendor Kubernetes solutions such as AKS'Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and configuration as code built and deployment using CI/CD best practices. Working experience with GitHub/GitHub Actions and ArgoCD are preferred.
• Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio
• Experience with Observability technologies and optimizing monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Dynatrace, Grafana, or Datadog
• Knowledge of Linux OS, network, and Azure PaaS solutions
• Desire to be part of an incredible team. That means being someone the team can count on, who communicates honestly, respects others and their views, can adapt quickly to changing priorities, and drives positive change.

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 we want to 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.

Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:88206