IT Portfolio Architect

Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Profit sharing

Pension/401(k)

Vacation and personal time

Comprehensive health benefits

Flight privileges

Job summary

Delta Air Lines, Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer or architect with deep Domain-Driven Design (DDD) expertise to join the team in Atlanta.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to analyze complex business domains, model domains, and implement DDD patterns to build robust, domain-centric services that scale with our global business. You will drive domain modeling, serve as a technical lead across teams, and modernize technologies to meet evolving airline industry needs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) to large-scale software solutions.
• Strong expertise in designing domain-centric services and bounded contexts.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze complex business domains and translate into maintainable software architectures.
• Experience facilitating domain modeling discussions and consensus-building.
• Proven track record leading technical delivery in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the application of DDD throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Define bounded contexts, universal language, and domain-driven patterns.
• Create domain models that accurately reflect business domains.
• Design scalable, maintainable, and extensible software systems.
• Evaluate new capabilities and modernize technologies to support business solutions.
• Synthesize current processes and operating models to clarify requirements.
• Collaborate with business teams to articulate capabilities and needs.
• Coordinate multi-system solutions to ensure seamless user experiences.

Skills

DDD principles

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Facilitation

Leadership

Job description

How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

At Delta, weconnect people and cultures, power extraordinary experiences,and shape the future of travel. Here, you'll work on complex challenges ona global scale, using augmented intelligence to build emergingtechnologies, amplify human potential and continuously grow the skills thatkeep you at the forefront of what's next.

Seeking a talented experienced senior software engineer orarchitect with a deep understanding of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles tojoin our dynamic team. As a key member, you will collaborate closely withstakeholders to analyze complex business domains, design scalable andmaintainable software solutions, and implement DDD patterns to ensure alignmentbetween the software components and the business domain. Your expertise in DDDwill drive the development of robust, domain-centric services that meet theevolving needs of our business. You must be self-motivated, responsive, detailoriented, with strong interpersonal and facilitation skills.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Lead the application of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles throughout the software development lifecycle, including domain analysis, modeling, and implementation.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and define bounded contexts, develop a universal language, and establish domain-driven patterns to ensure alignment between software solutions and business domains.

• Drive the creation of domain models that accurately represent complex business domains and facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Leverage DDD best practices to design and develop scalable, maintainable, and extensible software systems that effectively address the organization's evolving needs.

• Drive discussions around new and emerging capabilities and help determine the best way to modernize technologies to enable business solutions.

• Synthesize current state processes, operating models, and ways of working to define new, digitally oriented clarity on requirements.

• The role will work across a diverse stakeholder group, driving consensus, and creating a shared understanding of detailed requirements in conjunction with technical delivery.

• Meet with business teams when needed and perform an initial assessment of a problematic situations or articulating the capabilities required to support the business

• Collect information about the business process through various methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, reading reports etc.)

• Provide strategic support to customers in defining or designing business processes and help to identify technologies based on customer requirements

• Coordinate multi-system solutions to clarify interdependencies so that systems appear seamless to the customer

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• Proven experience with DomainDriven Design or equivalent

• 10+ years of IT and Businessexperience

• Ability to adapt and learn quicklyin a fast-paced environment

• Outstanding communication andinterpersonal skills

• Analytical mind withexcellent data collection and analysis skills

• Demonstratedskills in process mapping, technical design, and proven problem-solving

• Effective communication,relationship management and influencing skills needed to work inpartnership with internal teams

• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, andpersonal data.

• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles.

• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency.

• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in theUnited States.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• In-depth knowledge of the airline industry business principles

• Enterprise Business Process Modeling (BPM) experience

• Business Capability Modeling (BCM) experience

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture isrooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity,Resilience and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do. At Delta,our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus onSharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you achance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to helpyou keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary,industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives

• 401(k) with generouscompany contributions up to 9%

• New hires areeligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation. This is earned for use in the followingvacation year (April 1 – March 31)

• In addition tovacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal timewithin a 12-month period

• 10 paid holidays percalendar year

• Birthing parents areeligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave

• Non-birthing parentsare eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave

• Comprehensive healthbenefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and lifeinsurance benefits

• Family careassistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance,lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with lovedones in all stages

• Holistic Wellbeingprograms to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health,including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you andanyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resourcessupporting mental health

• Domestic andInternational space-available flight privileges for employees and eligiblefamily members

• Career developmentprograms to achieve your long-term career goals

• World-widepartnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created tofocus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint

• Business ResourceGroups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion,provide perspective and help implement strategies

• Recognition rewardsand awards through the platform Unstoppable Together

• Access to over 500discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such ascar and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, andchildcare

Delta Air Lines, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affeeensive Action employer and provides reasonable accommodation in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you are a qualified individual, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings through this site, apply for jobs through Delta’s online system, or at any point in the selection process. To request a reasonable accommodation,