Technical Operations Analyst II

11105 Expedia, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 87,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness and travel reimbursement

Travel discounts

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group is seeking a Technical Operations Analyst II for AI Platform Reliability & Insights in Austin. The role focuses on keeping enterprise AI platforms reliable, turning telemetry into actionable insights, and partnering with vendors and engineers to optimize cost and performance.

You will design monitors, lead incident responses, and build dashboards to align with enterprise standards while driving adoption of AI tools and self-service content.

Qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent professional experience in technical operations or monitoring.
• Hands-on incident management and cross-team coordination experience.
• Experience with monitoring tools and dashboards, and data-driven reporting.
• Vendor or third-party support relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Own observability for AI platforms; turn telemetry into clear reliability insights.
• Manage vendor relationships and track issues against service levels.
• Lead first response for incidents and produce evidence-based reports.
• Design SLO-aligned monitors and tune alerts to reduce noise.
• Build BI dashboards and model demand and capacity for changes.
• Automate routine diagnostic work and partner with engineers to implement.
• Create knowledge content and runbooks; measure ticket deflection and satisfaction.
• Plan cross-team tool rollouts and adoption; mentor peers.

Skills

Incident management

Data analysis

Vendor management

Observability

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Datadog

Splunk

Dynatrace

CloudWatch

Looker

Tableau

Job description

Technical Operations Analyst II, AI Platform Reliability & Insights

At Expedia Group, we help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. As a global travel company powered by passionate people, trusted partnerships, and leading technology, we connect travelers, partners, and advertisers through our consumer brands, B2B network, and travel advertising business. Here, you'll do meaningful work that helps millions of people discover, book, and experience travel with more ease, confidence, and joy. Our five Behaviors-Traveler First, Think Big, Operate with Excellence, Ownership Mindset, and Succeed Together-help foster a supportive environment where people can grow their careers and have the flexibility, benefits, and support to do their best work. Join us and build for travelers everywhere.

About the team

About the team The AI & Automation Team onboards and manages AI tools, and partners with teams across Expedia Group to create innovative products and services. We deliver high-quality experiences for employees worldwide with best-in-class technology to boost productivity and enable AI in the flow of work.

About the role

About the role We're hiring a Technical Operations Analyst II to keep our enterprise AI platforms reliable and to turn the data they produce into decisions. Many of our apps are vendor-managed, so you'll work with vendors to get the data and fixes we need. You'll sit between the engineers who build our telemetry and integrations, the vendors who run parts of our stack, and the leaders who rely on both: investigating incidents, watching the signals, and showing how our AI tools perform, how they are adopted and what they cost. This is a technical, data-driven analyst role, not a software engineering role.

• Own observability for our AI platforms and integrations: take in OpenTelemetry and platform telemetry and turn it into clear reporting and recommendations on reliability, performance, usage and cost, including token consumption and spend.
• Manage vendors for our vendor-managed apps: track logged issues to resolution against agreed service levels, elevate when needed, and secure the telemetry, usage and audit data they own.
• Lead first response and cross-team investigation for incidents, restore service quickly, write evidence-based incident reports, and harden runbooks and preventive checks so issues don't recur.
• Design SLO-aligned monitors, tune alerts to cut noise, and correlate tickets, alerts, telemetry and vendor reports to surface systemic risks and prioritize fixes by impact.
• Build and maintain BI dashboards and reports with metric definitions consistent with enterprise standards, and model demand and capacity to recommend changes.
• Identify routine diagnostic and reporting work to automate, and partner with engineering owners to implement it.
• Design AI-ready knowledge articles, runbooks and self-service content, and measure ticket deflection and customer satisfaction.
• Plan and run cross-team changes, such as tool rollouts and feature adoption, and measure uptake.
• Mentor peers and build relationships across engineering, support, security, vendors and business teams.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, Master's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of experience in technical operations, application or production support, or monitoring (or 0-2 years with a Master's degree).
• Hands-on incident and problem management experience, including coordinating response across teams and writing root cause and incident summaries.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (for example Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace or CloudWatch), including building dashboards and tuning alerts.
• Experience managing vendor or third-party support relationships, including tracking issues to resolution against service levels.
• Comfort analyzing data to find trends and reporting on it, using spreadsheets and a BI or dashboard tool.
• Working knowledge of AI assistants and LLM-based tools, including how to validate AI-generated guidance and spot hallucinations or risky outputs.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain technical findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to quantify the impact of operational issues and propose cost-effective fixes.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with OpenTelemetry or similar telemetry pipelines, and with SLO and SLI reporting.
• Experience managing vendors of SaaS or enterprise platforms, including escalations and service-level reviews.
• Experience administering or supporting enterprise AI or knowledge platforms (for example Glean, Claude or similar), including usage, adoption and cost reporting.
• Familiarity with FinOps or cost-attribution practices for cloud or AI spend.
• Experience with an ITSM platform such as ServiceNow, and ITIL Foundation knowledge.
• Experience with Looker, Tableau or a similar dashboard tool, and with defining metrics against a shared metrics platform or data lake.
• Experience writing knowledge articles and runbooks designed for self-service and AI search.
• Experience leading change or tool adoption across teams.

The total cash range for this position in Austin is $87,000.00 to $121,500.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $139,000.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role. Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Benefits and perks

• medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, an Employee Assistance Program, wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.

Learn more about life at Expedia Group at https://careers.expediagroup.com/life.

Accommodation requests

Expedia Group is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. If you need an accommodation or adjustment due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a request at https://expedia.service-now.com/askeg?id=job_accommodation.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group includes three flagship consumer brands - Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo - along with a leading B2B travel business and travel advertising offerings. Across our brands and business, we help travelers explore the world with confidence and ease.

Equal Opportunity

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Expedia Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) is the global travel marketplace with one purpose: to help travelers explore the world, one journey at a time. Expedia Group™ connects travelers, partners, and advertisers through its trusted brands, leading technology, and rich first-party data, delivering predictive, personalized experiences that shape the future of travel. Expedia Group’s ecosystem includes three flagship consumer brands – Expedia®, Hotels.com®, and Vrbo® – the largest B2B travel business, and a premier advertising network. Guided by an experienced and passionate global team, Expedia Group helps millions of travelers in more than 70 countries explore the world with confidence and ease.