Description

There’s never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We’re on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose – Connecting People, Uniting the World – is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we’re growing – in the years ahead, we’ll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

We believe that inclusion propels innovation and is the foundation of all that we do. United's Digital Technology team spans the globe and is made up of diverse individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions

Job overview and responsibilities

• Define and build overall data design and modeling across all of the organization's data systems

• Data management across multiple data systems: data governance, data mastering, meta-data management, data definitions, symantec-layer design, data taxonomies and ontologies

• Architecting and delivering highly-scalable and flexible, cost-effective enterprise data solutions

• Anticipate future technology requirements and communicate those to the leadership and multi-functional teams

• Understand the current state of the organization-wide architecture

• Identify key business drivers and technology capabilities required to achieve optimal state

• Coordinate with collaborator teams and own the conversation to define use cases, goals, objectives, and architecture to support the business needs

• Build relationships with senior leadership

• Engage and evangelize recommendations to senior leadership teams

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the “desired” qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree

• 7+ years of related experience

• 5+ years of experience in a data architect role including enterprise data architecture models, systems integration, data systems, cloud technology and planning/completing strategic roadmaps

• Experience in designing and building applications using AWS (or Azure or GCP) cloud architecture & services and support of highly available and resilient multi-region platforms

• Experience in common architecture frameworks such as Microservices, API management including OAuth and Event-driven architecture

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship

• Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification

• Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred

• Master's degree

• Airline Experience

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT