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Engineer/Senior Engineer, IT Systems-November 2024
Dallas
Nov 9, 2025
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10,000+ employees
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About Engineer/Senior Engineer, IT Systems

  Location: DFW Headquarters Building 7 (DFW-SV07)

  Additional Locations: None

  Requisition ID: 70985

  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

  ​This job is a member of the FinOps (Cloud Cost Management) Team within the Cloud and Engineering Platform team

  You will be part of the Cloud Optimization (FinOps) team. We are a central team supporting several IT / business units. Our focus is FinOps and cloud management. In this role you will be exposed to cutting edge cloud solutions

  What you'll do

  Analyze, optimize, and implement cost optimization actions over different cloud services

  Implement and manage automated tools to help identify cost trends and anomalies

  Build automation that optimizes the cloud environments to optimize cloud performance

  Build and maintain relationship with customers and internal stakeholders; interact with engineers, executives, product managers and finance teams

  Work with cloud vendors as needed

  Support budget processes - Be a cost detective, perform Cost analysis deep-dives and create custom reports

  Work on technical solutions to support FinOps and Cloud operations

  Advise on cost effective architectures

  Manages technology proof of concept selection criteria, evaluation, and testing

  Explores and stays abreast of new technologies that can bring value to the organization

  Encourages an environment of sharing and team work among the project teams

  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

  Possess 3+ years of experience in Cloud Engineering, FinOps or Vendor Client Success Management;

  A solid understanding of networking, storage, compute, application support, and application development concepts as it pertains to cloud computing

  3+ years experience with Azure and/or AWS

  Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  Experience in an Agile environment using Scrum methodology

  Experience with chargeback modeling, cost savings and avoidance tracking, and forecasting

  Demonstrated initiative, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing priorities and work environments

  Ability to work on multiple activities simultaneously with a keen desire to learn and expand depth of knowledge

  Skills, Licenses & Certifications

  FinOps Practitioner certification

  Certification on one or more cloud platforms (Azure or AWS); Azure Fundamentals is preferred.

  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.

  Additional Locations: None

  Requisition ID: 70985

  Discrimination and all unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment) in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment status. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. American Airlines, Inc fully considers all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history.

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