American Airlines

Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT Network

American Airlines$95K — $115K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of experience with large-scale solutions in production environments
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, Javascript/Typescript
  • Experience with Azure and AWS networking components
  • Senior level experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions

Responsibilities

  • Write and engineer network device configuration scripts
  • Implement network changes after hours during appropriate change windows
  • Review engineering documentation and provide feedback
  • Establish testing processes for applications and devices before deployment
  • Manage small to medium internal data network projects
  • Translate business needs into actionable deliverables

Benefits

  • Travel perks for you and your family on flights to over 365 destinations
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits starting on day one
  • Access to wellness programs to support personal growth
  • 401(k) program available upon hire with employer contributions after one year
  • Additional perks including employee assistance program and discounts on various services
Full Job Description
8/13/26

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities: Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID: 86684

Job Description

What you'll do

  • Write/engineer network device configuration scripts with associated change documentation to meet project goals and deadlines
  • Implement network changes during appropriate change windows (after hours)
  • Review and provide feedback on change documentation/engineering of other engineers
  • Establish processes to test applications and devices before planned network deployment to quantify their performance and recommend steps to ensure they are optimized
  • Serve as second-tier support for network operations team when needed
  • Participate in on-call support escalation rotation
  • Translate business needs into actionable deliverables
  • Manage small/medium internal data network projects
  • Create detailed network designs that meet the customer requirements (including physical and logical) of complex network systems to meet the functional objectives of the business
  • Serve as a technical resource providing guidance and advice to associates on data, voice, and mobile network capabilities for utilizing the full capability of technology in designing effective solutions


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
  • 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale solutions in production environments


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
  • Airline Industry experience


Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Proficiency with the following technologies:
    • Programming Languages: Java, Python, C#, Javascript/Typescript
    • Source Control: GitHub, Azure DevOps
    • CICD: GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
    • Integration/APIs Technologies: Kafka, REST, GraphQL
    • Cloud Providers: Azure and AWS
  • Configure and manage Azure networking components such as Virtual Network, Load Balancer, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, and NSG
  • Configure and manage AWS networking components such as VPC, Direct Connect
  • Strong experience in building site to site VPN tunnels for both Cisco and Palo Alto's platform
  • Senior Level experience with Data Center infrastructure solutions: VPN, Cisco (Route and Switch), Palo Alto and Fortinet firewalls
  • Industry Certifications such as CCNP/CCIE is desired
  • Demonstrated expertise with protocol analyzers, and test equipment is desired
  • Experience working with network tools such as CA Spectrum and Wireshark
  • Expert knowledge on Cisco routers, Cisco L2/L3 switches, load balancing, QOS, VPN, NAT, VoIP, IPSec, Multicast, DNS services, MPLS networks, network protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, SNMP, VLAN Trunking), and routing protocols (BGP, OSPF)
  • Strong knowledge of Spanning-tree protocols (PVST,MSTP,RSTP)
  • Experience working with Velocloud/Viptela SDWAN/Aruba/Meraki/Nexus/Palo Alto Firewalls/Zscaler equipment is an advantage
  • Basic understanding of public cloud and Azure cloud networking
  • Experience working with Microsoft Azure is a plus
  • Firewall troubleshooting skill


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


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.

About American Airlines

US Airways provides international and domestic air transport in the United States. It is owned by the American Airlines Group. US Airways utilizes a fleet of 343 mainline jet aircrafts, along with 278 regional jet and turbo-prop aircrafts operated by contract and subsidiary airlines under the name US Airways Express. It was originally established as All American Aviation.It operates an airline network with 193 destinations in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East. It also operates the US Airways Shuttle, a US Airways brand which provides hourly service between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.As of October 2013, US Airways employed 32,312 people worldwide and operated 3,028 daily flights.US Airways is a member of Oneworld, and it currently operates along with American Airlines as a result of a merge between the two holding companies of these airliners.US Airways was established in 1973. It operates hubs at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, Philadelphia Inte...

American Airlines Careers

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Learn more about American Airlines
Size
123,400 employees
Market Cap
$8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$8.8 billion
Founded
1930
5 Year Trend
-5.7%
Revenue
$17.3 billion
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