Department:
Technology
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We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.
Job Description:
Job Summary
All of Southwest’s People come together to deliver on our Purpose; Connecting People to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. The Technology Lead Data Engineer delivers on our Purpose by supporting Air Operations in the IDF space, leading and supporting all stages of design and development for complex, secure, and performant data solutions and models, including design, analysis, coding, testing, and integration of structured/unstructured data. This role will work on complex problems, where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors, applying knowledge of software development and data transformation. The Technology Lead Data Engineer is a critical thinker and problem solver who is ready to drive the future of Southwest’s Technology
This role is offered as a remote workplace position, which may require travel for training, meetings, conferences, etc. Outside of those required visits, the majority of your working time may be spent in a remote location, away from our Corporate Campus. Please note, while this is a remote position, there is a limited group of states or localities ineligible for Employees to regularly perform their work. Those ineligible locations are: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Washington and Wyoming
Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We continue to look for opportunities to reflect the communities we serve, and welcome applicants with diverse thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences.
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the big data platform
Design, build, implement, document and automate ingestion (real time and batch), enrichment and analytics data pipelines using big data tools and technologies
Assemble large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements
Identify, design and implement internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
Build required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS and SQL technologies
Implement Big Data Solutions as a hands-on Technical Lead
Process & ingest high volumes of data & transactions with full Life Cycle Implementation(s) of Scalable Big Data & Data Lake solutions
Build analytical tools to utilize the data pipeline, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and customer acquisition
Work with stakeholders including data, design, product and executive teams and assisting them with data-related technical issues
Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to support their data infrastructure needs while assisting with data-related technical issues
Generate or adapt equipment and technology to serve user needs
May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology, including applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Ability to understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
Skilled in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
Ability to give full attention to what other people are saying, take time to understand the points being made, ask questions as appropriate, and not interrupt at inappropriate times
Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events)
Ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources)
Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations)
Ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material
Education
- Required: High School Diploma or GED
- Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent formal training
Experience
Required: Expert level experience, expansive and far-reaching knowledge in:
Building and optimizing data sets, ‘big data’ data pipelines and architectures
Performing root cause analysis on external and internal processes and data to identify opportunities for improvement and answer questions
Excellent analytic skills associated with working on unstructured datasets
Building processes that support data transformation, workload management, data structures, dependency and metadata
Preferred: Experience in software development and data transformation, data integration and ETL including working with data targets and sources of databases, flat files, XML, and JSON
Preferred: Experience working with Teradata and big data platforms, including providing production support
Preferred: Experience with data warehousing and developing SQL queries and UNIX shell scripts.
Preferred: Expert in designing and implementing data warehousing solutions on AWS
Preferred: Experience in Business Objects, and JAVA services
- Preferred: Extensive experience in the airline industry and data domain
- Preferred: Experience in driving technical solutions and articulating design to Leadership/Cohearts effectively
- Preferred: Effective in aligning work scope and delivery expectations with the team
- Preferred: Ability to promote and lead Team to innovative ways of delivering new capabilities and solutions
Physical Abilities
- Ability to perform work duties from [limited space workstation/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
- Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
- Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job
Other Qualifications
- Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
- Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
Pay & Benefits
Competitive market salary from $151,400 per year to $168,200 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company.
Benefits you’ll love:
Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)
Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**
Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***
Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)
Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.
Explore more Benefits you’ll love: https://careers.southwestair.com/benefits
*Pay amount does not guarantee employment for any particular period of time.
**401(k) match contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and applicable IRS limits
***ProfitSharing contributions are subject to Retirement Savings Plan vesting schedule and are made at the discretion of the Company.
Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Job Posting End Date08/22/2024