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National Guard Employment Network

Senior Technical Lead - IT- Chicago IL

National Guard Employment Network, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290


Job Description

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DescriptionThere'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.

Key Responsibilities:As a Senior Technical Lead, you will help us deliver our brand-new API platform on AWS, using an advanced API gateway and service mesh. You'll build microservices that transform legacy functionality our $4bn ancillary business depends on into scalable technical products. With your experience designing APIs, you'll help us create standards for future APIs we'll develop and coach other developers on delivering self-service API products.

Develop high-performance APIs to deliver critical ancillary functionality to our businessWork with other engineers to deploy and configure our new API gatewayHelp design observability strategies that allow us to respond and recover to outages in our applications or applications we depend onApply your opinion and judgement to API functionality we want to offer to help us build applications that are easy for others to consumeMentor other engineers on designing APIsProvide thought leadership and facilitate the development of architecture and development strategies in the ancillary technology areaAnticipate future technology requirements and use your hands-on experience to identify winning strategies

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

QualificationsWhat's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, engineering, or related fieldAWS or other Cloud CertificationsExperience designing, developing, and consuming Rest APIs4+ years of relevant experience writing software in at least one object-oriented programming languageExcellent written and verbal communication skillsExperience collaborating with or leading other developersMust be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorshipSuccessful completion of interview required to meet job qualificationReliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the positionWhat will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):Master's degree in computer science or related fieldExperience deploying applications on AWSExperience developing CI/CD pipelines