Associate Developer

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Overview:

This job is a member of the Information Technology Team within the Information Technology Division. Responsible for leveraging cutting edge technology to solve business problems at American Airlines by participating in all phases of the development process from inception through transition, advocating the agile process and test-driven development, using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects, and making the codebase a better place to live and work.

American Airlines is a commercial airline providing passenger and cargo transportation throughout North America, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The following describes the essential job functions, job qualifications, and other requirements of the job. While not an exhaustive description, it is intended to accurately reflect the current job. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it deems it appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations. Management will consider providing reasonable accommodations as necessary to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act or other applicable federal, state or local laws. Reasonable accommodations that facilitate successful performance of all essential job functions will not impact an individual’s paygrade or level.

• Collaborates with leaders, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements
• Maintains and enhances existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven development
• Troubleshoots and debugs complex issues; identifies and implements solutions
• Creates detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimates
• Researches and implements new technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performance
• Supports the development of coding standards and adheres to best practices and security guidelines
• Works closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needs

Candidate Profile:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 0-2 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Available to work full-time

Additional Requirements:

• Proficiency in Back End Development
  
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:
  
  • J2EE technologies: Java, JSP, JMS, JAXB, JDBC, EJB
    
  • Database and persistence frameworks: Hibernate, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning
    
  • Cloud-based development: IBM IKS
    
  • Web Services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML)
    
  • Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud
    
  • Build/deployment tools: Maven, Gradel, Git, Junit, Mockito, TFS.
    
  • Other Dev Ops Toolchain: Selenium, Nexus Repository, SonarQube, Fortify on Demand, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Logstaash, Kibana
    
• Other: Linux/Unix shell Scripting, JavaScript, IBM MQ/Rabbit MQ, Tivoli Scheduler, SQL Developer, IDE
  
• Proficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principles
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Tools (Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
  
• Experience in Agile methodologies, such as SCRUM
  
• Experience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment
• Airline Industry experience preferred

Duration:

• Full-Time

Location:

• Tempe, AZ

Salary:

• $35.00/Hour (Plus Benefits)

• Low Cost Health Insurance
• Free Training (Program specific)
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Company Holidays
• Education Assistance/Reimbursement (Toward first degree - Bachelors/Associates)
• Individual Mentor 
• 401k Retirement Savings
• Interest free loans (Case basis)

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