Portfolio Architect

At Delta Air Lines, connection is at the heart of everything we do and guides our every action. We strive to welcome and care for all our customers during their travels with us and aim to deliver an elevated experience.

Delta is focused on sustaining a strong IT operation, growing our capabilities, and maximizing optimization across each of our tech hubs to elevate the travel experience for our customers and empower our 90,000 Delta people.

We're committed to fostering innovation, and we're excited to invite you to be part of our journey as we shape the future of technology at the world's best airline!

The Portfolio Architect owns technical decisions and directions for their portfolio. Designs applications and platforms required to automate business processes and meet business needs as an integrated solution. The resulting design may run on multiple platforms and may be composed of multiple software packages and custom components. Assumes overall technical responsibility for the success of cloud / non-cloud solution construction, implementation and system integration. This resoruce will be responsible for backend Delta.com and Fly Delta Mobile App domain.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Architectural Design: Develop and maintain architectural blueprints for software solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical standards.
• Cloud Integration: Leverage AWS services to design and implement cloud-based solutions, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ROSA and more.
• Java Development: Lead the development of high-performance applications using Java, ensuring code quality and best practices, ensuring a high level of quality code for each assigned project.
• Technical Leadership: Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and operations, to define business needs and ensure seamless integration and delivery of software solutions.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring applications run efficiently at scale.
• Security: Implement security best practices to protect data and applications, including encryption, access controls, and compliance with industry standards.
• Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation for architectural designs, development processes, and operational procedures.
• Keeping abreast of, recommending and driving new technologies towards implementation and exploitation.