**Description** There’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 pioneering 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. This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, 2 days per week in the office. **Job overview and responsibilities** Recognized expert in the enterprise architecture field. Define roadmaps to bridge the gap from the current to future state for business, information, and technology capabilities. Provide industry-leading thought leadership and facilitate the development of strategies across multiple fields/domains. Facilitate the development of architecture patterns and standards. Consult on the design of complex enterprise initiatives and provide guidance to project teams. Manage enterprise architecture models and repositories. Communicate and market the enterprise architecture strategy and ensure the successful delivery of each solution. + Architecting and delivering highly-scalable and flexible, cost-effective enterprise solutions + Strong AWS experience across various services – Compute, Databases, and Sreaming Services + Work closely with the principal architects to deliver the needed architectures + Anticipate future technology requirements and communicate those to the leadership and multi-functional teams + Understand the current state of the organization-wide architecture. Identify key business drivers and technology capabilities required to achieve optimal state + Coordinate with collaborator teams and own the conversation to define use cases, goals, objectives, and architecture to support the business needs + Build relationships with senior leadership. Engage and evangelize recommendations to senior leadership teams United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. **Qualifications** **Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree + Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business + 4+ years (5+) preferred applicable experience in business, information or technology architecture + 4+ years of React and .Net experience + 3+ years of AWS experience + Experience in leading technical staff or coordinating work across multiple technology teams + **Technical Skills:** + Experience in designing applications using AWS cloud architecture & services which supports highly resilient multi-region systems. AWS cloud services include ECS, EKS, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, MSK/Solace, S3, or similar cloud services if coming from other cloud experiences + Experience in common architecture frameworks such as Microservices, REST APIs management including Authentication & authorization + Event-driven architectures to support high throughput, lower latency systems, i.e., Kafka/MSK, Solace Streaming or any others + Experience working with various teams including PlatformOps/DevOps and Development teams. Review architectural designs with various collaborators. + Architecture experience using various tools like Visio, Draw.io, Lucid and others to provide cloud architecture designs including resiliency structures. + Able to understand and help implementation teams using object oriented programming languages if and when required, i.e., Java, .Net, Python etc. + Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship **Preferred** + Master's degree + Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business The base pay range for this role is $109,820.00 to $149,600.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards. You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges. United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.