Software Development Engineer [T500-21744]

About Delta Tech Hub:

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is the U.S. global airline leader in safety, innovation, reliability and customer experience. Powered by our employees around the world, Delta has for a decade led the airline industry in operational excellence while maintaining our reputation for award-winning customer service. With our mission of connecting the people and cultures of the globe, Delta strives to foster understanding across a diverse world and serve as a force for social good. Delta has fast emerged as a customer-oriented, innovation-led, technology-driven business. The Delta Technology Hub will contribute directly to these objectives. It will sustain our long-term aspirations of delivering niche, IP-intensive, high-value, and innovative solutions. It supports various teams and functions across Delta and is an integral part of our transformation agenda, working seamlessly with a global team to create memorable experiences for customers.

Why You’ll Love Delta!

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Honesty, Integrity, Respect, Perseverance, and Servant Leadership – every day, in everything we do. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while providing great benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing, and 401(k) with generous direct contribution and company match
• Comprehensive health & wellness benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life bene?ts
• Domestic and International Flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
• Career development programs are available for your long-term career goals
• Access to subsidized and vetted Backup Care for children, adults, and pets through Care.com

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops sustainable and FAA compliant solutions for Crewmembers using the Natural programming language & Adabas
• Participates in daily scrum meetings
• Assists with the technical designs for product/project squads
• Interacts with business and product owners to define technical solutions for customer problems
• Executes a continuous improvement mindset while working in their squad
• Provides 24 x 7 on-call support (rotated among teammates) for the Crew Scheduling operation when technical problems arise
• Evaluates analytics and error logging/tracking for critical crewmember and crew schedulers interactions with the mainframe, web applications, and mobile apps
• Assists in defining alternate solutions for business problems when they arise
• Provides estimates for potential new functionality
• Consistently makes data security a priority

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS):

• A team/Squad-focused mindset
• Excellent communication skills
• Quick and willing learner
• Have tenacity to troubleshoot problems and creativity to solve problems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• 2+ years’ experience with Natural and Adabas (statements/syntax and procedural programming)
• 2+ years’ experience coding and debugging Natural programs and maps in a professional environment using SoftwareAG’s editors and utilities
• 2+ years’ experience with JCL (ability to execute programs, create files, and evaluate condition codes with JCL)
• Embraces diverse people, thinking and styles
• High School Diploma, GED or High School Equivalency

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS):

• 1+ year experience in IT Crew Scheduling
• Ability to interpret & update Crewmember Schedules, Crew Rotations, and Crew Training
• Understanding of connections and interactions between the Crew Scheduling MVS mainframe and both Delta’s TPF systems and distributed systems
• Ability to stage & back-off multi-library, multi-object Natural Migrations for Programs, Subprograms, Subroutines, CopyCode, PDA’s, and LDA’s