Senior Engineer - Kubernetes Admin [T500-20550]

ANSR is hiring for one of its clients.

About American Airlines :

To Care for People on Life's Journey®. Together with our American Eagle regional partners, we offer thousands of flights daily to more than 350 destinations in more than 60 countries.

American Airlines is transforming the way it delivers technology to its customers and team members worldwide.

American’s Tech Hub in Hyderabad, India, is our latest technology office location and home to team members who drive technical innovation and engineer unrivalled digital products to best serve American’s customers and team members. With U.S. tech hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona, our new team in Hyderabad, India enables better support of our 24 / 7 operation and positions American to deliver industry-leading technology solutions that create a world-class customer experience.

Intro :

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll grow your expertise to become the best version of yourself. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learn new skills, and advance your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you’ll love this job :

As one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline.

The Infrastructure Domain in Information Technology manages and maintains the client / server hardware and software that underpin an organization’s computing environment. This domain covers various responsibilities, from IT logistics, virtualization, storage, containers, integration technologies, to data center management.

What you’ll do :

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job, but additional functions may not be referenced. We are seeking a skilled and proactive Redis Engineer to join our Data Movement team. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in installing, configuring, maintaining, and providing production support for Redis instances (both standalone and clustered setups). You will also be responsible for automating operational tasks and ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of our Redis deployments.

Maintenance and Support :

Install, configure, and maintain Redis (standalone, clustered, and sentinel configurations) in development, testing, and production environments.

Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve Redis-related production issues to ensure system reliability and performance.

Design and implement high-availability and disaster recovery strategies for Redis deployments.

Develop automation scripts and tools (using Bash, Python, Ansible, Terraform, etc.) to streamline Redis infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and monitoring.

Work closely with development and operations teams to optimize data storage, caching, and real-time messaging performance.

Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting for Redis using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or equivalent.

Perform routine maintenance tasks, including upgrades, patching, and backup / restore processes.

Participate in on-call rotations to support Redis infrastructure during off-hours.

Maintain documentation of configurations, standard operating procedures, and best practices.

Security Management : Implement and manage security measures to protect IT infrastructure from cyber threats and ensure compliance with security policies.

Collaboration : Work closely with other IT professionals, including network engineers, system administrators, and security specialists, to ensure seamless integration and operation of IT systems.

All you’ll need for success :

Education & Prior Job Experience :

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training

Must be willing to work varying shifts (Day, Night, Split, or weekends)

Preferred Qualifications :

Education & Prior Job Experience :

Master's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS / MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience / training

Experience implementing and supporting large scale Enterprise platforms

Experience implementing Distributed Caching solutions

Experience with Redis Enterprise in production environments is a plus.

Exposure to other NoSQL databases or in-memory data stores (e.g., Memcached, Cassandra).

Experience working in agile environments and DevOps culture.

Airline Industry experience is a plus

Skills, Licenses & Certifications :

All candidates will need 3+ years’ experience with :

Solid understanding of clustering, persistence mechanisms (RDB, AOF), and replication.

3+ years' experience with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes)

3+ years of hands-on experience with Redis in production environments is a plus.

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Go.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible.

Familiarity with CI / CD tools and processes.

Strong Linux system administration skills.

Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

Solid understanding of networking concepts, performance tuning, monitoring, and security in containerized platforms.

Understand data security, privacy and controls related to file transfers PCI / PII

Familiarity with workflow and ITSM tools and ticketing systems

Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interface at all levels of the organization

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work independently and perform in a collaborative, team-based environment

Language, Communication Skills, & Physical Abilities :

Ability to effectively communicate verbally and written with all organizational levels

Physical ability necessary to perform the position’s essential functions safely and successfully, with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship. Must be able to lift 35lbs.

Feel Free to be yourself at American :

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.