Principal Solution Architect

Description

Sabre Holdings connects people with the world’s greatest travel possibilities by retailing travel

products and providing distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry through our

three companies: Travelocity, Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Airline Solutions.

Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, Sabre Holdings has approximately 9,000 employees in

more than 55 countries. Our teams around the world work together to support travelers, travel

agents, corporations, government agencies and travel suppliers. Our team members are

people who take initiative, are resourceful and innovative, and are passionate about what they

do. In return for their hard work and dedication, Sabre Holdings provides our employees with

countless learning and growth opportunities, a healthy work-life balance and a fun, yet

productive, work environment.

General Description

· The engineer is responsible for providing support to the organization with a focus on stability

and standards within the environment.

· The engineer provides technical and best practice expertise supporting the crafting of

applications from an end to end perspective.

· The engineer interacts with key technical managers and software developers and validates the

proposed technical architecture and solution with a specific focus on the ‘ilities’ of engineering:

reliability, availability, scalability, recoverability, and operability.

· The engineer acts as a consultant and/or technical architect to perform analysis, provide

guidance and infrastructure system solutions to meet customer and business requirements.

· The engineer oversees the development and implementation of program/customer level

technical solution architecture, both hardware and software and provides expertise in third party

products and technology trends.

· Assist project teams with escalation issues in conjunction with Operations to provide needed

support for Sabre Critical Systems.

· Be able to handle key engineering initiatives (hardening and proactive engineering initiatives)

in addition to supporting engineering activities in the critical systems.

· Encourage coordination and collaboration across functions and groups through various

engineering led/facilitated forums (e.g. System Owners Meetings, stand-up meetings, various

team meetings, etc.)

· Help diagnose issues and assist with testing the environment to ensure that applications are

ready for production and in support of incidents. Includes but not limited to:

o Pressure Point Analysis

o Protect yourself and not harm others

o Meaningful instrumentation and monitoring

· Assist team when an incident occurs to help the team:

o Recover from the impact as quickly as possible

o Assist to determine root cause

o Recommend changes that will prevent the incident from reoccurring in the future

Qualifications

Education/Experience
EDUCATION: Bachelor degree or equivalent, Masters degree preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Minimum 8 years related experience; Advanced computer software skills;

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal; ability to lead and direct multiple projects

simultaneously; ability to delegate work to subordinate or less experienced team members;

proven leadership ability.

Information Technology Attributes

Analytical / Logical Reasoning: Uses reasoning to identify logical connections and conclusions.

· Uses reasoning to impose logical connections between seemingly unrelated data sources

· Helps others evaluate information and further define conclusions

· Assesses importance of missing critical information and acquires necessary data

· Systematically sorts through information to determine root causes of issues

· Interprets data to correctly define a problem and develops quality solutions

Business Acumen: Understands the business and uses information to make cost-effective

decisions.

· Analyzes and assesses cost/financial/budget impact of decisions and solutions

· Considers multiple business factors (e.g., long-term and short-term impacts; organizational

and financial consequences) when developing work plans, costs and timelines

· Develops the business case regarding technical alternatives/solutions

· Uses understanding of the business and products to identify technology enhancements and

ensure optimal application of current technology

· Knows how businesses work and uses information to make cost-effective decisions

Effective Communication: Structures and conveys ideas and information, both verbally and in

writing, in a way that brings about understanding.

· Practices attentive and active listening to ensure understanding

· Open to communication; is approachable and receptive

· Demonstrates effectiveness in a variety of presentation settings (e.g. one-on-one, small and

large groups, with peers, etc).

· Persuasively pr

Date:     1 September 2010
City/Town:    Texas, USA
Location:    Abroad
Wage/Salary:     negotiable
Start:     asap
Duration:     n/a
Type:    Full Time
How to apply:    email; telephone
Company:     M. A. Grey
Contact:     Jonathan Dizon
Phone:     687-77-08
Fax:     
Email:     jdizon@greyandcompany.com