Southwest Airlines
SrTechnologyAnalyst
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“Sr Technology Analyst at Southwest Airlines. Skills: AI Platform Operations, Service Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Root Cause Analysis, Observability, Stakeholder Collaboration, Data-driven Insights. ensuring Southwest’s AI platforms run reliably, safely, and at scale as they move into production. monitoring performance”
What You'll Achieve.
platforms and products deliver real business value over time; AI capabilities remain dependable as they evolve to support Employees and Customers across the Company
Industry & Context.
solve a range of problems; identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems; search for and seize opportunities to do more or to do things better; analyze large, complex, or vague Business or technical problems; articulating the problem or root cause; translating the analysis into viable solution recommendations
Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information, Ability to work extended hours as needed
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Advanced-level experience, seasoned and specialized knowledge in Information technology (IT) operations, programming, systems/software development or another IT related field, 5-7 years work related experience, 3+ years experience in Tech program / service management for production support or platform programs, 3+ years experience in incident, problem, change—runbooks, RCA, post-mortems, 1+ years experience with AI/LLM/agentic concepts and observability for AI systems, 3+ years experience in stakeholder management across product, eng, and business during P1/P2 incidents, 3+ years experience reporting, dashboarding, ticket analytics (Jira/ServiceNow + Power BI/Tableau)
Nice to Have
Jira Advanced Roadmaps / Confluence reporting, US–India delivery / shift handoff experience, AI/ML observability tools (Datadog AI, MLflow, Weights & Biases), ServiceNow / Jira Service Management admin or reporting, SAFe / PMP certification
What You'll Do.
ensuring Southwest’s AI platforms run reliably
and at scale as they move into production
monitoring performance
managing service levels
continuously improving AI outcomes
support production operations
contribute to incident
supporting root cause analysis
driving post‑incident improvements
providing clear communication and data‑driven insights during high‑priority events
apply knowledge and skills of analysis
project methodologies
requirements definitions
and testing to solve a range of problems
identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions
or approaches to problems
search for and seize opportunities to do more or to do things better
estimate effort and value for solutions
apply business solutions with broad level knowledge about technology platforms/architectures
verify information and carefully review and check the accuracy of own work using dependency identification processes in technology work
establish or follow prioritization processes to drive work
completing work with a sense of urgency
monitor program risks
ensuring the appropriate level of priority
visibility and escalation
perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
partner across Product, Engineering, and Business Teams; partner with other Technology Team members to provide advice or solutions within his or her area of expertise; working with various Teams and/or external partners; work effectively in a Customer service/team oriented environment; stakeholder management across product, eng, and business during P1/P2 incidents
Communication Scope
express ideas, business or technical requirements clearly and concisely in writing using appropriate levels of summary and synthesis on a regular and consistent basis; develop, present and effectively communicate ideas and strategies to a variety of audiences; excellent communication
Process & Methodology
project methodologies, manage and prioritize multiple and widely varied work streams/tasks, take on multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, monitor program risks, issues, and scope, SAFe, PMP
Full Job Description
**Department:** Technology **Our Company Promise** We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer. **Job Description:** As the Sr Technology Analyst Global supporting the AI Platform Operations Pod, you’ll play a key role in ensuring Southwest’s AI platforms run reliably, safely, and at scale as they move into production. This Team focuses on monitoring performance, managing service levels, and continuously improving AI outcomes so platforms and products deliver real business value over time. In this role, you’ll partner across Product, Engineering, and Business Teams to analyze needs, define solutions, and support production operations using strong service management practices. You’ll contribute to incident, problem, and change workflows—developing runbooks, supporting root cause analysis, and driving post‑incident improvements—while providing clear communication and data‑driven insights during high‑priority events. This role offers the opportunity to grow deep expertise in AI platform operations, observability, and stakeholder collaboration, helping ensure Southwest’s AI capabilities remain dependable as they evolve to support Employees and Customers across the Company. Responsibilities * Apply knowledge and skills of analysis, business processes, tools, domains, project methodologies, requirements definitions, and testing to solve a range of problems * Partner with other Technology Team members to provide advice or solutions within his or her area of expertise * Identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems and search for and seize opportunities to do more or to
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