Department:
TechnologyOur 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:
At Southwest Airlines, we believe that flying should feel like freedom. For over 50 years, we’ve been connecting people to what matters most with low fares, legendary hospitality, and a heart for service. Our culture is built on the principles of fun, friendliness, and family, making us one of the most admired workplaces in the world.
If you’re passionate about making a difference, love working in a fast-paced environment, and want to help millions of travelers reach their destinations with a smile, Southwest Airlines is the place for you. Here, your career can truly take flight.
- 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 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
- Express ideas, business or technical requirements clearly and concisely in writing using appropriate levels of summary and synthesis on a regular and consistent basis
- Monitor program risks, issues, and scope, ensuring the appropriate level of priority, visibility and escalation
- May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders
- Advanced knowledge of business analysis, process modeling and redesign
- Advanced knowledge of technical environments
- Advanced knowledge of software development methodologies
- Skilled in excellent partnering, communication, and negotiation in working with various Teams and/or external partners
- Ability to analyze large, complex, or vague Business or technical problems, articulating the problem or root cause, and translating the analysis into viable solution recommendations
- Ability to work effectively in a strong Customer service/team oriented environment
- Ability to research, create, and document requirements, processes, and technical specifications
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple and widely varied work streams/tasks
- Ability to take on multiple assignments, whether administrative or project related, while maintaining a successful level of completion in all responsible work; able to mentor others to do the same
- Ability to develop, present and effectively communicate ideas and strategies to a variety of audiences
- Ability to teach and mentor others concerning technical and business subjects
- Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field and/or equivalent formal training
- Required: 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)
- Preferred:
- 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
- Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information
- Ability to work extended hours as needed
Southwest Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field
- Advanced-level experience in IT operations, programming, or software development
- 5-7 years work related experience
- 3+ years experience in Tech program/service management
- 3+ years experience in incident, problem, change management
- 1+ years experience with AI/LLM/agentic concepts
- 3+ years experience in reporting and dashboarding analytics
- Jira Advanced Roadmaps / Confluence reporting
- AI/ML observability tools experience
- SAFe / PMP certification
Southwest Airlines Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Southwest Airlines and has not been reviewed or approved by Southwest Airlines.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Pay progression is described as materially improving after major 2024 union agreements, especially for pilots and flight attendants. Compensation satisfaction is framed as stronger over time as step scales and seniority accumulate.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support stands out through a dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match and the presence of profit-sharing contributions that can add to retirement savings. Stock purchase access is also positioned as an additional ownership-oriented component of total rewards.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle value is elevated by extensive space-available travel privileges and broad travel-related discounts that can materially offset personal travel costs. Recognition mechanisms like points-based rewards are also positioned as an added lifestyle-oriented perk.
Southwest Airlines Insights
What We Do
At Southwest Airlines we connect People to what’s important in their lives—that also means connecting our Employees to what’s important in their lives! Our Employees value the opportunity to work hard, be creative, and have fun on the job. Southwest Airlines recognizes, respects, and values differences. By fostering a culture that embraces and utilizes our diversity, we create competitive advantages in teamwork and innovation that contribute to our overall success.
