Engineer/Sr Engineer, IT Aviation Cybersecurity

About the Team

You will join the Information Technology Division, specifically the Cybersecurity (CS) Aviation Cybersecurity team. This group is dedicated to building and maintaining key relationships throughout the organization and with cybersecurity aviation industry partners. The team works closely with internal stakeholders such as Avionics Engineering, Cabin Experience, Maintenance Technology, Government Affairs, Corporate Security, and Corporate Safety to ensure the highest standards of digital aircraft security.

About the Role

As a member of this team, you will tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. This role is designed to provide strong aviation cybersecurity experience to assist with risk analysis and recommending mitigation possibilities, promoting cybersecurity practices as part of our digital aircraft ecosystem.

You will leverage your expertise to drive the technical research, planning, and architectural design of systems related to digital aircraft. Your work will ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and high availability of corporate, vendor, and customer data. You will define and deliver technical solutions and security requirements that incorporate both industry and company technology standards spanning multiple security domains.

In this position, you will interface with industry counterparts like the Aviation-ISAC, IATA Cybersecurity Task Force, and oneworld partners to ensure we stay up to date on the latest developments in aviation cybersecurity. You will also support standards, regulations, and compliance activities from a cybersecurity perspective for the FAA and other governing bodies. The role involves coordinating with business and IT teams to remediate compliance findings in a timely manner while addressing risk reduction objectives.

Why You'll Love This Job

Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise, and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll enrich both your personal and work life. Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer, including travel perks that allow you, your family, and friends to reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.

Feel Free to Be Yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities, and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

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.

Equal Opportunity

American Airlines maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity and access for all persons, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or other protected veteran, in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.