Why Work for Frontier Airlines?
At Frontier, we believe the skies should be for everyone. We deliver on this promise through our commitment to Low Fares Done Right. This is more than our tagline - its our driving philosophy. Every member of Team Frontier has an important role to play in bringing this vision to life. Our successful business model allows travelers to take advantage of our fast-growing route network while our bundled and unbundled pricing options allow our customers to personalize their travel experience and only pay for the services they need – saving them money along the way.
What We Stand For
Low Fares Done Right is our mission and we strive to bring it to life every day. Our ‘Done Right promise means delivering not only affordable prices, but making travel friendly and easy for our customers. To do this, we put a great deal of care into every decision and action we take. We must be efficient with the use of our resources and make smart decisions about how we run our business. We must also innovate and be pioneers - were not afraid to try new things. While our business requires us to fly high in the air, we also consider ourselves down-to-earth in our approach, creating a warm and friendly experience that truly demonstrates Rocky Mountain Hospitality.
Work Perks
At Frontier, we like to think were creating something very special for our team members. Work is why were here, but the perks are nice too:
- Flight benefits for you and your family to fly on Frontier Airlines
- Buddy passes for your friends so they can experience what makes us so great
- Discounts throughout the travel industry on hotels, car rentals, cruises and vacation packages
- Discounts on cell phone plans, movie tickets, restaurants, luggage and over 2,000 other vendors
- Enjoy a ‘Dress for your Day business casual environment
- Flexible work schedules that support work/life balance
- Total Rewards program including a competitive base salary, short term incentives, long-term incentives, paid holidays, 401(k) plan, vacation/sick time and medical/dental/vision insurance that begins the 1st of the month following your hire date.
- We play our part to make a difference. The HOPE League, Frontier Airlines non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing employees financial assistance during catastrophic hardship
Who We Are
Frontier Airlines is a leading ultra-low cost carrier headquartered in Denver, Colorado. With a mission to deliver Low Fares Done Right, the company provides affordable, convenient and accessible air travel throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. Frontiers highly fuel-efficient, all-Airbus fleet is among the youngest and most modern of any carrier within the U.S. That, combined with the airlines many weight-saving initiatives and focus on operational efficiencies, makes Frontier Americas Greenest Airline.* Each Frontier Airlines plane tail features a special animal with a unique name and backstory. Many of the featured species are endangered or threatened, part of the airlines commitment to underscore and raise awareness for their plight. Frontier serves approximately 100 destinations throughout North America and operates 500-plus daily flights, on average. The airline employs more than 7,000 team members and has crew bases in more than a dozen U.S. cities. Frontier Airlines., Inc., is a subsidiary of Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC).
* Frontier is the most fuel-efficient of all major U.S. carriers when measured by ASMs per fuel gallon consumed.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Cloud Lead Engineer for Frontier Airlines, you will push to improve existing systems and processes, with the creativity to develop innovative solutions to evolving challenges. You will be responsible for the availability and reliability of critical platform services and applications, ensuring they meet the requirements of internal and external users, as well as guarantee they adhere to Frontier security and cloud policies. You will work in partnership with business leaders in building and running sustainable production systems, which can evolve and adapt to changes in a Frontiers business environment.
Essential Functions
- Lead the Cloud Engineering team to solution Well Architected technology solutions for the Frontier Cloud Platforms working alongside the Development, Data and Analytics, Architecture and SRE Operations teams.
- Provide leadership and guidance across the Cloud Platform team, acting as a subject matter expert and leading best practice techniques for Azure or other cloud providers.
- Execution of technology self-service through orchestrated means and the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Create reusable, modular orchestrated code to deploy resources.
- Implementation of configuration standards supporting Hyper-Converged Architecture.
- Work with team to implement and manage IaC with Azure DevOps following best practices.
- Ensure compliance with Multi-Cloud Governance framework.
- Working with IT Owners to evaluate performance metrics and implement cost savings in Cloud Platforms.
- Collaborate with team members to accomplish goals and help to build a learning organization.
- Provide mentorship to junior team members and ensure Governance and standards are being implemented.
- Identify and automate process and procedures for cloud solutions. (Azure, AWS)
Other Functions
- Follow deployment guides and company processes used by Cloud Engineering team for production implementations.
- Implement standard benchmark standards and other security controls as needed.
- Participate in on-call.
- Ensures adherence to standards, policies, and procedures.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to implement project objectives, troubles hoot issues and implement best practice solutions.
- Up to 20 travel
- Ability to lift to 50lbs unaided.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years experience working within Enterprise IT with Bachelor of Computer Science, or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Minimum 6 years working in and supporting production hyper-converged cloud environments.
- Minimum 6 years development experience focused on programmatical automation of infrastructure and cloud services.
- Minimum 6 years experience in managing or maintaining enterprise IT Infrastructure. (e.g., Servers, Storage, Network, and/or Security)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Expert knowledge of configuration and best practices around Azure resources to include VMs, VNETs, Security Groups, IAM, Key Management, SQL, Cosmos DB, Private Link, Kubernetes, Data Bricks, etc.
- Advanced knowledge of cloud-native resources and deployment to ensure scalability, resiliency, performance, and reliability.
- Expert knowledge of cloud native tools and services offered by Azure and other cloud providers.
- Advanced knowledge of Cloud Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, best practices, and implementation.
- Advanced knowledge of Azure AD, APIs, SAML, OAuth, and PIM/PAM solutions.
- Advanced trouble shooting capabilities of Cloud and Infrastructure Services.
- Advanced understanding of automation/orchestration tools. (e.g., Azure DevOps, Ansible, or Puppet)
- Advanced Knowledge of development languages; to include but not limited to Bicep, Terraform, JSON, Python, JavaScript, or YAML.
- Advanced knowledge in automating and integrating a broad range of systems and services.
- Advanced understanding of cloud cost management and experience with cloud cost optimization.
- Measure and optimize system performance of cloud resources.
- Build effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of IaaS/PaaS cloud environments to ensure a secure and compliant infrastructure.
- Work with key stakeholders from the organization to provide solutions that meet governance requirements and continue to deliver business needs.
- Collaborate with team members to accomplish goals and provide mentorship to junior team members.
- Implement Engineering Designs as per the Frontier Engineering Design process for production implementations.
- Work with Cloud Operations team members to develop & implement standard automated builds for commonly deployed cloud resources.
- Evaluate security of current Cloud deployments and implement/automate any needed controls.
- Create and maintain infrastructure and process documentation.
- Practical understanding of ITIL V2/V3, and Agile principles and practices. (e.g., KANBAN, SCRUM, or SCRUMBAN)
- Experience working within a Dev Ops framework using CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of SQL, Oracle, or NoSQL Database environments.
- Knowledge of network concepts like DNS, TCP/IP, Routing, Firewalls, etc.
- Experience managing source code repositories (e.g., GitHub or Azure DevOps) and other CI/CD toolsets.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret complex problems or processes that span multiple business areas.
- Demonstrated ability to identify and understand business requirements and develop alternative solutions.
- Familiarity with regulatory controls related to PCI/DSS, or SOX is a plus.
- Ability to work independently.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools specifically MS Excel, & Visio.
Equipment Operated
Standard office equipment, including PC, copier, fax machine, printer
Work Environment
Typical office environment, adequately heated and cooled
Physical Effort
Light physical effort required by handling objects up to 20 pounds occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently.
Supervision Received
General Direction: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and receives general instructions on new assignments.
Positions Supervised
None
Salary Range
$110,114 - $146,157
Please Note: This role will close 10/28/24 at midnight (MT)
Workplace Policies
At Frontier Airlines, we wholeheartedly support and have a strong commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action. Frontier is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender variance, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, martial status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military, veteran status, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Diversity is an essential part of our success. Our company flourishes because of the unique backgrounds, skills and ideas that our team members contribute every day. We salute and actively recruit veterans. Military experience is valuable and transferable to many of the positions essential to the operations of our airline.
Frontier Airlines is a Zero Tolerance Drug-Free Workplace. All prospective DOT safety-sensitive employees are subject to pre-employment testing for the following drugs and their metabolites: Marijuana, Cocaine, Amphetamines, Opioids and Phencyclidine (PCP). Further, any DOT safety-sensitive job applicant who is found to have tested positive on any required drug or alcohol test at a former employer will be considered ineligible for employment with Frontier.
Disclaimer: The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature and level of work required of the referenced position; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Please be advised that duties and expectations of this position may be subject to change.
