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Senior Architect, APIs    Travelport is a place of opportunity. It’s our incredible team that makes our company great – our people drive our winning culture.   What’s Travelport?   Travelport is a worldwide travel retail platform that provides easy ways for businesses like airlines, hotels, and car rental companies to connect through personalized content to agencies and travelers. The world is changing, and our industry must change with it. We’re leading the change; we are the change.  We are on a mission to power the future of travel. Come and be part of an organization that is committed to building a culture of inclusivity built upon a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities in which we operate.   What does a great API Architect do?    The Architecture organization works as a central coordinating center to develop, standardize, and transfer technology into Travelport’s product and services. As part of that charter, we develop frameworks and ways of working to govern new development efforts, as well as support migration and transformation of legacy applications into easy to use, performant, services As Travelport modernizes the way it builds, deploys, and scales its application services in the cloud and in its data centers, the Architecture organization is looking for additional architects with experience in developing APIs in a hybrid cloud environment for high volume transactional businesses, with experience in AWS preferred. In addition, we’re looking for creative thinkers that are looking to apply new approaches and technologies to build and deploy APIs while helping define the API architecture for Travelport’s existing services for efficient cloud operation. Responsibilities:

• Help define future state API architectures including edge strategy in a hybrid cloud environment in that support business objectives 
• Provide API governance and oversight to ensure others adopt defined architectures 
• Provide specialist advice and recommend approaches across teams and various stakeholders 
• Communicate widely with other stakeholders 
• Advise on important API-related technologies and assess the opportunities associated with proposed changes 
• Research and apply innovative API architecture solutions to new or existing problems and be able to justify and communicate design decisions 
• Understand the impact of decisions, balancing requirements and deciding between approaches 
• Be the point of escalation for architects 

Who we are looking for in this role:  

• A strong communicator and collaborator with cross functional teams 
• Someone with a breadth of experience across various aspects of software engineering 
• Experience developing APIs in very high transaction environments 
• Experience AWS or other cloud platforms 
• Experience with API gateways, proxies, and security platforms 

• Experience in identity management systems a plus 
• Experience in regulatory requirements (PCI, PII,) a plus 

Our ambition is to hire for potential not just experience, and you’re likely to succeed if you:  

• A lifelong learner 
• A creative problem solver 
• Someone who is pragmatic and results oriented 
• Are always ready to give it your all and deliver high quality work 
• Are excited to use your creativity and innovative thinking to try new things 
• Take responsibility and own your work 
• Are courageous and ambitious to challenge what’s been done before

Benefits of working at Travelport   We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8.  Salary Target: $140,000.00 - $160,000.00  The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors,  including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training.  Interested? We’d love for you to get in touch!* We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed. #J-18808-Ljbffr