Airport Management System (AMS) Engineer

Job Description

Subject-matter expert and Level-3 support for the SITA Airport Management System and SONIQ MQ / integration layer — the flight schedule, resource allocation and the messaging that feeds downstream systems. Owns the deep technical health of the system, resolves what Level-2 cannot, and drives out root causes.

Key responsibilities

• Provide advanced diagnostics at system, application and infrastructure level for the system.
  
• Carry out root-cause analysis for major and recurring incidents and own the permanent fix.
  
• Open and manage OEM back-to-back support cases under the same ticket and SLA clock.
  
• Own configuration, firmware and software maintenance and coordinate manufacturer releases and upgrades.
  
• Own the preventive-maintenance procedures and predictive monitoring for the system.
  
• Maintain the design documents, SOPs and knowledge base; mentor and sign off Level-2 competence.
  
• Provide technical assessment to the Change Advisory Board for changes to the system.
  
• Monitor and maintain the message-queue and integration flows; validate the interfaces to FIDS, baggage and resource management.
  

Requirements

Qualifications & certifications

• SITA AMS application and database training/certification; message-queue/integration experience.
  
• ITIL Foundation.
  

Experience: 5 or more years hands-on with the specific system in a comparable environment.

Competencies

Deep product knowledge.

• Diagnostic and root-cause skill.
  
• OEM liaison.
  
• Documentation and mentoring.
  

Key performance indicators

• Advanced-incident resolution within SLA.
  
• RCA delivered within timeline.
  
• Repeat-incident reduction.
  
• Certification currency.
  

Requirements
Qualifications & certifications Microsoft and/or VMware/Nutanix certifications; server, virtualisation and database administration. ITIL Foundation. Experience. 5 or more years hands-on with the specific system in a comparable environment. Competencies Deep product knowledge. Diagnostic and root-cause skill. OEM liaison. Documentation and mentoring. Key performance indicators Advanced-incident resolution within SLA. RCA delivered within timeline. Repeat-incident reduction. Certification currency.