Principal Technical Specialist

1 Hour ago • 10 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Technical Specialist role involves analyzing complex business problems within the aviation flight crew area, designing and implementing solutions using automated systems. Responsibilities include software installation, data migration, and integration setup. The specialist will create business plans, work on high-value projects, and provide strategic direction. This role requires solving intricate business problems using diverse technologies and systems across multiple domains, serving as a liaison between developers, architects, and customers. They will also provide guidance and direction to less experienced business systems analysts. This position requires strong expertise in crew planning, schedule, and tracking, along with hands-on experience with programming languages and enterprise-level application configurations.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • 10+ years of related experience
  • iLog rules expertise required
  • Knowledge of programming languages like Java, Python, C++
  • Hands-on coding skills for automation
  • Experience in installing enterprise applications on AWS servers
  • DB experience with Oracle or MongoDB
  • Knowledge of SQL or PL/SQL for DB queries
  • Knowledge of integration e.g. SOAP, XML, JSON, Postman
Good to have:
  • Crew Planning, Schedule, Tracking, and crew Rules expertise is preferred
  • Hands-on experience in the Crew Management area
  • Strong domain knowledge in Airline crew scheduling
Perks:
  • Environment where initiatives are recognized
  • Opportunity to travel internationally
  • Opportunity to work on a variety of projects
  • Opportunity to represent the organization at external conventions
  • Possibility to work from home occasionally
  • Flexible schedules
  • Attractive employee benefits

Job Details

About This Role CAE Flight Operations Solutions is an industry-leading digital platform trusted by the world’s top airlines and business aviation companies to optimize their operations. Every year, more than 50 million flights and over 200,000 crew members are supported by CAE's flight operations software backed by a global team and unparalleled expertise. Spanning crew, flight, movement, airport, on-board catering, and cost management, CAE's customizable end-to-end solution improves decision making by harnessing the power of integrated data and advanced technologies to improve operational performance, profitability, employee satisfaction, and passenger experience. Join our crew management implementation team and succeed while planning, conducting, and directing the analysis of highly complex business problems to be solved with automated systems, cross-functions, and cross business domain within the aviation flight crew area. Are you ready to: The role we are offering you:
  • Responsible to install software, conduct data migration, setup integration.
  • Create Business Plans/supports (including business cases) to assure plans meet company goals and integrates these with technical programs and project plans.
  • Work on high value (revenue) projects with large scale customer impact and able to operate under limited direction and minimal oversight.
  • Solve complex business problems using differing technologies and systems views across multiple functional domains (within company and between company and its customer) on high profile and/or mission critical efforts and projects.
  • Provide strategic direction and plan strategically for current and future business environments, including future technology and business design changes to create flexible solutions.
  • Provides functional/technical assistance in identifying, evaluating and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements.
  • Serve as lead conduit between developers, architects, designers and with external and internal customers.
  • Support development staff by assisting with functionality questions, addressing testing issues, training on new products and all delivery planning aspects for deployment of a service or product, as assigned.
  • Provides guidance and direction to less experienced business systems analysts.
Our ideal candidate has:                                       
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
  • 10+ years related experience.
  • Crew Planning, Schedule, Tracking and crew Rules expertise is preferred.
  • iLog rules expertise required.
  • Knowledge and experience of programming languages e.g. Java, Python, C++.
  • Hands-on to write code to automate manual work using programming languages mentioned above, or automation through macros (VB etc.).
  • Hands-on in installing and configuring enterprise level applications on AWS servers.
  • DB experience Oracle or MongoDB.
  • Knowledge and experience in writing DB queries using SQL or PL/SQL.
  • Knowledge on integration e.g. SOAP, XML, JSON, Postman.
  • Experience on using Microsoft Office esp. Excel (writing Macros is a plus), PowerPoint.
  • Hands on experience/expertise in the Crew Management area – either worked in airline in scheduling, training, tracking or the end-to-end implementation of crew enterprise systems is a plus.
  • Advanced computer software skills.
  • Requires understanding client-server architectures and the integration with legacy systems.
  • Strong domain knowledge in Airline crew scheduling, flight crew planning, or flight operations is desired.
CAE offers:
  • An environment where your initiatives will be recognized and valued.
  • The opportunity to travel internationally.
  • The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team.
  • The opportunity to represent the organization at external conventions and conferences.
  • The possibility to work from home occasionally.
  • Flexible schedules.
  • Attractive employee benefits.
Come share your passion with us!

About CAE

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, defense and security forces and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission and medical simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

Position Type                Regular CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other  characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. Applicants needing reasonable accommodations should contact their recruiter at any point in the recruitment process.  If you need assistance to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com.

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About The Company

At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries.


CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight, mission simulators and training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.

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