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Technical Solutions Engineer

We create and deliver an aligned, dedicated marketing strategy to fuel each Expedia Group brand's success. Since our travelers interact with us through our brands, we have a brand focus in our marketing, while leveraging the scale and efficiency we’ve built in functional expertise. 

Strategic Partnerships and Affiliates (SPA) is a flourishing business, with bold growth ambitions, within the Expedia Group consumer business. We are uniquely positioned at the intersection of B2B and B2C marketing, with a growing portfolio of products that support thousands of affiliate partners, businesses, and people, to become successful travel entrepreneurs.    

Our business’ purpose is ‘to profitably extend the reach of Expedia Group’s (EG) brands and engage with travellers where they choose to discover and book travel, by enabling businesses and people to monetize their audiences through branded travel products’. 

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Technical Solutions Manager to join our growing team. This role is responsible for both incident management and technical operations, with a particular focus on designing and deploying advanced automated solutions. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the efficient functioning of the SPA team, while also leading initiatives that drive continuous operational improvement through innovative automation.

The ideal candidate is a creative problem-solver with a passion for automation and a proven track record of delivering innovative technical solutions. They will be able to balance the immediate needs of incident management with the long-term goals of building automated process and workflows. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our SPA business by enhancing operational excellence and accelerating future-focused initiatives.

In this role, you will:

Incident Management (50%)

• Act as the primary point of contact for all SPA-related incidents and escalations

• Develop, implement, and maintain a robust incident management framework

• Lead incident triage, assessing severity and impact to prioritize response efforts

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure timely and effective incident resolution

• Conduct thorough root cause analyses for major incidents and implement preventive measures

• Create and maintain detailed incident reports and dashboards for stakeholders

• Track KPIs related to incident response and resolution times

Technical Operations & Automation (50%)

• Design, develop, and deploy automated end-to-end technical solutions to increase operational efficiency

• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation in operations

• Build and maintain automated scripts and tools for routine and complex tasks

• Document all automated processes and systems thoroughly

• Lead modernization projects to upgrade existing systems and introduce innovative automation solutions

Additional Responsibilities

• Mentor and guide junior team members on incident management and automation best practices

• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business problems and translate them into technical requirements

• Design and build end-to-end technical solutions that align with business goals

• Represent the technical solutions team in cross-functional meetings and strategic initiatives

Experience and qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

• 5+ years of experience in technical solutions, operations management, or a similar role

• Intermediate SQL k