Principal Engineer 2 - Unix Engineering (Hybrid)

Publix•Lakeland, FL

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Publix is hiring a senior-level engineer for its Unix Engineering team to implement and support reliable, available, scalable, and secure Unix and Linux platforms. The role partners with software engineers, business analysts, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions that support business processes across Publix. The engineer leads efforts across multiple workstreams, establishes automation standards, mentors engineering resources, influences project direction, and communicates risks, progress, and release readiness. The position primarily owns IBM Power servers and related products, including configuration changes, upgrades, administrative tasks, and troubleshooting. It also provides comprehensive ownership of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), covering deployment, maintenance, upgrades, support, and operations. Additional work includes security vulnerability remediation, platform performance monitoring and tuning, and helping application teams resolve problems. The role participates in a team-wide after-hours and weekend on-call rotation. The role follows a hybrid work model in Lakeland, Florida. Candidates must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate, and candidates advancing in the interview process must participate in at least one onsite interview at the Lakeland campus.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or another analytical discipline, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience implementing and supporting SLES in a DM-MPIO infrastructure.
Experience performing SLES upgrades.
Experience supporting and maintaining IBM Power server hardware.
Experience supporting and administering IBM PowerVM.
Experience supporting, maintaining, and administering High Availability clustering with Pacemaker.
Experience with SUSE Manager (SUMA/MLM) 5.x.
Experience performing security patch management and validation.
Experience with Podman.
Experience with shell scripting.
Experience supporting SLES within a SAP HANA environment.
Experience managing certificates.
Experience with Storix backup and recovery software.
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) on Oracle engineered systems and appliances.
Experience with Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) and Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS).
Experience with Safeguard Authentication Services and Safeguard for Sudo.
Experience with Universal Automation Center.
Experience with the ServiceNow ITSM platform.
Experience with platform-related dependencies such as SAN disk connectivity, core networking concepts, and integration with Active Directory.
Experience reviewing operating system hardening guidelines and maintaining an auditable operating system baseline configuration standard.
Experience with vulnerability management tools, compliance audits, change management processes, and disaster recovery exercises.

Responsibilities

Implement and support reliable, available, scalable, and secure Unix- and Linux-based platforms.
Lead efforts across multiple workstreams, establish automation standards, mentor engineering resources, and influence project direction.
Communicate risks, progress, and release readiness.
Implement configuration changes, perform upgrades and administrative tasks, and troubleshoot IBM Power servers and related products.
Own SLES deployment, maintenance, upgrades, support, and operational management.
Research, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities.
Monitor and tune platform performance.
Assist application teams with problem resolution.
Participate in the team-wide after-hours and weekend on-call support rotation.
Support delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable solutions in partnership with engineering, business, product, and architecture stakeholders.

Benefits

Hybrid work flexibility, including remote work for focus time and onsite collaboration.
Opportunity to work on AI platforms and projects.
Culture emphasizing autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning.

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