Principal Engineer 2 - Unix Engineering (Hybrid)
About The Position
Publix Super Markets, Inc. is hiring a Principal Engineer 2 for its Unix Engineering team. The role implements and supports reliable, available, scalable, and secure Unix- and Linux-based platforms. The engineer partners with software engineers, business analysts, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, reliable solutions that support Publix business processes. This is a senior-level systems engineering role requiring leadership across multiple workstreams, establishment of automation standards, mentoring of engineering resources, influence on project direction, and clear communication about risks, progress, and release readiness. The position primarily supports IBM Power servers and related products, and owns SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) deployment, maintenance, upgrades, support, and operational management. Responsibilities also include security vulnerability remediation, platform performance monitoring and tuning, and assisting application teams with problem resolution. The position follows a hybrid work model in Lakeland, Florida. Candidates must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate; at least one interview for candidates advancing in the process will take place onsite. The role participates in a team-wide after-hours and weekend on-call rotation.
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.
Nice To Haves
- 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).
- Experience with Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS).
- Experience with Safeguard Authentication Services.
- Experience with 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 clearly.
- 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.
- Assist with platform performance monitoring and tuning.
- Assist application teams with problem resolution.
- Participate in the team-wide after-hours and weekend on-call support rotation.
- Partner with software engineers, business analysts, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver platform solutions supporting business processes.
Benefits
- Hybrid work flexibility.
- Year-end bonus equal to one month’s extra pay, prorated in the first year, for associates who remain employed through the bonus check issue date.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
