Principal Engineer - Cloud Center of Excellence

Publix Super Markets•Lakeland, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is driven by a dynamic technology team of 2,300+ professionals delivering innovative solutions to 1,400+ stores and 200,000+ associates across 8 states. From IT security and platform engineering to architecture, software development, and infrastructure, Publix offers career opportunities at every level—internships through technical leadership. This role is part of the exciting and highly visible Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE) team, which is the focal point of the transformation efforts for the IT Modernization project. The Principal Engineer will enable the transformation of cloud development and operations practices. The Cloud Platform Engineer should have a solid understanding of cloud services and be able to collaborate with a cross-functional team of application developers, infrastructure engineers, and security specialists. The position involves implementing enterprise-scale cloud applications and effectively addressing information governance and security challenges associated with running large workloads on public clouds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related analytical field, or equivalent experience
8+ years in Public Cloud Services: PaaS, database services, network infrastructure (VNETs, subnets, NSGs, VPC, DNS), security, and monitoring tools
2+ years in Version Control Systems: Git, Azure DevOps
1+ years of experience using AI CLI tools
1+ years of experience in Production Support: troubleshooting and resolving production issues
1+ years of experience in Scripting and Automation: writing scripts and automating processes
Advanced Cloud Certifications: Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
5+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
3+ years of experience leading technical teams and projects
Architectural Design Skills: Proven track record in designing scalable and resilient cloud architecture
3+ years of Cross-Platform Experience: Experience with multiple cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud)
1+ years of experience in Cost Management: Demonstrated ability to optimize cloud costs and resource utilization
1+ years of experience in Configuration Management: Experience with Infrastructure as code, such as Terraform

Responsibilities

Lead discussions of processes for deploying and maintaining resources in Azure and GCP
Responsible for maintaining Infrastructure as code for Azure and GCP
Lead strategy meetings to improve shared infrastructure in Azure and GCP
Own standards for deploying infrastructure in Azure and GCP
Lead automation initiatives to improve processes for application teams deploying to Azure and GCP
Lead troubleshooting efforts for shared resources in Azure and GCP or pipeline deployments
Troubleshoot application deployments
Participate in on call rotation