Principal Software Engineer II (Cloud)

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

4d

About The Position

This is a highly influential, hands-on engineering position supporting the development and ongoing enhancement of Walgreens’ enterprise cloud platform. The team primarily supports Microsoft Azure, along with Walgreens’ private cloud environment running on OpenStack.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field OR a High School Diploma/GED and at least 11 years of experience in Engineering, Software Engineering or related field
• Experience writing code for highly complex and strategic online applications, microservices or mobile applications
• Experience in algorithms, systems, architecture and bits-and-bytes
• Experience with programming languages important to the organization and has in-depth knowledge of Unix/Linux, C++ or Java or Node and Service Oriented Architecture
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and mentoring individual contributors
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
• Microsoft Azure infrastructure experience
• Kubernetes, particularly Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and knowledge of Istio.
• Containerization and microservices environments
• Terraform and Ansible infrastructure-as-code
• Cloud networking knowledge, including network flows, firewalls, load balancers, DNS, service meshes, VNETs, and related components
• Experience designing scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions
• Independent decision-making and accountability
• Transparency and a willingness to raise risks or concerns early
• Strong stakeholder communication and organizational awareness
• The ability to navigate ambiguity, rapid change, and competing priorities
• Strategic thinking and the ability to evaluate and clearly explain tradeoffs
• Flexibility and the ability to pivot quickly
• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to influence without formal authority

Nice To Haves

• OpenStack experience is helpful but not required, as the team is continuing to develop its knowledge in this area

Responsibilities

• Design infrastructure solutions for applications and business teams deploying into Azure or the private cloud
• Serve as both a hands-on engineer and technical architect
• Architect complex multi-region/availability zone cloud platform solutions in support of business needs.
• Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and internal business partners
• Help develop and improve infrastructure deployment capabilities through Harness IDP/Infrastructure As Code
• Ensure solutions meet architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards
• Provide technical mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers, including FTEs and contractors, without formal people-management responsibility

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior