Senior Infrastructure Engineer

The Kroger Co.•Blue Ash, OH

17d

About The Position

Provide advanced and/or cross-technology engineering through all phases of the Technology/Project Life Cycle. Accountable for the overall systems infrastructure including engineering, implementation and integration, and technical services and support. Design, implement/install, maintain, and administer infrastructure systems including hardware, software, and various configurations. Monitor overall performance to proactively identify potential issues and tune appropriately. Perform root cause analysis on failed components and implement corrective measures. Mentor and coach others to establish and improve processes and procedures. Design and successfully implement overall infrastructure components per project with infrastructure teams, ensuring that overall solution is designed to meet SLA, DR, monitoring, security, and scalability needs required by the solution. Ensure that post-production operational processes/deliverables are well designed and implemented prior to the project moving into the solution support phase. Generate scripts and templates required for the automatic provisioning of resources, on prem, cloud and distributed. Discover, install, and execute processes and standards for optimal use of cloud service provider offerings. Debug technical issues inside a complex stack involving virtualization, containers and micro services. Collaborate with the engineering teams to enable their applications to run on Cloud infrastructure. Define and create operational procedures, processes and scripts. Ensure secure operations of infrastructure technologies (security updates, vulnerability management, role access management, configuration hardening). Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies to ensure adherence to architecture guidelines. Evaluate vendor technical and support capabilities. Provide technical leadership on enterprise work and establishing standards/guidelines. Design, implement and support multiple moderately complex systems or applications with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility. Develop enhanced production monitoring and additional capability. Support and maintain infrastructure solutions utilizing required tools and technologies. Provide off-hours support (24 x 7) as required. Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Advanced and/or cross-technology engineering skills.
Experience with all phases of the Technology/Project Life Cycle.
Experience in engineering, implementation, integration, technical services, and support of systems infrastructure.
Proficiency in designing, implementing/installing, maintaining, and administering infrastructure systems (hardware, software, configurations).
Ability to monitor overall performance, identify issues, and tune systems.
Skills in performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective measures.
Experience in designing and implementing infrastructure components to meet SLA, DR, monitoring, security, and scalability needs.
Experience in ensuring well-designed post-production operational processes/deliverables.
Ability to generate scripts and templates for automatic provisioning of resources (on prem, cloud, distributed).
Experience with cloud service provider offerings.
Ability to debug technical issues in complex stacks involving virtualization, containers, and microservices.
Experience collaborating with engineering teams to enable applications on cloud infrastructure.
Ability to define and create operational procedures, processes, and scripts.
Experience ensuring secure operations of infrastructure technologies (security updates, vulnerability management, role access management, configuration hardening).
Experience assisting in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies.
Experience evaluating vendor technical and support capabilities.
Technical leadership experience.
Experience establishing standards/guidelines.
Ability to design, implement, and support moderately complex systems/applications with multiple concurrent users.
Experience developing enhanced production monitoring and additional capability.
Ability to support and maintain infrastructure solutions utilizing required tools and technologies.
Willingness to provide off-hours support (24 x 7) as required.

Nice To Haves

Mentoring and coaching others to establish and improve processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

Provide advanced and/or cross-technology engineering through all phases of the Technology/Project Life Cycle.
Accountable for the overall systems infrastructure including engineering, implementation and integration, and technical services and support.
Design, implement/install, maintain, and administer infrastructure systems including hardware, software, and various configurations.
Monitor overall performance to proactively identify potential issues and tune appropriately.
Perform root cause analysis on failed components and implement corrective measures.
Mentor and coach others to establish and improve processes and procedures.
Design and successfully implement overall infrastructure components per project with infrastructure teams, ensuring that overall solution is designed to meet SLA, DR, monitoring, security, and scalability needs required by the solution.
Ensure that post-production operational processes/deliverables are well designed and implemented prior to the project moving into the solution support phase.
Generate scripts and templates required for the automatic provisioning of resources, on prem, cloud and distributed.
Discover, install, and execute processes and standards for optimal use of cloud service provider offerings.
Debug technical issues inside a complex stack involving virtualization, containers and micro services.
Collaborate with the engineering teams to enable their applications to run on Cloud infrastructure.
Define and create operational procedures, processes and scripts.
Ensure secure operations of infrastructure technologies (security updates, vulnerability management, role access management, configuration hardening).
Assist in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of new technologies to ensure adherence to architecture guidelines.
Evaluate vendor technical and support capabilities.
Provide technical leadership on enterprise work and establishing standards/guidelines.
Design, implement and support multiple moderately complex systems or applications with multiple concurrent users, ensuring control, integrity, and accessibility.
Develop enhanced production monitoring and additional capability.
Support and maintain infrastructure solutions utilizing required tools and technologies.
Provide off-hours support (24 x 7) as required.