Systems Engineer Senior Principal - Infrastructure and Data Platforms (Remote)

The Home Depot•TEXAS - VIRTUAL - TX01, TX

2d•$170,000 - $280,000•Remote

About The Position

The Systems Engineer Sr. Principal is responsible for overseeing the development, maintenance, and support of The Home Depot's technical infrastructure, including network, hardware, database, and system software components. Sr. Principals will help accelerate delivery speed and quality through technical expertise, technical leadership, and by communicating best practices within their assigned IT portfolios. They will be a key contact point across a large portfolio for sharing and engaging with principal software engineers to foster learning and adoption of new technologies. They will interface with our 3rd party vendors to ensure THD's technical needs are met and that we are driving interoperability within our existing technology landscape. The role will typically support 4-6 different teams, spanning a variety of functioning products. They will ensure that teams are making good use of resources, designing and refactoring systems to optimize costs, and will be responsible for identifying opportunities to streamline processes and optimize current infrastructure.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
7-9 years of relevant work experience
Platform tools and technologies, including Kubernetes and CNCF associated projects as well as familiarity with RedHat OpenShift and Pivotal Cloud Foundry.
Experience with core data solutions including SQL Server and Oracle is a plus.
Experience using AI-assisted development practices.
One of the fields of expertise should include a programming language or a key knowledge in multiple infrastructure domains.
Mastery in assigned domains
Capable of understanding complicated systems quickly
Active participation in or leadership of professional groups affiliated with specific domains
2-3+ year of previous leadership experience and experience developing and evangelizing broad technology strategies.
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED.
9 years of relevant work experience

Nice To Haves

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with core data solutions including SQL Server and Oracle is a plus.
Experience using AI-assisted development practices.
Active participation in or leadership of professional groups affiliated with specific domains
No additional education
No additional years of experience
None

Responsibilities

Leads portfolio level Principal meetings to maintain alignment, consistency and knowledge sharing.
Collaborates with other leaders to drive build versus buy decisions with regard to technology.
Develops POCs with new technologies and paves the way for portfolio adoption.
Tracks and monitors efficient usage of resources and drives cost reduction opportunities and enhancements.
Acts as a point of escalation for teams facing extremely complex challenges.
Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports and supported teams.
Conducts and collaborates with team leaders on annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback.
Attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent.
Is active in building associate connections to the broader technology community.
Works with Distinguished Engineer(s) to define technology solutions (open source or vendor) teams should be exploring and/or leveraging.
Works across teams to unify strategy and alignment.
Identifies and removes potential roadblocks & bottlenecks across large cross-functional projects and initiatives.
Participates in and influences development of technology roadmaps within a given portfolio.
Drives thought leadership and innovation within a given portfolio.
Point of escalation for high-priority issues and outages as they arise.
Fields questions from project, product, and support teams.
Helps solve technology disputes across local teams.
Works with vendors to help identify and implement feature enhancements in software products.
Evangelizes successful usage of tooling and technology with local teams.