Core Information: Position: Principal Systems Engineer Compensation: a competitive salary Start Date: Immediate openings available Location: Remote Company: Workwarp   Position Purpose: The Principal Systems Engineer guides the development, maintenance, and support of The Home Depot's technical infrastructure that includes network, hardware, database, and system software components. They have an in-depth understanding of the technology landscape and act as the face of the Enterprise Architecture group in other areas of the organization. This position will work... on designing and building strategic next-generation architecture solutions. Key Responsibilities: 40% Strategy & Planning:  Researches and analyzes business trends and behavioral data to identify opportunities for improvements and new initiatives  Leads the evaluation, development, and recommendation of specific technology products and platforms to provide cost-effective solutions that meet business and technology requirements  Researches and designs best-fit infrastructure, network, database, and security architectures for products  Guides the proactive creation and maintenance of tools for monitoring and support  Leads project budgeting, planning, and management across multiple efforts and teams  Develops and delivers formal training courses  Visits with operational units (e.g., warehouses, stores, data centers) to understand needs and build relationships 20% Delivery & Execution:  Guides configuration, debugging, and support for infrastructure  Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met  Guides field and corporate roll-outs of technology  Guides the stand up of necessary system software, hardware, and equipment (physical or virtual) to meet changing infrastructure needs  Creates and optimizes specifications for complex technology solutions  Produces and manages purchase requests for hardware and software  Creates technical white papers and thought leadership  Creates and enforces process standards  Leads disaster recovery planning and engineering efforts  Collaborates with other leaders to drive build versus buy decisions with regard to technology 30% Support & Enablement:  Collaborates with product and project teams to understand needs and enable them with infrastructure  Guides technology architecture design review efforts for project and product teams  Leverages tooling and custom applications to monitor the operational status of applications, infrastructure, networks, databases and security; optimizes and tunes performance as appropriate  Guides root cause analysis, debugging, support, and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions  Guides maintenance, upgrades, and support for existing systems and infrastructure to ensure operational stability  Acts as a vendor relationship manager  Guides the production of in-house documentation around solutions  Monitors tools and proactively helps teams struggling with systems issues  Provides application support for software running in production  Guides the creation of scripts and tools that drive automation and enable product teams and end users to move towards self service  Acts as a mentor to more junior Systems Engineers 10% Learning:  Keeps abreast of innovations and industry trends as well as changes to internal systems and determines how they impacts tools, training, and support necessary to keep systems up, running, and secure  Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern systems engineering core practices (communities of practice)  Leads learning efforts inside the organization focused on systems engineering  Proactively views articles, tutorials, and videos to learn about new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations Direct Manager/Direct Reports:  Typically reports to the Systems Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager, Technology Director or Sr. Director. Travel Requirements:  Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time. Physical Requirements:  Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions, there may be a need to move or lift light articles. Working Conditions:  Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable. Minimum Qualifications:  Must be eighteen years of age or older.  Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.  Must be legally permitted to work in the United States Preferred Qualifications: Years of Experience:  6-8 years of relevant work experience Cloud Computing:  Proficiency in working with cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure Proficiency with cloud networking services and solutions on major platforms, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and optimize networking architectures for cloud environments.  Mastery in designing and implementing hybrid cloud networking solutions, integrating on-premises data centers with cloud environments. Proficiency in working with technologies like VPNs, Direct Connect, or ExpressRoute for secure cloud connectivity.  Proficiency in leveraging infrastructure-as-code and automation tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to configure and manage cloud resources.  Expertise in optimizing the performance and scalability of cloud networks through efficient routing, load balancing, and content delivery strategies.  Experience with monitoring tools for real-time analysis and optimization Technical Proficiency:  Proficiency in networking, system and hardware design and architecture, DBMS concepts, SQL programming, and client-server concepts  Mastery of debuggers, runtime analysis, library systems, compiled programming, and software update tools  Mastery of complex system and environment analysis, design, and optimization  Experience with system and software deployment automation  Experience with middleware design and development  Proficiency in system security design and management  Proficiency in disaster recovery planning and engineering  Proficiency in monitoring the operational status and performance of, and configuring as well as tuning, systems, networks, or databases.  Proficiency in operating system commands and utilities as well as scripting  Proficiency with GoLang and code reviews Troubleshooting and Maintenance:  Proficiency in infrastructure, network, database, or security troubleshooting and remediation; experience with at least one other  Proficiency in installing and upgrading applications or databases and performing system maintenance. General Systems Engineering:  Professional experience in all areas of Systems Engineering: Infrastructure, Network, Database, and Security  Proficiency in at least 2 areas and mastery of at least 1  Mastery of working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team? Additional Skills:  Able to work independently with little direction. Minimum Education:  The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job. Preferred Education:  No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience:  6 Preferred Years of Work Experience:  No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience:  None Preferred Leadership Experience:  None Certifications:  None Competencies:  Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm  Business Insight: Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals  Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives  Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences  Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful  Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances  Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens  Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people  Manages Ambiguity: Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear  Manages Complexity: Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems  Nimble Learning: Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.  Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement  Self-Development: Actively seeing new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels  Situational Adaptability: Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations Apply Job!  Take the Next Step Are you ready for this challenge? 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