Senior Engineer - Infrastructure Platform Engineering

Senior Engineer 2 - Infrastructure Platform Engineering | Publix Super Markets, Inc.

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, we offer career opportunities at every level—internships through technical leadership. Join a company consistently ranked among Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and help us build more than great subs—build the future of technology  Infrastructure Platform Engineering Team is responsible for defining, developing, implementing, maintaining, and advising on the effective use of the Publix VMware based technology solutions to maximize their value.

This position will play a key active role towards those efforts with a focus on implementation, security, administration, iterative automation, and ongoing platform optimizations.

Location:

Hybrid (Lakeland, FL) Work Model:
Enjoy the best of both worlds—collaborate in person and innovate remotely.

Why Join Us?

• Hybrid Flexibility:
  Work remotely when you need focus time and join us onsite for high-impact collaboration and brainstorming sessions.
• Operational Efficiency:
  Ensure technology solutions support efficient workflows and enable automation to improve operational effectiveness.
• Cutting-Edge AI Projects:
  Drive innovation in AI platforms, integrating advanced tools and frameworks to solve complex business challenges.
• Empowered Culture:
  We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning—your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization.

Your Impact

• Software and hardware installation, configuration, integration, and support
• Project design and architecture
• Systems, platform, and network management activities
• Problem determination, resolution, and prevention
• Systems security, vulnerability remediations, and regular audit tasks
• Facilitate project team participation, provide technical excellence, and foster a culture of shared growth through collaboration & shared responsibility
• Maintain new technology awareness through self-driven research & practical proof of concept efforts with an end goal towards systems integration of current and future Publix technology state
• Maintain vendor relationships while extracting maximum value for Publix with effective time utilization.
• Create, review, collaborate, and update documentation for internal and peer customers
• Programmatically gather, analyze, and correlate data points across the VMware product stack in diverse and siloed environments
• Maintain consistent and iterative data collection while preserving data integrity and adhering to company security and audit standards for access and storage
• Collaborate with engineering peers and management to iteratively develop and maintain simplified internally accessible dashboards that facilitate data-driven decision-making
• Champion, develop and iterate automation processes, self-service portals, and monitoring tools to ensure consistency, maintain deployment velocity, and increase efficiency.
• Drive and operationalize responsible corporate use of AI to enhance collaboration, code development, process efficiency, and documentation while upholding security and data governance standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or analytical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years implementing, supporting, upgrading, securing, and migrating to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF 5.2 or higher), including core components (SDDC, vCenter, ESXi, vSAN, and NSX) and adjacent VMware appliances such as Aria, vROPS, vRLI, LCM, vIDM, SRM, and vRNI.
• 4+ years implementing, supporting, upgrading, securing, and operationalizing infrastructure platform management tools such as SDDC Manager, HPE One View, and Dell Open Manage.
• 4+ years of experience implementing, supporting, and migrating Windows Server & Red Hat operating systems in a highly segmented and secure virtual infrastructure
• 4+ years of experience with various hardware vendors product stack
• 4+ years of…