Principal Engineer - Unix Engineering; Hybrid

Position: Principal Engineer 2 - Unix Engineering (Hybrid)
Description 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 260,000+ 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 ’re hiring a Principal Engineer 2 on our Unix Engineering team. In this role, you will implement and support reliable, available, scalable, and secure Unix and Linux based platforms. You will partner closely with software engineers, business analysts, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, scalable, and reliable solution that supports business processes across Publix.

We are looking for a senior-level system engineer who can lead efforts across multiple work streams, establish automation standards, mentor other engineering resources, influence project direction, and provide clear communication on risks, progress, and release readiness.

Location:

Hybrid (Lakeland, FL): To support our hybrid work model, candidates must reside, or be willing to relocate, within a commutable distance of Lakeland, FL. Work Model: Enjoy the best of both worlds - collaborate in person and innovate remotely.  Interview Process:
Candidates selected to advance in the interview process will be required to participate in at least one onsite interview at our Lakeland, FL campus.

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:

Primarily responsible for IBM Power servers and related products (implement configuration changes, perform upgrades and administrative tasks, and troubleshoot problems)
Provide comprehensive ownership of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) including deployment, maintenance, upgrades, support, and operational management

Research, assess, and remediate security vulnerabilities

Assist with overall platform performance monitoring and tuning

Assist application teams with problem resolution

Participate in team-wide after-hours/weekend on-call support rotation#LI-JB1

Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or other analytical disciplines or equivalent experience8+ years of experience implementing and supporting SLES in a DM-MPIO infrastructure

Experience performing SLES upgrades

Experience supporting and maintaining IBM Power server hardware

Experience supporting and administering IBM PowerVMExperience supporting, maintaining, and administering High Availability clustering with Pacemaker

Experience with SUSE Manager (SUMA/MLM) 5.xExperience performing security patch management and validation

Experience with Podman

Experience with shell scripting

Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting SLES within a SAP HANA environment

Experience with managing certificates

Experience with Storix backup and recovery software

Experience with Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) on Oracle engineered systems and appliances

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