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Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering
full-timeRaleigh

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Raleigh

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full-time

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Job Description

The Principal Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering will design, engineer and support our core cloud infrastructure environment as we re-platform our traditional on-premise application stack to one that is modern and cloud based. You will be empowered to innovate and lead the definition of the cloud infrastructure standards, automation, and processes that will enable product teams to release features anytime in a secure and agile manner. To accomplish our goals the successful candidate will act as a SME for our infrastructure, security and application development teams on cloud architecture and principles for continuous delivery in the cloud.

This position is 4 days in office, 1 day remote per week, based at our corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina (North Hills) 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Responsible for developing cloud infrastructure strategy and architecture.
  • Experience with establishing cloud strategy and architecture at an enterprise level.
  • Experience leading large-scale Google Cloud Platform (GCP) migrations and GCP project delivery, i.e., responsible for specific project deliverables, technical and architecture oversight, project delivery approach, delivery performance - working with delivery and PM teams.
  • Provide subject matter expertise on cloud architecture and cloud infrastructure engineering to other IT and business teams.
  • Collaborates with various teams across the organizations including Product Management, Architecture, Software Engineering and Infrastructure to operationalize DevOps processes and tools.
  • Interpret technical requirements into business requirements and communicate risks to relevant stakeholders ranging from business leaders to engineers.
  • Provide succinct diagrams such as high-level design and low-level design documents and workflows and able to present to senior leadership as well as technical teams. 
  • Work with Reliability Engineering teams to implement cloud-specific monitoring tools.
  • Work through the project life cycle from design, implementation, cutover, hyper care and operation transition.
  • Participate in problem solving, troubleshooting and level 3 engineering support of infrastructure and applications as needed.
  • Design, implement and manage Container platform (Such as GKE/ OpenShift) in cloud.
  • Experience with Multi Cloud Technologies (Azure/ AWS/ GCP etc)

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent combination of relevant education, training and experience
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience leading technology teams supporting cloud infrastructure and platforms.
  • 8+ years in Infrastructure Cloud Infrastructure and Software Engineering.
  • Experience with the IAC (Infrastructure as Code) implementation and automation
  • Deep understanding of GCP (Preferred), Azure and/or AWS experience is required.
  • Strong knowledge of various aspects of CI/CD practices: Infrastructure Automation.
  • Understanding of Docker/Kubernetes for managing container-based images, their deployment via Kubernetes based services, DNS/DDI, networking management
  • Knowledge and experience of Kubernetes in GCP is desired.
  • Knowledge and experience of Terraform/Ansible, GIT based products (GitHub, Bitbucket), Jenkins, etc., for building pipeline.
  • Experience with network design including segmentation, logging and monitoring.
  • Experience with network topologies, load balancing and micro segmentation.
  • Experience with firewalls, WAF’s, proxies, IDS/IPS, network authentication controls.
  • Experience with Networking concepts (NAT, DNS, routing, etc.).
  • Understanding of cloud security architectures for cloud/hybrid systems.
  • Experience with logging and monitoring tools such as New Relic, Logstash, CloudTrail.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills a must.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, architectural articulation and leadership skills.
  • Experience leading and working with diverse geographically distributed teams.
  • Be able to work with teams with varying levels of technical levels and experiences

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Tech stack
Cloud Infrastructure,Google Cloud Platform,DevOps,Infrastructure as Code,Docker,Kubernetes,Terraform,Ansible,CI/CD,Networking,Cloud Security,Monitoring Tools,Troubleshooting,Communication,Leadership,Collaboration

About Advance Auto Parts

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. is a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider that serves both professional installers and do-it-yourself customers. As of October 5, 2024, Advance operated 4,781 stores primarily within the United States, with additional locations in Canada, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company also served 1,125 independently owned Carquest branded stores across these locations in addition to Mexico and various Caribbean islands. Additional information about Advance, including employment opportunities, customer services and online shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.

Team size: 10,001+ employees
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Industry: Retail
Founding Year: 1932

What you'll do

  • The Principal Engineer will design, engineer, and support the core cloud infrastructure environment while leading the definition of cloud infrastructure standards and processes. This role involves collaborating with various teams to operationalize DevOps processes and providing subject matter expertise on cloud architecture.

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What does a Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering do at Advance Auto Parts?

As a Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering at Advance Auto Parts, you will: the Principal Engineer will design, engineer, and support the core cloud infrastructure environment while leading the definition of cloud infrastructure standards and processes. This role involves collaborating with various teams to operationalize DevOps processes and providing subject matter expertise on cloud architecture..

Why join Advance Auto Parts as a Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering?

Advance Auto Parts is a leading Retail company.

Is the Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering position at Advance Auto Parts remote?

The Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Platform Engineering position at Advance Auto Parts is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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