Staff Systems Engineer - Mainframe MQ/CICS (Remote)
Core
Leading a team of engineers to design, build, and support The Home Depot's technical infrastructure of hardware and system software, including physical and virtual infrastructure.
Role type
Staff Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Hardware and system software infrastructure, infrastructure as code elements, and architectural diagrams.
Domain
Retail / Enterprise Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Infrastructure design, system software management, hardware procurement, test suite development, strategic technology evaluation, infrastructure as code, cloud platforms (GCP, Azure), SRE practices, mentoring
Preferred skills
Object-oriented programming (Java), distributed computing, system security design, disaster recovery planning, CI/CD toolchain, performance monitoring
Technologies
GCP, Azure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Java
Responsibilities
Lead configuration, debugging, and support for IT solutions; Lead field and corporate rollouts of technology; Stand up system software, hardware, and equipment; Create and optimize specifications for technology solutions; Produce and manage purchase requests for hardware and software; Lead development of test suites; Research and analyze business trends to identify strategic opportunities; Evaluate and recommend specific strategic technology; Research and design best fit infrastructure, network, database, cloud, AI, and security architectures; Create and maintain infrastructure as code and AI models; Participate in strategic project planning; Develop formal training courses; Collaborate with product and project teams to enable infrastructure; Support technology architecture design review efforts; Leverage tooling to monitor operational status; Optimize and tune performance; Drive root cause analysis, debugging, support, and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions; Maintain, upgrade, and support existing systems and infrastructure; Act as a vendor liaison; Provide application support for software running in production; Act as a mentor to more junior Systems Engineers; Drive converting KB articles into AI models; Drive changes to analytic models used to analyze performance
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with team leadership
