Principal Systems Engineer (Infrastructure & Data Platforms)

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

The Systems Engineer Sr. Principal is responsible for overseeing the development, maintenance and support of The Home Depot's technical infrastructure that includes network, hardware, database and system software components. Sr. Principals will help accelerate delivery speed and quality through technical expertise, technical leadership, and by communicating best practices within their assigned IT portfolios. They will be a key contact point across a large portfolio for sharing and engaging with principal software engineers to foster learning and adoption of new technologies. They will interface with our 3rd party vendors to ensure THD's technical needs are met and that we are driving interoperability within our existing technology landscape. The role will typically support 4-6 different teams (contrasted with 2-3 for a Principal and 6-10 for a Distinguished Engineer) which will span a variety of functioning products. They will ensure that teams are making good use of resources, designing and refactoring systems to optimize costs, and will be responsible for identifying opportunities to streamline processes and optimize current infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• 30% Delivery and Execution - Leads portfolio level Principal meetings to maintain alignment, consistency and knowledge sharing; Collaborates with other leaders to drive build versus buy decisions with…