Principal System Engineer
Compensation Pay Range:
$119,200.00 - $178,800.00The actual hourly rate will equal or exceed the required minimum wage applicable to the job location. Additional compensation includes annual, quarterly performance, or premiums may be paid in amounts ranging per hour in specific circumstances. Premiums may be based on schedule, facility, season, or specific work performed. Multiple premiums may apply if applicable criteria are met.
A Principal Linux System Engineer is a seasoned, technical, leader who possesses an advanced understanding of their discipline. This position is responsible for researching, creating budgets, overseeing projects, delegating work, and acting as mentors. The Principal Engineer guides other team members to ensure completion of projects on time and within budget, bringing high-quality projects to fruition. This position is also responsible for developing teams and engineers within the organization, setting project deadlines and improving engineering processes and technologies.
We are specifically focusing on these technologies
- Containers/Tanzu, (includes istio, contour, Harbour, NSX)
- Middleware(Tomcat,Jboss,Haproxy, Apache, Nginx)
- Data Streaming/Messaging ( Kafka, RabbitMQ, Zookeeper)
REQUIRED
- High School diploma or equivalent (GED)
- 10+ years of information technology systems experience in an applicable area
- Develop and provide technical standards and guidance to design and create a dependable, scalable, and maintainable infrastructure.
- Proactively identifies opportunities to reuse or generalize existing solutions and architectures and avoid duplication of effort by encouraging collaboration.
- Ensure that all projects are of high quality and that team members follow established standards.
- Stay current with new and emerging system standards and technology in general as it relates to the needs of the company.
- Recommend new technologies to help improve efficiency and implement process improvements.
- Supports and facilitates in maintenance and upgrades of existing software.
- Participates in risk assessments and mitigating activities, technical audits, and ensure recommendations are implemented.
- Provide input to help shape infrastructure standards and implementation of best practices.
- Participate in the development of individual contributor goals within department.
- Manage tasks and resources while utilizing modern project management principles.
- Mentor and train other engineers by distilling complex technical designs into step-by-step instructions.
- Identify opportunities to innovate across teams with a willingness to experiment and to confront problems of varying degrees of complexity and scope.
- Guide discussions to remove blockers and encourage collaboration amongst teams.
- Monitor and assess the performance of the engineering team.
- Assist with analyzing and troubleshooting application and system issues.
- Participate in developing technical solutions which support architectural changes that solve performance and stability issues.
- Prioritize projects and assess their financial impact.
- Provide feedback, conduct quarterly goal reviews, and annual performance reviews.
- All other duties as assigned.
SKILLS/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Understand how to establish the value and cost of an IT project
- Advanced understanding of change management and the change control process and procedures
- Ability to lead and get results from others while prioritizing high urgency and complex tasks
- Strong ability to articulate advanced technical , write technical documentation, and teach others
- Expert knowledge in systems debugging and testing knowledge, complex computer systems (multiple programs, databases, communications etc.), and systems analysis and design
- Exceptional problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communications skills
- Must be able to learn independently but also work well in a team environment
- Flexible availability including nights, weekends, and on call rotations
DESIRED
- A bachelor’s of science in a technology related field
- Advanced understanding of financial methods to evaluate ROI of IT projects
- Advanced education in leadership and teambuilding with the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Advanced skills in Project Management and Business Analysis
- Advanced technical training or certifications related to scope of work
O’Reilly Auto Parts has a proven track record of growth and stability. O’Reilly is full of successful career stories and believes in a strong promote-from-within philosophy, encouraging you to grow your career along with the organization.
Total Compensation Package:
Competitive Wages & Paid Time Off
Stock Purchase Plan & 401k with Employer Contributions Starting Day One
Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance with Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Team Member Health/Wellbeing Programs
Tuition Educational Assistance Programs
Opportunities for Career Growth
O’Reilly Auto Parts is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are administered without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Reasonable Accommodations: Qualified individuals with known disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws.
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