Senior Systems Engineer

The Home Depot

. Independently develop, test, deploy, maintain, redesign, and refactor software .

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $80,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep technical expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Cloud Foundry, with a strong focus on high-availability platform architecture and infrastructure-as-code practices. Proven ability to collaborate within cross-functional teams and lead technical discussions while ensuring operational excellence in enterprise environments.

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Red Hat OpenShiftKubernetesCloud FoundryInfrastructure-As-CodeHigh-Availability Platform Architecture

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Hard Skills

AnsibleArgoCDFluxPrometheusGrafanaFluentbitCI/CD ToolchainScriptingSystem MaintenanceProduction Monitoring

Soft Skills

CollaborationLeadershipTechnical Guidance

Tools & Technologies

GCPAzureVersion Control Systems

Industry Keywords

Site Reliability EngineeringOperational TroubleshootingEnterprise Supply Chain24x7 Retail Operation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAzureCloudFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesOpenShiftPrometheusVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Independently develop, test, deploy, maintain, redesign, and refactor software
Design, operationalize, and scale critical infrastructure supporting enterprise Data Center and Supply Chain platforms
Drive platform automation and modern GitOps deployment workflows
Ensure consistent, secure, and declarative environment management
Maintain and fine-tune observability for platform metrics, dashboards, and log stream processing
Support high-availability platform architecture and mission-critical uptime across hybrid environments
Participate in product and tool selection, configuration, security, resilience, performance tuning, and production monitoring
Collaborate with team members in agile processes and work with Product Teams on valuable, testable user stories
Develop functional and destructive test suites for rapid production deployment
Provide guidance to junior engineers and lead technical discussions
Participate in rotational on-call support
Report to a Software Engineer Manager or Senior Manager; no direct reports
No travel required

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be eighteen years of age or older
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
4-6 years of relevant work experience preferred
Deep technical expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and Cloud Foundry / VMware Tanzu Application Services (TAS)
Experience with Ansible, ArgoCD, and Flux
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Fluentbit
Strong experience in high-availability platform architecture, infrastructure-as-code, operational troubleshooting, and enterprise supply chain service resiliency
Rotational on-call required
Experience working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team
Experience in troubleshooting and remediation within multiple Information technology disciplines
Experience installing and upgrading applications or databases and performing system maintenance
Familiarity with system and environment analysis, design, and optimization
Familiarity with debuggers, runtime analysis, library systems, compiled programming, and software update tools
Experience monitoring, configuring, and tuning systems, networks, or databases
Experience with operating system commands and utilities and scripting
Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure
Experience supporting a 24x7 retail operation
Experience with version control systems
Experience with CI/CD toolchain
Experience with production system designs including Infrastructure as Code, High Availability, and Performance monitoring
Exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
1+ year of previous leadership experience
Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in a related field