Publix Super Markets, Inc. is the largest privately-owned food retailer in the nation with more than 1,200 stores and more than 200,000 associates throughout the Southeast. We are associate-owned, proud of our family atmosphere, and consistently named as one of the best companies to work for in America. We are largely debt-free and renowned for our financial performance as well as our premier customer service. Publix’s Information Services (I/S) department is located in Lakeland, Florida and Alpharetta, Georgia and employs over 1000 associates. I/S provides the information technology required for all Publix business units including retail stores and all office and warehouse environments. The Publix I/S mission is to maximize the value of information technology to Publix associates and customers.

Please note, this is a hybrid position requiring 8 days per month on-site in Lakeland, FL.

Welcome to Publix Technology, the award-winning technical group for Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the nation. Our technology teams of 2100+ associates provide cutting-edge, modern solutions to nearly 1400 retail stores and 200,000+ internal team members across 8 states. We offer positions at all levels – summer internships, individual contributor roles, to technical leadership across a broad range of technical disciplines. So, whether you’re interested in IT security, platform engineering, architecture, software development, or infrastructure – we have a career path for you! See for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a constant on Fortune Magazine’s Best Companies to Work list.

 

 Join the Infrastructure Automation team! As a Principal Automation Engineer 2, you will be responsible for playing a key role interacting with cross-functional enterprise teams and business partners to analyze requirements and drive product features to meet the needs of our Automation customers.

 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating automation for customers to reduce toil and improve speed of service leveraging Ansible, Terraform and Python.


• Troubleshoot and support existing automation workflows.


• Design new automation workflows for end customer


• Educate and evangelize automation for customers.


• Creative and forward-thinking design approaches for automation

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or analytical discipline, or equivalent experience


• 8+ years of experience automating system admin tasks with configuration management tools (Ansible, Packer, Vagrant)


• 8+ years of experience writing Python scripts and modules to support Ansible and Terraform


• 8+ years of experience with VMWare infrastructure management


• 4+ years of experience with Github, Gitlab or Azure DevOps experience


• 4+ years of experience with Azure and/or GCP

• Employee stock ownership plan that contributes Publix stock to associates each year at no cost


• An opportunity to purchase additional shares of our privately-held stock


• 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Group health, dental and vision plans


• Paid Time Off


• Paid Parental Leave


• Short- and long-term disability insurance


• Tuition reimbursement


• Free hot lunches (buffet-style) at facilities with a cafeteria


• Visit our website to see all of our benefits: Benefits - Jobs (publix.com)