The Home Depot

Principal Systems Engineer

The Home Depot

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaSQL

About the role

  • Lead the design and architecture of next-generation wireless communication networks across Wi-Fi, cellular, and satellite technologies.
  • Develop and optimize network architectures to ensure reliability, scalability, performance, and security.
  • Assist with spectrum planning, interference analysis, and performance optimization for wireless deployments.
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to support enterprise, industrial, and remote connectivity use cases.
  • Provide technical leadership to cross-functional engineering teams, mentor junior engineers, and influence long-term wireless strategy.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to align wireless network solutions with business needs and regulatory compliance.
  • Define best practices, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps for wireless communications.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across multiple layers of the wireless stack and guide resolution.
  • Lead project budgeting, planning, and management across multiple efforts and teams.
  • Guide field and corporate roll-outs of technology and the stand-up of necessary system software, hardware, and equipment.
  • Produce technical white papers, thought leadership, and formal training courses.
  • Act as vendor relationship manager and lead disaster recovery planning and engineering efforts.
  • Visit operational units (warehouses, stores, data centers) to understand needs and support deployments.
  • Travel typically less than 10% and report to Systems Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager.

Requirements

  • Must be eighteen years of age or older.
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
  • Minimum Years of Work Experience: 6 (6-8 years preferred).
  • Professional experience in all areas of Systems Engineering - Infrastructure, Network , Database, and Security; proficiency in at least 2 areas and mastery of at least 1.
  • Mastery of working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team.
  • Proficiency in infrastructure, network, database, or security troubleshooting and remediation; experience with at least one other.
  • Proficiency in installing and upgrading applications or databases and performing system maintenance.
  • Proficiency in networking, system and hardware design and architecture, DBMS concepts, SQL programming, and client server concepts.
  • Mastery of debuggers, runtime analysis, library systems, compiled programming, and software update tools.
  • Mastery of complex system and environment analysis, design, and optimization.
  • Experience with system and software deployment automation.
  • Proficiency in object oriented programming languages (preferably Java), distributed computing environments, and code reviews.
  • Experience with middleware design and development.
  • Proficiency in system security design and management.
  • Proficiency in disaster recovery planning and engineering.
  • Proficiency in monitoring the operational status and performance of, and configuring as well as tuning, systems, networks, or databases.
  • Proficiency in operating system commands and utilities as well as scripting.
  • Proficiency in working with cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure.
  • Proficiency in supporting a 24x7 retail operation.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.