Site Reliability Engineer - Pharmacy Core Platform (Hybrid)

Site Reliability Engineer - Pharmacy Core Platform (Hybrid)39266BRLakeland, FL between Orlando and Tampa

Publix Super Markets, Inc., the largest employee-owned company in the U.S., is driven by a dynamic technology team of 2,300+ professionals delivering innovative solutions to 1,400+ stores and 260,000+ associates across 8 states.

From IT security and platform engineering to architecture, software development, and infrastructure, we offer career opportunities at every level-internships through technical leadership.

Join a company consistently ranked among Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and help us build more than great subs-build the future of technology at Publix.

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join our Platform Engineering organization. In this role, you will be responsible for improving the reliability, resiliency, scalability, performance, and operational maturity of critical enterprise platforms and services.

The ideal candidate is passionate about automation, observability, cloud technologies, platform engineering, and operational excellence. You will work closely with software engineers, architects, infrastructure engineers, and business partners to build and maintain highly available systems while reducing operational toil through automation and proactive engineering practices.

Location: Hybrid (Lakeland, FL): To support our hybrid work model, candidates must reside, or be willing to relocate, within a commutable distance of Lakeland, FL.

Work Model: Enjoy the best of both worlds - collaborate in person and innovate remotely.

Interview Process: Candidates selected to advance in the interview process will be required to participate in at least one onsite interview at our Lakeland, FL campus.

Why Join Us?

• Hybrid Flexibility: Work remotely when you need focus time and join us onsite for high-impact collaboration and brainstorming sessions.
• Operational Efficiency: Ensure technology solutions support efficient workflows and enable automation to improve operational effectiveness.
• Cutting-Edge AI Projects: Drive innovation in AI platforms, integrating advanced tools and frameworks to solve complex business challenges.
• Empowered Culture: We value autonomy, creativity, and continuous learning - your ideas shape the future of technology in our organization.

Your Impact

• Lead initiatives focused on improving platform reliability, resiliency, scalability, and performance
• Design and implement automation solutions that reduce manual operational effort and improve system stability
• Develop and maintain monitoring, alerting, logging, tracing, and observability solutions
• Define and measure Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and operational health metrics
• Perform proactive analysis of capacity, performance, availability, and reliability trends
• Participate in architecture reviews to ensure alignment with reliability, scalability, security, and supportability requirements
• Partner with application development teams to improve operational readiness and platform resilience
• Lead root cause analysis efforts for complex production incidents and drive corrective actions
• Support platform modernization initiatives using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native technologies
• Create and maintain technical documentation, engineering standards, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resiliency planning
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call support rotation

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• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related analytical discipline, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, middleware administration, or related technical disciplines
• Experience supporting highly available production systems
• Experience with Linux and/or UNIX operating systems
• Experience supporting and troubleshooting database environments, including performance monitoring and analysis
• Experience with scripting and automation technologies
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Dynatrace, Splunk, Azure Monitor, or similar tools
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues and conducting root cause analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Experience with Java development
• Experience with Oracle Databases
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services
• Experience with Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, or container-based platforms
• Experience with middleware technologies such as Apache, WebLogic, JBoss, or WildFly
• Experience with Kafka and distributed event-driven architectures
• Experience implementing reliability engineering practices including SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, and operational dashboards
• Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools
• Experience leading modernization, cloud migration, or operational excellence initiatives
• Experience mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership
• Professional certifications related to cloud, infrastructure, reliability engineering, or security

Monthly 10,40015,600135,200 - 202,800

As a year-end bonus to associates, Publix issues one month's extra pay (pro-rated in the first year) each year if associate remains employed through issue date of the bonus check that year. This is calculated as a 13th month of pay in the Potential Annual Pay with Bonus line above.

• 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)

321 S. Kentucky AveLakelandFlorida 33801-5004

Your application may have additional steps that you will need to complete in order to remain eligible for consideration. Please be sure to monitor your email, including your spam folder, on a daily basis for critical, time-sensitive emails that could require action within 24-48 hours.

Please do not use your Publix email address when applying. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive a confirmation email.

• Relocation/Household Good Shipment Allowance will NOT be provided.*

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