Apply for the Sr. Server Engineer- Retail Systems job opening.Sr. Server Engineer- Retail Systems

Location: Lakeland, FL
Job ID: 33183BR
Department: Publix Technology
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Date Posted: May 27, 2025

$95 - 143k

Hybrid

Full Time - Regular

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Description

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! Come see for yourself why Publix Super Markets, Inc. is a constant on Fortune Magazine’s Best Companies to Work list.

Join the Retail Infrastructure Engineering team! As a Senior Server Engineer, you will be responsible for defining, developing, maintaining, and advising on the effective use of Publix Technology architecture to maximize its value within our Retail stores and lab environments.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyze, develop, and implement core platform technologies in the retail environment to ensure security and stability.
• Manage retail systems running the Windows Server and Linux operating systems to include build processes so servers remain on supported versions.
• Maintain hardware running Microsoft Hyper-V, performing maintenance, environment expansions, and hardware lifecycles to ensure environments have adequate capacity and remain on supported platforms.
• Provide support and consultation to retail application teams to facilitate system improvements.
• Provide primary point of escalation for incidents and problems affecting retail server and platform environments focused on restoring service and identifying root cause.
• Analyze, develop, and implement tools and processes to remediate issues to prevent recurrence and reduce toil.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management information systems, Computer Science, Business or an analytical discipline, or equivalent experience,
• 2+ years of experience implementing, supporting, converting, and upgrading Windows Server operating systems and related infrastructure software and hardware in a medium (50+) to large (500+) environment,
• 2+ years of experience with Hyper-V, VMM or virtualization technologies,
• 2+ years of experience with server hardware and out of band management,
• 2+ year of experience with PowerShell or shell scripting languages,
• Experience with deploying software via enterprise systems management tools,
• Experience with Active Directory group policy,
• Experience with automation and development operations.

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Preferred Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience designing, planning, implementing, and supporting large releases,
• 2+ years of experience implementing, supporting, converting, and upgrading Linux operating systems (RHEL and SUSE), and related infrastructure software and hardware in a medium (50+) to large (500+) environment,
• Experience leading medium to large projects from requirements through implementation,
• Experience implementing, supporting, and migrating Windows Server operating systems to include 2016, 2019 and 2022,
• Experience creating, managing, and updating server images, ISOs, clones, and templates,
• Experience with Operating System Deployment using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and SCCM,
• Experience with various Microsoft System Center products to include App Controller, Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager, etc.

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Benefits

• 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)

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Year End Bonus

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.

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Additional Information

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.

**Please note that Publix will not sponsor any hire for this position for a visa or permanent residence**

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

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