Advance Auto Parts · 5 days ago
Principal Systems Engineer
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
5+ years expAdvance Auto Business Support LLC is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer. The role involves supporting a large-scale distributed infrastructure, providing technical leadership in problem-solving and maintenance, and formulating solutions for improvement in systems infrastructure.
AutomotiveRetail
Responsibilities
Support a large-scale distributed infrastructure, provide technical leadership in problem-solving, maintenance, and project build situations
Formulate solutions for improvement and configure systems infrastructure remotely on a widely distributed network
Perform basic Systems Administration tasks
Research, evaluate, recommend, and implement information technology that aligns with business needs and meets objectives
Serve as a technical resource for support services, business partners, and customers
Lead the coordination of activities between multiple disciplines within IT and vendors on both technical and non-technical issues pertaining to computer system hardware and software, network infrastructure, peripheral evaluation, and integration
Provide third-tier support for Company production systems
Install, maintain, and perform configuration of Infrastructure applications
Upgrade Applications and Tools, install patches, troubleshoot and resolve application problems, performance tuning, and capacity planning
Participate in the creation of entire Systems (Clients, Server Hardware, network, and databases)
Build and maintain strategic partnerships with peer teams
Build relationships with enterprise architecture team, and design to best meet the standards of our multi-tenant architecture
Lead and coordinate activities for incident management, service development, service transition, and continual service improvement of store systems infrastructure services
Recommend, improve, and document systems engineering processes and procedures
Collaborate with other Systems Engineers
Participate in on-call 24-7 rotation schedule
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related field of study
five (5) years of experience in a systems engineering role or a related occupation
five (5) years of experience in Software engineering, systems engineering, or Information Systems Management
Develop scripts or applications to automate systems implementation, configuration, or management
Information Systems Management experience in a distributed environment (retail or equivalent)
Work within standard project management methodologies
Handle multiple assignments and use strong prioritization skills
Middleware and other messaging tools
Modern network enabled relational databases
Modern operating systems or platforms
Systems Infrastructure engineering in a large distributed environment
Windows server and client operating systems, Active Directory
Modern point of sale systems, technologies, and peripherals
Company
Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts is the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serves both the professional installer.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.95B2025-07-28Post Ipo Debt· $1.95B
2001-11-29IPO
Leadership Team
Shane O'Kelly
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ryan Grimsland
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-30
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