Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Platform Strategy Lead

HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Home Depot is seeking a Systems Engineer Sr. Principal to oversee the development, maintenance and support of the company’s technical infrastructure across network, hardware, databases and system software.

This role supports 4–6 teams, driving efficiency and cost optimization while guiding technology strategy and interoperability with vendors. You will lead technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate with principal software engineers to accelerate delivery and adoption of new

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• 9 years of relevant work experience in systems engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads portfolio level principal meetings to maintain alignment and knowledge sharing.
• Drives cost reduction opportunities and optimizes resource usage across teams.
• Defines technology roadmaps and identifies open-source or vendor solutions for the portfolio.
• Acts as escalation point for high-priority issues and outages; collaborates with vendors on feature enhancements.

Skills

Leadership

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Cost optimization

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Job description

The Home Depot is seeking a Systems Engineer Sr. Principal to oversee the development, maintenance and support of the company’s technical infrastructure across network, hardware, databases and system software.

This role supports 4–6 teams, driving efficiency and cost optimization while guiding technology strategy and interoperability with vendors. You will lead technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate with principal software engineers to accelerate delivery and adoption of new