{"tool":"get_job","result":{"requisitionId":"546158_external_USA-NC-Salisbury","client":"Ahold Delhaize USA - PROD","title":"Principal Platform Engineer -Infrastructure Automation & Agentic Engineering","description":"Category/Area of Expertise: IT & Technology
Job Requisition: 546158
Address: USA-NC-Salisbury-2110 Executive Drive
Store Code: Infrastructure - Hosting (5118678)

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Primary Purpose
The Principal Platform Engineer is an enterprise-level individual contributor within the Technology Infrastructure Hosting team. The role shapes hosting-platform vision, strategy, roadmaps, governance, priorities, investment recommendations, and delivery outcomes for complex, business-critical initiatives across multiple teams and systems. It develops reusable modules, golden paths, self-service capabilities, engineering standards, evaluation methods, and operational controls across Windows Server, Active Directory and identity integrations; AIX/POWER and Linux; VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V and related compute; storage, backup, SAN and NAS; middleware; networking and firewalls; Datadog, Nagios and related observability; ServiceNow CMDB, ITSM and workflow integrations; and adjacent infrastructure services. The engineer remains hands-on with code and production systems and converts approved designs, domain standards, runbooks, lifecycle obligations, and recurring work into secure, scalable, reliable, cost-effective, and version-controlled capabilities using IaC, configuration management, CI/CD, deterministic orchestration, and governed AI where it adds value.

This role operates with broad decision-impacting opportunities over platform engineering priorities and outcomes without direct people-management responsibility. It aligns senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders, establishes governance for consistent delivery, coaches senior technical leaders and engineers, resolves systemic cross-domain problems, and challenges unsupported completion claims with evidence. Engineering-whether manual, scripted, IaC-based, or AI-assisted-must improve scalability, developer and operator experience, reliability, security, lifecycle currency, recoverability, observability, auditability, service and financial outcomes.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days in our Salisbury, NC office and 2 remote days.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Core ResponsibilitiesRequired Infrastructure Domain Breadth
Domain

Principal-level evidence expected

Windows and identity

Windows Server lifecycle, Active Directory/GPO, DNS, privileged access, patching, configuration baselines, hybrid identity dependencies, PowerShell/DSC and recovery.

AIX and Linux

AIX/POWER, HMC/PowerVM/NIM, RHEL or equivalent Linux, package and kernel lifecycle, SSH/PAM/sudo, Ansible, filesystem and multipath dependencies, patching and recovery.

Compute and virtualization

VMware vSphere/vCenter/ESXi, Nutanix AOS/Prism, Hyper-V or comparable platforms; capacity, firmware/compatibility, cluster resilience, migration, lifecycle and automation.

Storage, backup and SAN

Block/file/storage services, Fibre Channel zoning and multipath, SAN/NAS lifecycle, backup policy, immutable protection, capacity, replication and tested restore or failover.

Middleware and runtime

Application servers, web tiers, messaging, integration runtimes or comparable middleware; configuration, certificates, dependencies, patching, HA, logging and performance.

Networking and firewalls

IP/DNS/load-balancing dependencies, routing, segmentation, firewall policy, ports and protocols, network change validation, telemetry and rollback coordination.

Observability

Datadog, Nagios or comparable platforms; coverage, tagging, service checks, metrics/logs/traces, SLI/SLO, actionable alerts, dependency suppression, synthetic health and evidence retention.

Service management

ServiceNow CMDB/Discovery, CI identification and reconciliation, completeness/correctness/compliance, service mapping, catalog/workflow, change, incident, problem and knowledge integration.
Required QualificationsPreferred Qualifications
Salary Range: $163,280 - $244,920

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-CW1

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.

Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.

We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.","department":"IT & Technology","departmentId":"669037b7dc60a8004b1930c7","employmentType":[{"value":"Full Time"}],"datePosted":"2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","applyUrl":"https://aholddelhaizeapply.appvault.com/external/home?jobId=546158&company=Ahold Delhaize USA Services, LLC","attributes":[""],"recruiterAssigned":null,"address":[{"city":"Salisbury","state":"NC","country":"USA","zipCode":"","address1":"2110 Executive Drive","location":{"type":"Point","coordinates":["",""]}}],"city":"Salisbury","state":"NC","zipCode":"","country":"USA","salaryMin":null,"salaryMax":null,"salRateType":null,"brandId":1037378,"createdAt":"2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-31T15:58:36.505Z"},"summary":"Job details for Principal Platform Engineer -Infrastructure Automation & Agentic Engineering"}