Contractors’ Warehouse —
Systems Engineer
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req130286
Category – Technology
Apply By – 01/27/2025
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req130286
Category – Technology
Apply By – 01/27/2025
Company Overview
What’s the best place we’ve ever built? The place where we work. At Home Depot, our goal is to provide the highest level of service, the broadest selection of products, and the most competitive prices. As the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer, we operate more than 2,200 retail stores across North America. And each of our associates are focused one thing — helping our customers build and improve their homes, businesses, and ultimately their lives.
Pay Range
The pay range for this position is between $60,000.00 – $110,000.00.
Starting wage may vary based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, the position being offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. The Home Depot offers additional competitive and non-financial benefits, which may include a performance-based bonus program or a profit sharing program depending on position.
We are in search of Entry Level Systems Engineers to join our dynamic team of engineers and assist in developing, maintaining and supporting The Home Depot’s technical infrastructure of hardware and system software. You’ll be part of a dynamic team that helps support millions of customers and associates, and powers our $130B business. This team creates, deploys and supports the production infrastructure, while helping each other grow their technical and leadership skills. As a Systems Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating, deploying, and supporting production infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- 30% Delivery & Execution – Performs configuration, debugging, and support for information technology solutions; Performs field and corporate roll-outs of technology; Performs the stand up the necessary system software, hardware, and equipment (physical or virtual) to meet changing infrastructure needs; Executes basic project planning and reporting; Performs test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable successful rapid deployment of infrastructure as code to production
- 10% Learning – Keeps abreast of innovations and industry trends as well as changes to internal systems and determines how they impact tools, training, and support necessary to keep systems up, running, and secure; Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern systems engineering core practices (communities of practice); Proactively views articles, tutorials, and videos to learn about new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
- 10% Planning & Analysis – Uses critical thinking to approach problems and create solutions; Collaborates with senior leaders on assignments; Determines opportunities for improvement based on volume of tickets and contributes stories for the remediation
- 50% Support & Enablement – Collaborates with product and project teams to understand needs and enable them with infrastructure; Leverages tooling and custom applications to monitor the operational status of applications, infrastructure, networks, databases, and security; optimizes and tunes performance as appropriate; Performs root cause analysis, debugging, support, and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions; Maintains, upgrades, and supports existing systems and infrastructure to ensure operational stability; Opens and manages vendor problem tickets to resolution; Produces in-house documentation around solutions; Monitors tools and proactively helps teams struggling with systems issues and informs senior engineers of negative trends; Provides application support for software running in production; Supports the creation of scripts and tools that that drive automation and enable product teams and end users to move towards self service
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- This position typically reports to Systems Engineer Manager or Sr Manager
- This position has 0 Direct Reports
Travel Requirements:
- No travel required.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 0-1 years of relevant work experience
- Professional or educational experience as an Information Technology Engineer
- Interest in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team
- Experience with basic infrastructure, network, database, or security troubleshooting and remediation
- Experience installing and upgrading applications or databases
- Experience monitoring the operational status and performance of systems, networks, or databases
- Knowledge of basic operating system commands and utilities as well as scripting
- Exposure to agile processes
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure
- Experience supporting a retail or 24×7 operation
- Exposure to version control systems
- Exposure to a CI/CD toolchain
- Exposure to production system designs including Infrastructure as Code, High Availability, and Performance monitoring
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 1
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
- Global Perspective
- Manages Ambiguity
- Nimble Learning
- Self-Development
- Collaborates
- Cultivates Innovation
- Situational Adaptability
- Communicates Effectively
- Drives Results
- Interpersonal Savvy
Apply By:
01/27/2025
Paid Time Off Benefits
Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year; FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service; (for positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater; (for positions in Seattle only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.
Location – Atlanta, GA
Job ID – Req130286
Category – Technology
Apply By – 01/27/2025
Role Overview
We are in search of Entry Level Systems Engineers to join our dynamic team of engineers and assist in developing, maintaining and supporting The Home Depot’s technical infrastructure of hardware and system software. You’ll be part of a dynamic team that helps support millions of customers and associates, and powers our $130B business. This team creates, deploys and supports the production infrastructure, while helping each other grow their technical and leadership skills. As a Systems Engineer, you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating, deploying, and supporting production infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- 30% Delivery & Execution – Performs configuration, debugging, and support for information technology solutions; Performs field and corporate roll-outs of technology; Performs the stand up the necessary system software, hardware, and equipment (physical or virtual) to meet changing infrastructure needs; Executes basic project planning and reporting; Performs test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable successful rapid deployment of infrastructure as code to production
- 10% Learning – Keeps abreast of innovations and industry trends as well as changes to internal systems and determines how they impact tools, training, and support necessary to keep systems up, running, and secure; Participates in and contributes to learning activities around modern systems engineering core practices (communities of practice); Proactively views articles, tutorials, and videos to learn about new technologies and best practices being used within other technology organizations
- 10% Planning & Analysis – Uses critical thinking to approach problems and create solutions; Collaborates with senior leaders on assignments; Determines opportunities for improvement based on volume of tickets and contributes stories for the remediation
- 50% Support & Enablement – Collaborates with product and project teams to understand needs and enable them with infrastructure; Leverages tooling and custom applications to monitor the operational status of applications, infrastructure, networks, databases, and security; optimizes and tunes performance as appropriate; Performs root cause analysis, debugging, support, and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions; Maintains, upgrades, and supports existing systems and infrastructure to ensure operational stability; Opens and manages vendor problem tickets to resolution; Produces in-house documentation around solutions; Monitors tools and proactively helps teams struggling with systems issues and informs senior engineers of negative trends; Provides application support for software running in production; Supports the creation of scripts and tools that that drive automation and enable product teams and end users to move towards self service
Direct Manager/Direct Reports:
- This position typically reports to Systems Engineer Manager or Sr Manager
- This position has 0 Direct Reports
Travel Requirements:
- No travel required.
Physical Requirements:
- Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.
Working Conditions:
- Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be eighteen years of age or older.
- Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 0-1 years of relevant work experience
- Professional or educational experience as an Information Technology Engineer
- Interest in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team
- Experience with basic infrastructure, network, database, or security troubleshooting and remediation
- Experience installing and upgrading applications or databases
- Experience monitoring the operational status and performance of systems, networks, or databases
- Knowledge of basic operating system commands and utilities as well as scripting
- Exposure to agile processes
- Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure
- Experience supporting a retail or 24×7 operation
- Exposure to version control systems
- Exposure to a CI/CD toolchain
- Exposure to production system designs including Infrastructure as Code, High Availability, and Performance monitoring
Minimum Education:
- The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor’s degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
Preferred Education:
- No additional education
Minimum Years of Work Experience:
- 1
Preferred Years of Work Experience:
- No additional years of experience
Minimum Leadership Experience:
- None
Preferred Leadership Experience:
- None
Certifications:
- None
Competencies:
- Global Perspective
- Manages Ambiguity
- Nimble Learning
- Self-Development
- Collaborates
- Cultivates Innovation
- Situational Adaptability
- Communicates Effectively
- Drives Results
- Interpersonal Savvy
Paid Time Off Benefits
Salaried associates are eligible for 2 weeks of vacation in their first year; FT hourly will be eligible for 40 hours of paid vacation time after 6 months of continuous service; (for positions in Washington State, Spokane, and Tacoma only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 40 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater; (for positions in Seattle only) – Salary and Temporary associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked; FT associates will earn 1 hour of sick time for every 30 hours worked or 4 hours per month, whichever is greater.
Remote/virtual – An associate in a remote/virtual role typically is not required to work from a designated Home Depot location to complete their job duties. Limited or infrequent in-office presence may be required. We also refer to this as location – independent.
Learn more about our 4 different work locations. Additional information will be provided during the application process.
As part of the application process for this role, there will be an on-line assessment. The assessment usually takes about 17 minutes to complete. You will be directed to the assessment link immediately after submitting your application. Once you click on the link, you will need to complete it within 72 hours after starting it. You may stop and restart the assessment as many times as you like within the 72-hour time frame.
During the assessment, we’ll ask you questions about your approach to work and various work-related situations. The questions are based on characteristics that are related to performing successfully in hourly roles at The Home Depot, including:
- Professional Experience
- Learning Potential
- Responsibility
- Customer Focus
If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation related to the assessment, or you would like to obtain more information about the assessment, click here to learn more.
Store Location
9090
2455 PACES FERRY RD
Atlanta, GA
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