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Principal Engineer - Infrastructure

AT Gap Inc.
Gap Inc.

Principal Engineer - Infrastructure

5 days agoSan Francisco, CA

Viewed on March 13, 2025

About Gap Inc.

Our brands bridge the gaps we see in the world.Old Navy democratizes style to ensure everyonehas access to quality fashion at every price point. Athleta unleashes the potential of every woman,regardless of body size, age or ethnicity. BananaRepublic believes in sustainable luxury for all. And Gapinspires the world to bring individuality to modern, responsibly madeessentials.

This simple idea-that we all deserve to belong,and on our own terms-is core to who we are as acompany and how we make decisions.Our teamis made up of thousands of people across the globe who take risks, think big, and do good for our customers, communities, and the planet.Ready tolearn fast, create with audacityand lead boldly? Join our team.

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About the Role

In this role, you will design highly scalable and high performing technology solutions in an Agile work environment by developing creative, innovative and sustainable solutions using Agile practices. You will collaborate closely with business support teams, product managers, security and architecture to promote new concepts, principles, and methodologies resolving critical production issues to help simplify and improve business processes through the latest in technology and automation. You are a technical expert and will lead through the requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, and support phases of a product. You will leverage your significant knowledge of our technologies and architecture to influence the direction of the product and organization.

This role can sit in any of our hub locations: San Francisco, Pleasanton, New York or Dallas.
What You'll Do
  • Lead the design and development ofprivate cloud infrastructuresolutions to improve scalability, performance, and operational efficiency.
  • Develop a long-term strategy for data center exit with on-premise infrastructure in points of present locations
  • Ensure infrastructure aligns with business objectives, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies.
  • Architect virtualized compute solutions leveraging technologies likeKVM, Nutanix, or OpenStack.
  • Optimize private cloud compute resources for reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Integrate high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies into compute designs.
  • Architect private cloud storage solutions, includingsoftware-defined storage (SDS), to optimize performance and redundancy.
  • Design scalable backup, recovery, and data protection solutions.
  • Ensure compliance with enterprise storage policies and disaster recovery requirements.
  • Manage consolidation of database solutions migrating to opensource technologies
  • LeverageIaC tools(Terraform, Ansible, or Puppet) to automate private cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration.
  • Promoteself-service capabilitiesfor infrastructure resources through automation and orchestration.
  • Drive infrastructure lifecycle automation for monitoring, scaling, and patching.
  • Implement additional advanced monitoring and observability tools to gain insights into private cloud infrastructure performance.
  • Collaborate to develop frameworks for predictive monitoring, log analysis, and capacity planning.
  • Software Development and architectural leader with extensive understanding of external competition and technological trends in big retail infrastructure architecture
  • Act as an expert on solving complex technical problems at senior levels, leveraging experience with related technology stack and platforms.
  • Subject matter expert in architecting the transformation of legacy infrastructure into scalable modern platforms
  • Strategic ability to present and align architectural vision internally and externally at senior levels.
  • Influential and seasoned leader able to navigate complex situations to consensus and align architectural vision at senior levels both internally and externally.
Who You Are
  • Experience with translating organizational goals and product vision to achieve business success.
  • Strategic partner and thought leader with experience in influencing all levels and achieving alignment.
  • Thought leader within Software Delivery Lifecycle, Security Compliance and Agile and SCRUM methodology and emerging technology stack and platforms.
  • Strategic problem solver that is able to lead senior level teams developing creative solutions.
  • Expert knowledge of complex software languages and platforms such as Java, Oracle, Azure etc. and emerging languages.
  • Programming Languages and Frameworks: JavaScript, Node.js, React, AngularJS, and Java
  • DevOps and Containerization: Kubernetes
  • Cloud Services and Platforms: Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud
  • Virtualization - vSphere, KVM
  • Data Management and Integration: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle DB, SQL Server, MySQL, Db2
Benefits at Gap Inc.
  • Merchandise discount for our brands: 50% off regular-priced merchandise at Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta, and 30% off at Outlet for all employees.
  • One of the most competitive Paid Time Off plans in the industry.
  • Employees can take up to five "on the clock" hours each month to volunteer at a charity of their choice.
  • Extensive 401(k) plan with company matching for contributions up to four percent of an employee's base pay.
  • Employee stock purchase plan.
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance.
  • See more of the benefits we offer.
For eligible employees

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World's Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.

Salary Range: $201,700 - $267,300 USD
Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA, USA
Job ID: gap-R186367
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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