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.

Infrastructure- Network Platform Engineer IV

Primary Purpose:
A Network Security Engineer will provide expertise and leadership in the design, configuration, and management of all corporate, distribution center and retail digital media devices and associated supporting services. They are expected to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment leveraging forward-thinking technical engineering expertise in the media device and services area of the enterprise.

Our flexible/hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations are Salisbury, NC; Chicago, IL; Quincy, MA; Carlisle, PA; Scarborough, ME; Hyattsville, MD; and Mauldin, SC.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Provide subject matter expertise in the analysis, design, implementation, troubleshooting and preparation of technology solutions to meet business needs. Expert level hands-on and design experience on various security technologies including HPE Aruba Clearpass, Palo Alto and Fortinet Firewalls, Zscaler and Skybox Security.
Recommends components for solutions that will work well together across business domains, partner with domain architect or act as the domain architect to ensure adherence to the architectural roadmap
Accountable for projects/applications/infrastructure meeting business needs are delivered in a timely, cost-effective manner considering all budget aspects including total cost of ownership.
Expert level knowledge in implementing PCI4.0.
Perform proper Root Cause Analysis for Major P1/P2 incidents and follow ITIL process.
Ensures project artifacts are developed as required, this includes working with support organizations and suppliers to ensure proper documentation is created and stored in the procedure's manual or document repository.
Facilitates/completes the creation of communication plans, ensuring that appropriate information is exchanged among key stakeholders.
Develops complete and robust test plans, cases, and scripts, ensures defects are properly resolved and user acceptance is obtained. Ensures the test scripts and defects are entered and tracked in our department tools.
Acts as communication point keeping the supplier and business partners informed of infrastructure changes, application changes, data changes or upcoming implementations and ensures business specific impacts are addressed.
Ensures integration and consideration of assigned business areas against critical business processing, freeze periods, schedule changes, weather events and significant refresh activities.
Thorough understanding of the business strategy, operations, markets, and key stakeholders.
Review's business processes to understand capability gaps and opportunities
Recommends Innovations and business processes /systems simplifications
Builds close relationships with the function heads and their teams. Advise these teams on how technology can be used to match or outpace competitor performance.
Works as 3rd level support to help resolve issues within area of responsibility
Maintains a high level of individual contribution, professional growth, and ability to function effectively and independently, challenges others to do the same

Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Technical field and master's degree in Technology and/or Business-related field
equivalent trainings/certifications/experience equivalency will be considered
8 or more years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology.
5 or more years of equivalent experience in an advanced role or technical capacity, leading teams directly or indirectly.
5 or more years' experience directly responsible for guiding, training or onboarding team members in relevant technologies, capabilities or skills
Prior experience working in Retail environment is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:
Post graduate degree advanced training and or certifications in relevant field/s of study preferred.
3 or more years experience in Agile teams and Product/Platform based operating model.
5 or more years of experience in leading teams or advancing technical capability in teams.

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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.

We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.

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.