Senior Engineer Cloud

About Albertsons Companies Inc. (ACI):

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons India Capability Center:

At Albertsons India Capability Center, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company's technology journey to support millions of customers lives every day.

At the Albertsons India Capability Center, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons India Capability Center, associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

We are excited to announce an opening for Senior Engineer Cloud at ACI. Please find below the details of the role and its responsibilities.

Skills Required:

• API Management, APIM, Azure API Management, Load Balancers, Haproxy, Application Gateway, F5 BigIP, CICD, GitHub, GitHub Copilot

Experience Range:

• 6 - 9 years

We are seeking a Senior Engineer Cloud to design, build, and operate scalable, secure API, Gateways and application platforms across Azure and GCP. The ideal candidate has deep experience with API Management, load balancing, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and cloud networking/security.

Skills Required:

• API Management: Azure API Management, API Lifecycle Management. Cloud Platforms: Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Networking: Load Balancers, Application Gateway, F5 Big-IP
• Security: Firewalls, WAF, Network security principles
• DevOps: CI/CD, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible
• Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, AKS, GKE
• Observability: Grafana

Position Title: Senior Engineer Cloud - APIM SME

What you will be doing:

APIM Administration and Support:

• Design, implement, and manage Azure API Management (APIM) solutions for internal and external APIs
• Configure and manage Load Balancers, Application Gateway, and F5 Big-IP for traffic management and high availability
• Develop and operate cloud-native services on AKS and GKE • Implement and manage
• CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and infrastructure automation.
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), scripting and cloud automation using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable secure API lifecycle management.
• Enforce security best practices using firewalls, WAFs, and network segmentation
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform reliability and performance
• Drive platform improvements with automation and GitHub Copilot-assisted development

Main responsibilities:

What we are searching for:

• Retail and / or grocery industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Expert on load balancers / application gateways, any API management tool (Kong, Apigee or APIM)
• Expert on designing highly available and resilient cloud services networks with best security standards.
• Good knowledge in working with Kubernetes, YAML and Json.
• We believe the successful candidate has these qualifications and experience:
• Overall 6+ years of experience in cloud Platform, Networks and API administration.
• Experience using CI/CD tools like GitHub actions, Terraform, Ansible and Containerization.
• Able to support high-priority production issues and bring closure and provide RCA & fix.

Business Acumen & Communication:

• Skilled at understanding business challenges and translating them into solutions that create measurable impact.
• Prior collaboration experience with business teams to ensure effective integration with business applications.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently while seeking direction when necessary