Operations Site Reliability Engineering Co-op

Category/Area of Expertise: Co-Ops
Job Requisition: 395662_external_USA-IL-Chicago
Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: Development (5139273)

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.

Co-op Overview:

Get an insider view of the fast-changing grocery retail industry while developing relevant business, technical and leadership skills geared towards enhancing your career. This paid Co-op experience is an opportunity to help drive business results in an environment designed to promote and reward diversity, innovation and leadership. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program.

**Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and be available from January 21, 2025, through June 6, 2025. We have a hybrid work environment that requires a minimum of three days a week in the office. Please submit your resume including your cumulative GPA. Transcripts may be requested at a future date.* **

• Approximate 6-month Co-op session with competitive pay
  

• Impactful project work to develop your skills/knowledge
  

• Leadership speaker sessions and development activities
  

• One-on-one mentoring
  

• Involvement in group community service events
  

• Networking and professional engagement opportunities
  

• Access to online career development tools and resources
  

• Opportunity to present project work to company leaders
  

Department/Position Description:

We're looking for bright, energetic and out-of-the-box problem solvers to join our team. We specialize in the development of web and mobile applications, information driven reporting solutions and ways to align technology solutions with business objectives. This development position exposes associates to both Web and Business Intelligence tools including web technologies, large scale databases, ETL and reporting tools. We seek to deliver beautiful, functional solutions that meet - and exceed - customers' needs. Our e-commerce platform is built in Java with a JavaScript & React Front End and PostgreSQL backend. Our IOS mobile app is being built in Full Native & Android being built in Kotlin.

A Co-op on the Operations Site Reliability Engineering Team will be working alongside experienced software engineers, operations engineers, DevOps, DBAs, Infrastructure Engineers, Network Engineers as well as other technology professionals, to ensure our applications are scalable, highly reliable and performant. As an SRE you work across the full stack as well as work with all the tools that provide visibility into our systems. You will be working with in-demand tools like DataDog, Jenkins, PagerDuty, Splunk, Artifactory, Salt, and Terraform. As an SRE, you will be playing a critical role in modern software organizations, ensuring that systems are robust, scalable, and reliable, while also fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
  

• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems, networking, and system architecture
  

• Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages such as Java, Scala, Python, Go, Bash, or similar
  

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  

• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Newrelic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack)
  

• Passion for technology and using it to solve business problems
  

• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, or Chef
  

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment
  

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on reliability, automation and efficiency
  

• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and practices
  

• Understanding of security best practices and compliance requirements
  

• Understanding of web software development technologies including Java, Spring, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON and JavaScript
  

• Understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as React JS, Vue JS, and Angular JS
  

• Possess an understanding of the entire web development process, including design, development and deployment, and testing with some back-end knowledge
  

• Understanding the importance of UX/UI and building well-designed web applications based on usability
  

• Knowledge of web presentation architectures and hardware/software implementations
  

• Team player who thrives in a continually changing environment
  

#LI-DNI

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.