Principal Engineer - IT Operations

Posted Yesterday
Hiring Remotely in West Chester, PA, USA
In-Office or Remote
Expert/Leader
Digital Media • eCommerce • Retail
The Role
Leads the design and evolution of IT operations platforms spanning observability, event management, service management, automation, and self-healing. Establishes enterprise tooling standards using Dynatrace, ServiceNow, and Stonebranch; integrates operational tools for end-to-end visibility; improves alerting, incident, problem, and change practices; and drives root-cause analysis and reliability improvements. The role mentors engineering and operations teams and serves as the senior technical authority for platform operations.
Summary Generated by Built In

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.

Your Opportunity, Your Team

  • Reporting to the Director, Platform Engineering, you will support QVC. In this role, you will transform how the organization understands, operates, and continuously improves its technology platforms. You will bridge the gap between engineering and operations, enabling a unified approach to platform health, performance, and reliability.

Where You'll Work

  • This role is remote; job seekers must reside in one of the following states to be considered: NJ, DE, PA. This role may require you to be on site at our West Chester, PA as needed. Relocation is not provided.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the design and evolution of modern IT Operations platforms, combining observability, event management, and service management into a cohesive ecosystem.·
  • Define enterprise-wide patterns for tools such as Dynatrace, ServiceNow, and Stonebranch, ensuring consistent and value-driven adoption across teams.
  • Drive the integration of operational tooling to enable end-to-end visibility, correlation, and actionable insight across services and user journeys.
  • Embed observability and operational requirements into platform and application design, shifting operations left within the delivery lifecycle.
  • Act as the senior technical authority for operational platforms, leading complex investigations and driving root cause and systemic improvements.
  • Design and implement intelligent alerting and event management strategies to significantly reduce noise and improve signal quality.
  • Lead the evolution of incident, problem, and change practices through automation and effective use of ServiceNow workflows and integrations.
  • Champion automation and self-healing capabilities, reducing manual intervention and enabling proactive and predictive operations.
  • Collaborate across engineering, SRE, and operations teams to align on reliability targets, service health metrics, and operational standards.
  • Mentor engineers and operational teams, building capability in modern observability, reliability engineering, and operational excellence practices.

What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 10+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years in operations or platform engineering with hands-on expertise in monitoring, application development, and performance tuning.
  • 10+ years of experience mentoring and coaching technical teams, including conflict resolution and collaboration.
  • 10+ years of experience presenting complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, both verbally and in writing.
  • 10+ years of experience in road mapping, blueprinting, and risk assessment, leveraging emerging technologies to deliver business value.
  • Technical certifications such as Applications Development, Network/Cisco, Linux, Windows, etc., preferred.

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Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 10+ years of IT experience
  • 5+ years of operations or platform engineering experience
  • Hands-on expertise in monitoring, application development, and performance tuning
  • 10+ years mentoring and coaching technical teams, including conflict resolution and collaboration
  • 10+ years presenting complex technical concepts to diverse audiences verbally and in writing
  • 10+ years of experience in road mapping, blueprinting, and risk assessment
  • Technical certifications such as application development, Network/Cisco, Linux, or Windows certifications
  • Residence in New Jersey, Delaware, or Pennsylvania

QVC Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about QVC Group and has not been reviewed or approved by QVC Group.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is positioned as broad, including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and company-paid life insurance and AD&D. Additional wellness supports like confidential counseling and condition-management programs are also part of the offering.
  • Flexible Benefits Flexible work arrangements such as remote work, flextime, and compressed schedules are available in parts of the organization. Spending-account options like HSA and FSA are included within the benefits mix.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support includes access to a 401(k) plan with company matching, and some sources also reference a pension plan. Performance bonuses are also described as available for some employees.

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The Company
HQ: West Chester, PA
10,001 Employees
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Curated Experiences. Infinite Possibilities.® We believe in a Third Way to Shop® – beyond transactional ecommerce or traditional brick-and-mortar stores – for customers who crave engaging shopping experiences. We're a select group of diverse businesses that provide customers with curated collections of unique products, made personal and relevant by the power of storytelling. We combine the best of retail, media, and social to curate experiences, conversations, and communities for millions of highly discerning shoppers. We bring joy, inspiration, and humanity to shopping. We also curate large audiences, across our many platforms, for our thousands of brand vendors. Qurate Retail Group comprises seven leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Zulily®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill®, and Grandin Road®. We reach approximately 218 million homes worldwide via 14 television networks and reach millions more via multiple streaming services, social pages, mobile apps, websites, print catalogs, and in-store destinations. We're a world leader in video commerce globally, among the top ecommerce retailers in North America (according to Digital Commerce 360), and a leader in mobile commerce and social commerce.

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