Distinguished, Systems and Infrastructure Engineer

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

3d•$130,000 - $260,000•Remote

About The Position

This role provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs, developing and implementing business strategies, analyzing costs and forecasts, determining resource requirements, evaluating operational processes, and measuring outcomes. It involves analyzing requirements for alignment with business objectives, mediating conflicting requirements, guiding teams on feasibility, and prioritizing product requirements for Minimum Viable Product (MVP). The role also involves developing strategies to attract and maintain a skilled workforce, architecting solutions, designing infrastructure, and selecting appropriate technologies. The position requires coding in object-oriented languages and scripting, and guiding teams on coding patterns and frameworks to ensure scalability and security. Telecommuting is permitted.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related field plus 6 years of experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related experience OR 8 years of experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related experience.
Developing Roadmaps and strategies, providing technical oversight and leading teams for Authentication, SSO, MFA, and identity Governance and Privileged Access Management
Designing and implementing Authentication solutions for Enterprise using OAuth, OIDC, SAML and legacy protocols using Ping Federate, Azure Entra, ADFS, Broadcom Siteminder, and Oracle SSO
Designing and implementing Multi-Factor Authentication solutions for Enterprise using TOTP, SMS, FIDO2 and SmartCard based methods and protocols
Designing, architecting and implementing Privileged Identity Management solutions using CyberArk, CA PAM, Beyond Trust, and Azure PIM
Designing, architecting, implementing and delivering Identity Lifecycle Management and Governance for the Enterprise using IBM ISIM, Oracle IDM, Azure IGA, CA Identity Manager
Coding in an object-oriented programming language (C++, C#, JSP), HTML, and scripting languages(Perl, PowerShell, Unix shell scripting)
Designing and architecting Directory Services and Databases for the Enterprise using Sun LDAP, CA Directory, AD, IBM Directory Services, Azure Graph, SQL Server, Oracle DB, IBM DB2
Designing, architecting, and implementing security solutions for the enterprise using Zero Trust Architecture
Any amount of experience with the required skills.

Responsibilities

Provides overall direction by analyzing business objectives and customer needs; developing, communicating, building support for, and implementing business strategies, plans, and practices; analyzing costs and forecasts and incorporating them into business plans; determining and supporting resource requirements; evaluating operational processes; measuring outcomes to ensure desired results; identifying and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; promoting a customer environment; and demonstrating adaptability and sponsoring continuous learning.
Analyzes the requirements/updates/modifications for alignment with business objectives and priorities. Articulates the impact of the proposed solution on business and its ability to address requirements. Mediates conflicting requirements of the various stakeholders. Guides teams to assess feasibility of new requirements. Prioritizes the product/solution requirements to drive creation of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to meet the core requirements. Proactively identifies areas for product enhancements, new features and updates based on customer requirements/ feedback. Contributes to the creation of user stories for complex requirements across the domain (For agile methodology).
Develops and implements strategies to attract and maintain a highly skilled and engaged workforce by diagnosing capability gaps; recruiting, selecting, and developing talent; supporting mentorship, workforce development, and succession planning; and leveraging the capabilities of new and existing talent.
Decomposes the product/platform architecture into multiple components and modules and defines architectural specifications for each module. Designs the plan for customizing the product/platform architectural layout and defines technical priorities for the architecture. Defines the architecture blueprint for the product/solution/platform. Prepares architecture documents and presentations defining the rationale and implications of architectural decisions. Evaluates system performance and scalability and provides tuning recommendations that could be both for the underlying technology stack or any other design changes to achieve better performance. Identifies the tech stack for the product in line with the business needs and technology strategy.
Understands business requirements in detail and translates them into architectural requirements relevant for all systems within a domain. Decomposes the system architecture into multiple components and modules and defines architectural specifications for each module. Designs solutions that encompass multiple applications / modules / business processes / functionality for large scale systems. Creates detailed design for multiple systems within a domain, making architectural decisions impacting the entire domain. Defines success criteria and guiding principles to evaluate solution design. Introduces appropriate security guidelines and processes to ensure adherence to security norms.
Develops and leverages internal and external partnerships and networks to maximize the achievement of business goals by sponsoring and leading key community outreach and involvement initiatives; engaging key stakeholders in the development, execution, and evaluation of appropriate business plans and initiatives; and supporting associate efforts in these areas.
Selects appropriate frameworks (E.g. ActiveX .Net, Cocoa, Android application framework etc.), platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Apple IOS etc.), and environments for software coding/configuration and scripting (Applicable to IC & PL). Guides the team on coding patterns, languages and frameworks in line with evolving trends in the industry (Ex: reactive vs. imperative etc.) and drives scalability and security (Applicable to IC & PL).