(USA) Senior Manager, Software Engineering
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Data Ops/Dev Ops), leads the Data Platform Operations team. This role is responsible for driving operational excellence across our Datalake and Data Platform ecosystem, with a strong focus on DevOps practices, security, cloud cost optimization, deployment reliability, monitoring, maintenance, automation, and AI-enabled optimization. This role partners closely with engineering, data, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure our data platform is secure, scalable, efficient, and highly reliable. The ideal candidate will bring a strong technical and operational mindset, along with proven leadership experience in mentoring engineers, managing complex initiatives, and building platform operations at scale. About the team: The Data Platform Operations team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the robustness and efficiency of our data ecosystem. Comprising experts in Data ops and DevOps, the team excels in managing a secure, scalable, and reliable platform that supports business-critical data processes. They leverage advanced tools and practices to enhance operational maturity. By fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration, the team partners with engineering, data, security, and infrastructure divisions to drive improvements in deployment reliability, cost efficiency, and data security, all while maintaining rigorous technical standards and continual mentorship.
Requirements
- Proven leadership managing software, platform, or data ops teams in complex environments.
- Deep understanding of large-scale data platforms, data lakes, and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Delta Lake, Iceberg, or similar technologies.
- Strong expertise in GCP-based data platform operations; Azure experience is a plus.
- In-depth knowledge of IAM, data security, governance, compliance, and audit requirements.
- Experience in cost optimization across storage, compute, and tooling.
- Familiarity with SRE principles, automation, monitoring, and incident management.
- Strong automation mindset enhancing operational efficiency.
- Effective collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and mentoring of technical teams.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- 7 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
- 2 years’ supervisory experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years' experience in software engineering or related area.
- Background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
- Knowledge of accessibility best practices and joining to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Data Platform Operations team to drive operational strategy for the Data Lake and related services.
- Enhance data security and governance by improving access provisioning and compliance standards.
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and automation to streamline operations.
- Improve cloud cost efficiency through tuning across storage, compute, and networking.
- Collaborate with security teams to strengthen IAM, RBAC, and compliance.
- Apply SRE practices for standardized deployments and improved resilience.
- Enhance monitoring and observability for reliability.
- Oversee maintenance, scaling, and automation of operational workflows.
- Integrate AI-driven optimization for performance improvement.
- Mentor engineers, guide architectural decisions, promote technical quality through rigorous testing and code reviews.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus awards
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement leave
- Jury duty leave
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Walmart-paid education benefit program (Live Better U) for full-time and part-time associates
- Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart for Live Better U program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
