(USA) Site Reliability Engineer III

Wal-Mart•Denver, CO

41d•$99,000 - $198,000

About The Position

Walmart/VIZIO is seeking a database focused Site Reliability Engineer III to design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable database infrastructure and software solutions. This role involves creating modular designs, implementing disaster recovery strategies, and optimizing system performance while adhering to security and compliance standards. The engineer will support continuous integration and delivery processes, monitor system health, and troubleshoot issues to ensure high availability. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to deliver robust, efficient solutions that meet business requirements and enhance operational resilience across Walmart's technology environment. About the team: The Database Reliability Engineering team manages enterprise database systems to ensure optimal performance, reliability, and availability. This team focuses on designing and implementing robust database solutions, maintaining infrastructure and pipelines through automation, and supporting continuous integration processes. Members collaborate to monitor database health, troubleshoot issues, and optimize reliability using advanced tools and methodologies. The team values precision, proactive problem-solving, and adherence to security and compliance standards, contributing to the resilience and efficiency of critical database systems across the organization.

Requirements

3+ years of proficiency in GCP, Azure, or AWS and modern pipelining technologies and approaches.
2+ years of hands-on expertise with databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server and Redis for performance tuning and optimization.
2+ years of hands-on experience with IaC tools, such as Terraform, Open Tofu, or Liquibase.
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills to resolve performance and availability issues effectively.
Exceptional communications and time management skills are a must, as the role involves effectively conveying insights to ensure clear understanding and alignment with team members and stake holders.
Above all else, you take ownership of the systems under your care. You strive to understand their inner workings and how they come together as a whole to deliver a business result. You take equal responsibility for understanding things both old and new. You strive to move constantly forward in an incremental fashion towards a future state, and you work to make it possible every day.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and2 years' experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.
Option 2: 4 years' experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.

Nice To Haves

Experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.
Master's degree in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.
SRE certification (for example, IBM Cloud Site Reliability Engineer).
We value candidates with a 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. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable, modular, and secure database solutions aligned with business requirements and disaster recovery standards.
Convert high-level designs into detailed functional modules, ensuring adherence to coding standards and security compliance.
Implement and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) to support continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
Monitor system performance using telemetry and alerting tools, analyzing metrics to optimize availability and reliability.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks, conducting root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Research and apply reliability models and emerging technologies to enhance database stability and scalability.

Benefits

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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