(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security
About The Position
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Information Security Reliability Engineering & Operational Excellence team, you will lead the design and development of scalable, resilient platforms that improve the reliability and operational maturity of Walmart’s security services. You will build automation, observability, and AI-enabled solutions that reduce operational toil, accelerate incident response, and enhance system availability. Working across security, platform, and infrastructure engineering teams, you will drive technical excellence, influence architecture, mentor engineers, and implement Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices to deliver secure, highly available enterprise platforms. About the team: The Information Security Reliability Engineering & Operational Excellence team ensures the resilience, availability, and operational excellence of Walmart’s critical security platforms and services. Partnering with security, platform, and infrastructure engineering teams, we design, build, and operate highly reliable, observable, and automated systems at global scale. By applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, modern observability, intelligent automation, and AI-driven operational practices, we continuously improve service reliability, accelerate incident response, reduce operational toil, and enhance the resilience and stability of mission-critical security services.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C#, with experience building scalable distributed systems.
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
- Hands-on experience implementing observability solutions using tools such as Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
- Experience designing highly available, resilient systems and driving incident management, root cause analysis, and operational excellence.
- Experience building automation and AI-enabled engineering workflows to improve reliability and reduce operational toil.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
- OR 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC
- Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or related area and 2 years’ experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects
- 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 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 build scalable, highly available platforms that improve the reliability of enterprise security services.
- Develop automation and self-service solutions to reduce operational toil and improve engineering efficiency.
- Implement observability, telemetry, and AI-enabled operational capabilities to proactively detect and resolve issues.
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability improvements for critical security platforms.
- Design resilient cloud-native architectures using infrastructure-as-code and modern engineering practices.
- Mentor engineers, review technical designs, and drive Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) standards across teams.
- Partner with security, platform, and infrastructure teams to continuously improve service resilience and operational excellence.
- Utilize cloud and container security best practices to safeguard infrastructure and applications.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- 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
- Jury duty
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
