(USA) Staff, Systems And Infrastructure Engineer, Information Security

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

2d•$132,000 - $264,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Staff, Systems and Infrastructure Engineer, Information Security, designs, implements, and maintains secure IT infrastructure to support organizational objectives. The role applies security controls, risk management frameworks, and automation to improve infrastructure security and scalability, while using continuous integration and delivery practices, configuration management, and identity and access management to support robust security engineering. The engineer collaborates across teams to strengthen observability and resilience and protect enterprise information assets. The position is part of Walmart’s Identity Platform Team, which delivers identity infrastructure for secure, scalable, and resilient access across Walmart’s technology ecosystem. The team engineers and manages enterprise identity platforms for directory services, authentication, authorization, privileged access, and integrations across workforce, applications, cloud, and infrastructure. Its work includes platform engineering, architecture, governance, configuration, and lifecycle management, using DevOps, automation, APIs, and telemetry to improve reliability, service delivery, consistent controls, audit readiness, resiliency, and platform modernization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related area and 4 years of experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or a related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company; alternatively, 6 years of such experience without the degree requirement.
Expertise in security controls and risk management frameworks to safeguard IT infrastructure.
Strong background in cybersecurity and infrastructure security best practices.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
Proficiency in configuration management and automation.
Knowledge of identity and access management, including Okta implementation.
Ability to apply security engineering principles to complex systems.
Familiarity with observability tools to monitor and maintain system health and security.

Nice To Haves

Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC.
Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related area and 2 years of experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects.
Knowledge of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and digital accessibility best practices.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain secure IT infrastructure to support organizational cybersecurity objectives.
Develop and enforce security controls aligned with the Risk Management Framework to mitigate risks.
Automate configuration management and deployment processes to enhance system scalability and reliability.
Collaborate on identity and access management solutions, including Okta integration, to safeguard resources.
Monitor infrastructure observability to detect and respond to security incidents promptly.
Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines with embedded security engineering practices.
Contribute to systems design to ensure robust infrastructure security and compliance with industry standards.

Benefits

Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
401(k).
Stock purchase plan.
Company-paid life insurance.
Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting leave.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Company discounts.
Military Leave Pay.
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
Live Better U education benefit, with tuition, books, and fees paid for eligible programs.
Performance-based bonus awards.
Stock may be included as additional compensation for certain positions.