Walmart/VIZIO seeks a Staff Software Engineer for Vizio's Database Reliability Engineering team to drive the overhaul of database deployment and management, focusing on consistency, efficiency, and operability. The role involves building tooling for repeatable database creation and operation at scale, designing IaC-based stateful infrastructure management, creating migration pipelines, automating maintenance tasks, and serving as a resource for database governance and application development support. Key skills include experience as a DBA or DevOps engineer, familiarity with IaC practices using Terraform, schema deployment automation with Liquibase or Flyway, and infrastructure deployment workflows via GitHub Actions or Jenkins. This position addresses the critical need to enhance system reliability and efficiency across Walmart/VIZIO's extensive operations.
Build tooling to enable repeatable and low-overhead database creation and operation at scale.
Design and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for managing stateful infrastructure components.
Create and maintain migration pipelines for infrastructure changes.
Automate routine maintenance tasks for cloud databases with zero downtime.
Serve as a resource for database selection and governance, partnering with application development teams.
What we're looking for
Strong experience as a DBA, DevOps engineer, SRE, or software engineer in data solutions.
Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and tools like Terraform for defining infrastructure resources.
Experience automating schema deployment using tools such as Liquibase or Flyway.
Proficiency in automation of infrastructure deployment workflows with GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
Ability to design and implement IaC-based approaches for managing stateful infrastructure components.
Market check
Salary context
This
$121,000–$242,000
range sits above
43%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$143,000–$243,500
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$165,000–$214,500
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
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About Walmart
Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail
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