Staff Software Engineer, Information Security

Walmart

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bentonville, AR
Salary
$110,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $190k
This role $165k
$95k most similar roles pay here $251k

This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$217,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $165k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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

Walmart currently has 184 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 180 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Staff Software Engineer, Information Security

(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security will join the Information Security Reliability Engineering & Operational Excellence team to design and develop scalable, resilient platforms for critical security services. The role involves building automation, observability, and AI-enabled solutions to reduce operational toil, accelerate incident response, and improve system availability. You will manage root cause analysis, mentor engineers, and implement Site Reliability Engineering practices while designing cloud-native architectures using infrastructure-as-code. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or C#, along with experience in Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform or Ansible. The candidate must also be skilled in observability tools like Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry. This role focuses on the specific domain of enhancing the reliability and stability of enterprise security platforms through intelligent automation and advanced telemetry within a complex infrastructure environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build scalable, highly available platforms to improve the reliability of enterprise security services.
  • Develop automation and self-service solutions to reduce operational toil and increase engineering efficiency.
  • Implement observability, telemetry, and AI-enabled capabilities to proactively detect and resolve system 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 and review technical designs to drive Site Reliability Engineering standards across teams.
  • Apply cloud and container security best practices to safeguard infrastructure and applications.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and experience, or experience in software engineering.
  • Candidates must have 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, or DevOps.
  • Proficiency is required in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, or C#.
  • Experience building scalable distributed systems and designing resilient cloud-native architectures using Infrastructure as Code is required.
  • Candidates must have experience with cloud platforms (Azure and/or GCP), Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Hands-on experience implementing observability solutions using tools like Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry is required.
  • Experience building automation and AI-enabled engineering workflows to reduce operational toil is required.
  • Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree and certifications such as Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC.

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