Director, Software Engineering, Information Security
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Job Location:
Bentonville, AR - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 130000 - 260000
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Position Summary...
The Information Security organization is seeking a Director to lead our Reliability & Operational Excellence practice. You will be responsible for implementing HA Ops strategies to predict and prevent incidents and ensuring the resilience of critical security systems. This role requires a visionary leader to bridge the gap between traditional operations modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and AI-driven automation.What youll do...
Leadership and Strategy
- Lead the transformation of the Operational Excellence function into a world-classInformation Security Reliability Engineering practice.
- Lead theimplementationofInfoSecsstrategic roadmap forHAOpsusing modern toolingto reduce alert fatigue and predict system anomalies.
- Collaborate with FellowsandEngineers toadopt and implementHAobservability standards.
- Direct your team to build andmaintaincomplex ServiceNow workflows and catalog items. You will automate manual request fulfillment (e.g. access grantsfirewallchanges) to reduce toil and improve delivery speed.
Operational Excellence
- Oversee the management of standardized change processesutilizingintelligent automation to streamline approvals and compliance checks.
- Enhance change management reporting delivering comprehensive analytics on stability and velocity.
- Use GTP toolingtoestablisha robust framework for incident and problem management including AI-assisted post-incident debriefs and automated root-cause analysis drafting.
- Orchestrate InfoSecs decisive response to P-Level incidents minimizing Mean Time to Mitigate (MTTM).
Reliability Engineering
- Collaborate with Engineers and Fellows toestablishand enforce standards for High Availability (HA) and reliability across all InfoSec applications.
- Utilize GTP tooling to implementpredictive capacity planning modelsto forecastandmaintainefficientcloud compute usage and infrastructure loads.
- Develop real-timeapplicationhealth dashboards and integrated performance monitoring.
- Champion Self-Healing infrastructure initiatives using automation to detectand recover system anomalies
- Support InfoSec teams in meeting operational excellence targets andmaintainingavailabilitypersystemSLO.
Collaboration and Communication
- Coordinate with Global TechandInfoSec engineeringteams to ensure alignment on reliability goals.
- Partner with service owners to ensure required observabilityandAI-based monitoring toolsare correctly implemented.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to the engineering on-call rotation fostering a culture of blameless retrospectives.
What You Will Bring
- SRE & Security Leadership:10 years of experience in Reliability Engineering DevOps or Information Security Operations with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
- AI & Automation Fluency:Proven experience implementingobservability andAPM platforms(e.g. Dynatrace Datadog Watchdog) and integratingLLM/Generative AItools to accelerate engineering workflows.
- Incident Command:Extensive experience managing P1/P0 critical incidents and leading war rooms under pressure.
- Technical Depth:Strong understanding of Cloud Infrastructure (Azure/GCP)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) and modern observability stacks.
- Data-Driven Mindset:Ability to distinguish between vanity metrics and actionable data using analytics to drive continuous improvement in system stability.
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. For information about PTO see Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sams Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelors degrees including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition books and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility see .
Bentonville Arkansas US-10735: The annual salary range for this position is $130000.00 - $260000.00
Herndon Virginia US-10710: The annual salary range for this position is $156000.00 - $312000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science information technologyengineering information systems cybersecurity or related area and 6
years experience in software engineering or related area at a technology
retail or data-driven company. Option 2: 8 years experience in software engineering or
related area at a technology retail or data-driven company.
3 years supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed there are no preferred qualifications.
Masters degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Information Systems Cybersecurity or related area 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 Walmarts accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.Primary Location...
2501 Se J St Ste A Bentonville AR 72716-3724 United States of AmericaWalmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.Required Experience:
Director
About Company
Walmart started with one man. In 1962, Sam Walton began with just one store and one mission: help people save money so they could live better. As a growing global digital enterprise and with over 11,500 stores, we maintain Mr. Sam’s vision, but now, we are able to help more customers ... View more
