Position Summary...What you'll do...About Team: The Information Security Services team works to protect, defend, and reduce risks across applications, platforms, infrastructure, and services to keep our assets and resources secure. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with information security expertise to help design and build secure, resilient services and AI-driven workflows for our Golden Path initiative, supporting enterprise security automation and compliance validations. This role is essential for lowering enterprise risk and boosting engineering productivity
You'll sweep us off our feet if.... - You are an AI builder with expert software engineering skills and have begun creating applications and services using Agentic IDEs like Cursor and Windsurf.
- You have experience in designing Agents and building MCP servers that support enterprise workflows, enable agentic communications and to integrate with other enterprise services.
- You specialize in writing collectors and sensors to verify security controls across platforms, infrastructure, services, applications, and GIT repositories.
- You have developed scalable APIs and data pipelines for gathering and aggregating security control data, using Java or Python.
- You are accustomed to working collaboratively in a matrixed organizational structure.
- You possess strong knowledge of the security domain, including vulnerabilities, security controls, and application security.
- You have an in-depth understanding of service-to-service security and secure architectural patterns.
- You have firsthand experience integrating with various security tools such as SAST, ASPM, and container scanners.
- You are experienced in implementing telemetry and audit pipelines.
What you'll do: - Create and maintain secure APIs along with frameworks for service-to-service and Agentic communications.
- Architect scalable, universally available backend systems that process and validate security control evidence.
- Build resilient integrations across security tooling ecosystems (scanners, CI/CD, internal APIs).
- Develop telemetry pipelines that help preserve audit integrity and traceability.
- Build consumer APIs and aggregate data originating from telemetry signals and sensors, in a scalable backend database.
- Write SQL queries or equivalent to ingest, update and retrieve data from the backend.
- Manage and support Agents, MCP servers, APIs, and infrastructure components that form part of our Security controls and Golden Path ecosystem.
- Apply threat modeling and secure data handling principles to build and validate control effectiveness.
- Incorporate AI-driven workflows that include safeguards for secure coding and compliance validation.
- Collaborate with Product Security, Compliance, and Platform teams to automate thousands of security validation tasks.
- Reduce security review cycle times while strengthening control consistency and audit defensibility.
What you'll bring: - As a Senior software engineer, experience in building scalable, resilient, secure enterprise application platforms using micro services, APIs, and backend technologies.
- Expert skills in programming languages such as Java or Python and in interfacing with a backend database using SQL queries.
- Expert in database skills in data modeling, indexing, query optimization, data integrity enforcement, performance engineering, schema design, and data archival.
- Working experience in Cloud solutions platforms and CI/CD pipeline.
- Knowledge of triaging and fixing bugs in a microservice, in tier architecture and in big data platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new programming languages or technologies.
- Flexibility in adapting to new areas of work, domain, and technical competencies.
- Awareness about information security domains, specifically application security with static security scanning, Software composition analysis, vulnerabilities, threats, and exploits.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Good analytical and critical thinking skills.
Benefits:Benefits: Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great rewards include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Bentonville, Arkansas US-09050: The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00
Herndon, Virginia US-10710: The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00 - $216,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
- Stock
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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.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 5 years' experience in information technology within the past
10 years OR 7 years' experience in information technology or related field within the past 10 years.
Preferred Qualifications...Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Certified Intrusion analyst (GCIAs), GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender (GCED), Certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), and/or Security+ certification, Leading Technical Team, Mainframe Technology, Professional certification in information technology relevant to the job under consideration (for example, Java, C/C++, mainframe technologies, SAP, Microsoft .Net, business intelligence tools, SQL technology), Programming language or languages (for example, Java, C/C++, .NET, Rexx, Cobol, Powershell), SAP, SQL technology, Version control software (for example, Subversion, Git, Librarian), 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 Walmart's accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
Primary Location...805 Se Moberly Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America
