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(USA) Principal, Systems and Infrastructure Engineer

Walmart · Bentonville, AR · 2 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$90k–$180k/yrFull-time

Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of scalable infrastructure solutions to support business objectives. Optimize system performance, drive automation initiatives, and ensure security compliance across platforms. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage cloud migrations, capacity planning, and integration efforts while maintaining up-to-date documentation and operational standards.

About the team

The Enterprise Directory Services Core team manages Walmart’s multiple Active Directory forests, ensuring essential services like LDAP function securely and efficiently. The team maintains a stable and well-protected Active Directory environment, exemplifying operational excellence. It provides consulting support to application teams by sharing best practices and resolving application-related issues. This team plays a vital role in sustaining the infrastructure that supports Walmart’s business operations, focusing on reliability, security, modernization, and collaboration to effectively meet organizational needs.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, security, and management of hybrid identity systems, driving identity modernization and cloud-based identity and access management adoption.
  • Establish architecture standards, automation, and resilient directory services across large-scale infrastructure.
  • Provide technical leadership over operations of enterprise Active Directory services across multi-domain, multi-forest, and hybrid identity environments.
  • Drive modernization of domain controller infrastructure through lifecycle capacity management, resiliency engineering, and service optimization initiatives.
  • Advance enterprise identity modernization by integrating Active Directory, cloud-based identity, and reducing legacy authentication dependencies.
  • Develop and maintain automation frameworks, monitoring platforms, and alerting solutions to improve operational efficiency.
  • Provide leadership, mentorship, and escalation support for engineers.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in IT infrastructure, with experience within the past 5 years in enterprise IAM, Active Directory, cloud-based identity, and access management adoption.
  • Deep hands-on knowledge of AD forests, domains, GPOs, trusts, replication, and Lifecycle Management.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical projects, mentor engineers, and align security standards with business goals.
  • Proficiency in cloud migration strategies and management of public cloud platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of automation tools, scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell and Python), and CI/CD pipelines to optimize operational efficiency.
  • Ability to analyze infrastructure performance metrics and develop capacity plans aligned with business requirements.
  • Skilled in configuration, release, and integration management to ensure seamless system deployments.

Qualifications

  • Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, information technology, or related area and 5 years’ experience in technology infrastructure engineering across areas such as compute, storage, network, mobility, or virtualization-related technologies.
  • Option 2: 7 years’ experience in technology infrastructure engineering across areas such as compute, storage, network, mobility, or virtualization-related technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, information technology, or related area and 3 years of relevant experience in configuration management, developing automation for provisioning and orchestration, or experience developing and managing service-level objectives (SLOs)/service level indicators (SLIs) for infrastructure service availability and performance.
  • 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.

Benefits

  • Health benefits: Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Financial benefits: 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
  • Paid time off: PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
  • Other benefits: Short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.
  • Education: Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates, covering high school completion, bachelor’s degrees, English Language Learning, and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid by Walmart. Eligibility requirements apply.

PTO and/or PPTO can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount received depends on job classification and length of employment and meets or exceeds paid sick leave laws where applicable.

Pay

  • Bentonville, Arkansas: Annual salary range of $90,000 - $180,000.
  • Herndon, Virginia: Annual salary range of $108,000 - $216,000.

Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Certain positions may also include stock.

Primary location: 805 SE Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America.

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