Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Jobs in Arkansas

Position Summary

The Senior Systems and Infrastructure Engineer, Information Security, plays a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable infrastructure solutions aligned with business objectives. This position requires expertise in cloud infrastructure security and automation ensuring robust system performance and compliance with security standards. The role involves collaborating across teams to develop modular, extensible designs, automate workflows, and manage capacity planning. The engineer will also contribute to risk analysis, configuration management, and continuous improvement initiatives, supporting Walmart’s commitment to operational excellence and secure technology environments.

About the team

The Cloud Security team is dedicated to maintaining a strong security posture across Walmart’s cloud infrastructure and services. The team defines security baselines, strengthens cloud control components, and ensures compliance with policies and regulations. Collaborating closely with infrastructure, platform, and operations teams, they develop secure, scalable cloud security solutions that safeguard critical business assets. Emphasizing automation and security tooling, the team supports Walmart’s ability to innovate securely and efficiently at scale, leveraging expertise in cloud platforms, infrastructure security, and automation to protect and optimize cloud environments.

What you'll do:

- Design and implement scalable, secure infrastructure solutions aligned with business requirements and security standards.
- Automate infrastructure deployment and maintenance using scripting and configuration management tools.
- Perform routine infrastructure maintenance including backups, patch management, and performance monitoring.
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and security issues promptly to maintain system integrity.
- Apply coding best practices to develop secure, maintainable automation scripts and telemetry features.
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Change Management processes.

What you'll bring:

- Proven expertise in infrastructure security, cloud security, and automation.
- Strong knowledge of scalability design, disaster recovery, and configuration management best practices.
- Experience with scripting languages, including Python, to develop automation and infrastructure as code (IaC).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Experience managing large-scale, multi-cloud environments with complex organizational hierarchies.
- Experience with CSPM tools (Wiz, Prisma, CloudGuard, or similar).
- Knowledge of cloud resource inventory, misconfiguration detection, and compliance scanning.
- Relevant certifications like Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP).

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 https://one.walmart.com/notices. Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's 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 One.Walmart.

The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $180,000.00. Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 3 years’ experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Option 2: 5 years’ experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

Preferred Qualifications

Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC, Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or related area and 1 year’s experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects. 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

Walmart 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.