Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Role summary:
The (USA) Staff, Site Reliability Engineer will design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions to support critical systems. This role involves developing automation, optimizing performance, and ensuring high availability through rigorous reliability testing and monitoring. The engineer will collaborate across teams to translate business requirements into detailed designs, drive continuous improvement, and lead root cause analysis efforts. A strong focus on disaster recovery, system security, and operational excellence is essential to maintain robust and efficient environments aligned with organizational goals.
About the team:
Focusing on customer, associate and business needs, this team works with Walmart International, which includes more than 5,200 retail units, operating in 23 countries such as Canada, Central America, Chile, Mexico and South Africa to name a few. The Site Reliability Engineering team designs and develops scalable applications to enhance system reliability and performance. Utilizing technologies such as Node.js, Java, Python, and cloud platforms like Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, the team automates operational tasks through CI/CD pipelines. They work with databases and messaging systems including MySQL, Redis, and Kafka, and deploy AI/ML models to address complex challenges. Collaborating across functions, the team ensures high-quality, responsive solutions while focusing on software architecture, automation, and root cause analysis to maintain robust and efficient infrastructure.
What you'll do:
Design and develop scalable, modular infrastructure solutions aligned with business and technical requirements.
Implement automation scripts to enhance system operability and streamline deployment pipelines.
Optimize system performance through tuning and reliability testing using open-source chaos engineering tools.
Conduct root cause analysis and corrective actions to resolve performance and availability issues.
Collaborate on disaster recovery planning and ensure compliance with security standards and frameworks.
Monitor system health using key performance indicators and refine alerting logic to maintain service reliability.
Train team members on reliability tools and best practices to support continuous improvement.
What you'll bring:
Proven expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, and scalability design patterns.
Strong knowledge of infrastructure automation, coding standards, and scripting for CI/CD pipelines.
Experience with performance tuning and optimization on Unix/Linux platforms and JavaScript/Node.js environments.
Hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, frameworks, and libraries such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, etc.
Proficiency in reliability engineering, including root cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
Familiarity with disaster recovery planning and execution within enterprise environments.
Ability to design and implement monitoring, alerting, and telemetry solutions aligned with business goals.
Skilled in Kubernetes and open-source chaos engineering tools to validate system resiliency.
About Walmart Global Tech: Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That's what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We're a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity experts and service professionals within the world's leading retailers who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered. We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate on a scale that impacts millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Benefits:
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions - while being inclusive of all people. The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.
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 (https://one.walmart.com/) .
Sunnyvale, California US-11807: The annual salary range for this position is $143,000.00 - $286,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-30012: The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 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: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and4 years' experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.Option 2: 6 years' experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area., Master's degree in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area and 2 years' experience in site reliability engineering, site and system administration, infrastructure management, or related area., SRE certification (for example, IBM Cloud Site Reliability Engineer)., 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...
815 Eleventh Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-4731, 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.
Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.
