Software Engineer, Information Security; Agentic Identity

(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security(Agentic Identity)

Bentonville, AR

(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security(Agentic Identity)

Bentonville, AR

(USA) Staff, Software Engineer, Information Security(Agentic Identity)

Bentonville, AR

Multiple locations

R-2615756

Bentonville, AR: $110,000 - $220,000/yr

Herndon, VA: $132,000 - $264,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

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Bentonville, AR: $110,000 - $220,000/yr

Herndon, VA: $132,000 - $264,000/yr

Regular/ Permanent

Role summary: The Staff Software Engineer, Information Security, plays a critical role in designing and implementing scalable, secure software solutions aligned with business objectives. This position requires expertise in software architecture, continuous integration, and stakeholder management to ensure robust, high-availability systems. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional partners to analyze requirements, mitigate risks, and drive innovation while maintaining compliance with quality and security standards.

The engineer will lead efforts in coding, testing, and troubleshooting to deliver reliable products that meet evolving technical and business needs within a dynamic environment.

About the team: This team specializes in designing, building, and scaling identity, authentication, and authorization solutions for agentic AI ecosystems. Focused on Non-Human Identity, the team develops AI identity control planes, identity governance, continuous authentication, risk-based access control, and adaptive authorization at a global scale. Leveraging expertise in software architecture, scalability, and stakeholder management, the team ensures secure and efficient identity services.

Members collaborate to create robust, scalable systems that support evolving business needs while maintaining high standards of security and performance across complex environments.

What you'll do:

• Leadthedesignandimplementationofservicessupportingagentidentity,authentication,and authorization.
• Deliversecurepatternsfordelegatedauthority,least privilege,andadaptiveauthorizationforagenticworkflows.
• Implementgovernancecontrolstoevaluatetrustofanagenticworkloadatbuildandruntime.
• Buildautomationforagentidentitylifecycle,credential issuance/rotation,andgovernancecontrols.
• Defineandimplementobservability,auditing,andcompliancecontrolsforagentactions(telemetry,attribution,lineage).
• Driveengineeringbestpractices:secure coding,design reviews,andoperationalreadiness.
• Mentor engineers,contributetotechnicalplanning,andinfluencestandardsacrossteams.
• Partnerwithplatform,product,andsecurityteamstodeliversecureAIcapabilitiesfortheorganizationend-to-end.

What you'll bring:

• 8+yearsofsoftwareengineeringexperiencebuildingandoperatingenterprise-scale systems.
• Understandingofidentity,authentication,andauthorizationatenterprisescale.
• UnderstandingofagenticAIarchitecturesandNHIlifecyclemanagement(provisioning,attestation,rotation,decommissioning).
• Strongknowledgeofcloud-native identity,workload identity,service-to-serviceauth,andAPIsecurity.
• Experience building,operatingdistributedserviceswithhighreliabilityandstrongsecurityposture.
• Automation skills(e.g.,Python,Power Shell)
• Infrastructure/CIsecurityfundamentals.
• Strongsystemdesign,technical leadership,andcross-teamcommunicationskills.

Preferred:

• Experience with Azure,AWS,orGCPidentityplatformsandtheirworkloadidentityprimitives.
• Experience with Kubernetesworkloadidentity,service mesh,ordistributedpolicyenforcement.
• Experiencebuildingbusiness-criticalplatformsinregulatedindustries(e.g.,finance,healthcare,retail)

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 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…