(USA) Dynamic Defense Engineer III
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Role summary:As a Dynamic Defense Engineer III, you will play a critical role in advancing cyber risk management by analyzing threats, vulnerabilities, and emerging security challenges. This position involves performing detailed malware analysis, developing architectural solutions, and supporting infrastructure maintenance to enhance system resilience. You will contribute to incident detection, response, and mitigation efforts while collaborating with stakeholders to implement effective cyber defense strategies. Your expertise will support continuous improvement in security practices, ensuring alignment with organizational policies and industry standards to protect business operations and data integrity.
About the team:
The Dynamic Defense Engineer team at Walmart is dedicated to protecting the company’s digital assets by preventing fraud, detecting threats, and managing cyber risks. The team applies advanced expertise to support the SOAR platform, conduct detailed threat analysis, and respond promptly to incidents. Focused on security and reliability, members collaborate to identify vulnerabilities and implement mitigation strategies. Their proactive approach ensures the safety and trust of customers, associates, and stakeholders through continuous improvement and innovative cyber defense practices aligned with organizational standards.
What you'll do:
- Conduct comprehensive cyber risk assessments and assist in implementing risk management practices aligned with organizational policies.
- Perform static and dynamic analysis of malicious code to identify threat signatures and malware characteristics.
- Support threat detection and incident response efforts by monitoring, documenting, and reporting cyber incidents according to established protocols.
- Collaborate in defining architectural specifications and applying appropriate patterns to enhance system security and performance.
- Assist in infrastructure maintenance tasks including backups, patch management, and system transaction logging.
- Develop and test code using recommended programming languages to support security solutions and business requirements.
- Provide expert guidance on emerging cyber threats and mitigation strategies to support continuous improvement.
What you'll bring:
- Proven expertise in cyber risk assessment, management techniques, and mitigation strategies.
- Strong knowledge of threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management.
- Experience performing static and dynamic malware analysis using advanced debugging and monitoring tools.
- Proficiency in coding languages such as SQL, Java, C, and Python for developing and testing security solutions.
- Ability to analyze system architecture and apply appropriate architectural patterns to enhance security and performance.
- Familiarity with infrastructure maintenance, including backups, patch management, and system transaction logging.
- Skilled in cyber incident management, including detection, reporting, categorization, and mitigation of cyber incidents.
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
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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, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or related area and 2 years’ experience in dynamic defense or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.Option 2: 4 years’ experience in dynamic defense or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Certification in Security+, Network+, GISF, CISSP, or CCSP, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related area, 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.