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This role focuses on the technical execution, optimization, and reliability of mission-critical applications supporting millions of Walmart associates globally.\nThe ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with deep expertise in production operations, database optimization, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and automation. This individual will actively investigate and resolve complex technical challenges, implement performance improvements, and develop AI-powered automation to improve platform reliability and operational efficiency.\nThis is a hands-on engineering position requiring direct technical involvement in coding, troubleshooting, infrastructure optimization, and production problem resolution.\nAbout the Team\nThe GTA team develops and operates enterprise-scale applications that power Walmart's global workforce management capabilities. Our engineering priorities include high availability, operational excellence, platform modernization, and intelligent automation.\nWhat You'll Do\nTechnical Operations & Reliability\nTroubleshoot and resolve complex production issues across applications, infrastructure, and databases.\nAnalyze system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement sustainable technical solutions.\nConfigure and improve monitoring, alerting, observability, and operational dashboards.\nExecute reliability improvements to reduce recurring incidents, improve MTTR, and increase platform availability.\nCloud Infrastructure & Kubernetes\nPerform hands-on Kubernetes pod management, troubleshooting, configuration, and resource optimization within Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP).\nInvestigate pod failures, memory and CPU utilization, scaling issues, and deployment failures.\nImplement improvements to resource allocation, workload performance, and cloud infrastructure efficiency.\nSupport application deployments, infrastructure changes, and cloud-native platform optimization.\nDatabase Optimization\nAnalyze and optimize database queries, indexes, execution plans, and application database interactions focused on PostgreSQL and CosmosDB\nTroubleshoot database performance issues, connection pooling, locking, and resource contention.\nImplement database tuning and performance improvements to support high-volume workloads.\nDevelop scripts and automated processes for database health monitoring and optimization.\nIncident, Problem & Change Management\nActively participate in and resolve critical production incidents through hands-on technical investigation.\nPerform root cause analysis, implement corrective actions, and eliminate recurring problems.\nExecute and validate production changes following ITIL-aligned change management practices.\nImprove operational procedures, deployment readiness, and production stability.\nSoftware Development, AI & Automation\nWrite and maintain code, scripts, APIs, and automation tools to solve operational challenges.\nBuild AI-assisted solutions for log analysis, incident investigation, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency.\nAutomate repetitive production activities, system health checks, and remediation workflows.\nDevelop and improve CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows.\nApply software engineering best practices to improve application maintainability, scalability, and reliability.\nEngineering Collaboration & Technical Excellence\nWork directly with application development, infrastructure, database, and platform engineering teams to diagnose and resolve complex issues.\nContribute code changes, performance fixes, and infrastructure improvements.\nShare technical expertise, mentor engineers, and contribute to engineering standards.\nTake end-to-end ownership of technical problems, from investigation through implementation and validation.\nWhat You'll Bring\nRequired Qualifications\n6+ years of experience in software engineering, production engineering, SRE, or platform engineering.\nStrong hands-on troubleshooting and debugging skills across distributed enterprise applications.\nExperience with Kubernetes, containerized workloads, pod management, and cloud-native infrastructure.\nStrong SQL skills, database performance tuning, and query optimization experience.\nSoftware development proficiency in Java, Python, Spring Boot, or similar technologies.\nPractical experience with ITIL Incident, Problem, and Change Management.\nExperience developing scripts, automation, and operational engineering tools.\nStrong understanding of microservices, REST APIs, distributed systems, and application performance.\nAbility to independently investigate, implement, test, and deploy technical solutions.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with DB optimization including PostgreSQL and CosmosDB\nExperience with Walmart Cloud Native Platform (WCNP).\nExperience with Azure or Google Cloud Platform.\nKnowledge of Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, and observability tools.\nExperience with Jenkins, GitHub, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.\nExperience using GenAI, LLMs, or AI-assisted tools for software development and operational automation.\nKnowledge of SRE principles, SLOs, SLIs, and reliability engineering practices.\nExperience with high-volume, mission-critical enterprise applications.\nAbout Walmart Global Tech\nAt Walmart Global Tech, we're building technology that impacts millions of people every day. Our engineers solve complex challenges at enterprise scale, combining modern software engineering, cloud technologies, and automation to power the world's leading retailer.\nWe are people-led and tech-empowered.\n 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.\nYou 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. \nFor information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices. \nLive 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. \nEligibility 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. \nFor information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart. \nThe annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 \nAdditional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. \nAdditional compensation for certain positions may also include : \n- Stock\nㅤ\nㅤ\nㅤ\nㅤ\n\nMinimum Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.\nOption 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 4 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Option 2: 6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.\nPreferred Qualifications...\nOutlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.\nMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area and 2 years' experience in software engineering 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.Primary Location...\n508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of AmericaWalmart 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. 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