SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INFORMATION SECURITY

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What you'll do...

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Information Security to build and operate identity, authentication, and authorization solutions for agentic AI ecosystems. This role is focused on Non-Human Identity (NHI) and enables secure agent onboarding, credential governance, continuous authentication, and policy-based access control.

You will contribute to core platform components and services that ensure agent actions are authenticated, authorized, attributable, and auditable—helping scale secure AI adoption across the enterprise.

What You Will Bring – Skills / Capabilities

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building and deploying production services.
• 2+ years of experience in identity, authentication, and/or authorization systems (enterprise or platform scale).
• Working knowledge of NHI concepts (workload identity, service principals, agent credentials) and lifecycle governance.
• Experience implementing authentication flows, token systems, credential rotation, and secure secret handling.
• Familiarity with authorization models (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC), policy-as-code, or centralized authorization services.
• Knowledge of cloud-native security fundamentals, API security, and service-to-service authentication patterns.
• Ability to design, build, test, deploy, and operate distributed systems with reliability and security in mind.
• Scripting/automation skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) and comfort improving developer workflows.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills; able to work across engineering and security partners.

What You Will Do – Responsibilities

• Build and enhance services for agent identity provisioning, authentication, and authorization enforcement.
• Implement features supporting credential governance (issuance, rotation, revocation) and NHI lifecycle automation.
• Contribute to adaptive authorization and risk-aware access patterns, including policy integration and enforcement.
• Add auditability and traceability for agent actions by integrating logging, telemetry, and attribution signals.
• Participate in threat modeling, secure design reviews, and incident learnings to continuously improve posture.
• Improve platform usability through automation, tooling, and reference implementations for internal teams.
• Collaborate with Staff/Principal engineers on architecture and help drive operational excellence (SLOs, runbooks, on-call).

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to Azure/AWS/GCP identity systems, workload identity, or IAM policy models.
• Experience with Kubernetes, OIDC, SPIFFE/SPIRE, mTLS, or service mesh patterns.
• Experience working in environments with compliance requirements and strong audit controls.

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 expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer 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 at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.

Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.

Benefits

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.

Belonging

We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.

At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities 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.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field and 5 years' experience in information technology within the past 10 years OR 7 years' experience in information technology or related field within the past 10 years.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Information Technology, Java, Mainframe Technology, Programming Languages, Retail Software Programs

BICSI-RITPM-Registered Information Technology Project Manager - Certification, CISA - Certified Information Systems Auditor - Certification, CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Certification, GCIH - GIAC Certified Incident Handler - Certification

Primary Location...

G, 1, 3, 4, 5 Floor, Building 11, Sez, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India