Posted:
8/25/2025, 5:00:00 PM
Location(s):
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States ⋅ Sunnyvale, California, United States ⋅ Arkansas, United States ⋅ California, United States
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Software Engineering
Strategic Leadership
Define and communicate a bold vision and strategy for Storage Services to align with company goals and evolving storage industry trends.
Drive the long-term technical roadmap to ensure scalable, reliable, and high-performing storage architectures at the lowest cost possible that meet business needs.
Champion best practices, innovation, and continuous improvement across all storage engineering initiatives.
Team Leadership
Lead, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of software engineers and managers, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and accountability.
Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent through effective hiring, coaching, and growth opportunities.
Set clear objectives, provide regular feedback, and ensure the professional growth and performance of team members.
Technical Architecture & Innovation
Guide the architecture, design, and development of robust, secure, and scalable storage services (e.g., block, file, object storage solutions).
Operate a large-scale open source Ceph storage installation base.
Assess and implement new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies in the storage domain to drive down costs.
Oversee effective code quality practices, testing, code reviews, and automation pipelines.
Project Execution & Delivery
Drive the execution and timely delivery of complex storage services projects with high quality and reliability.
Collaborate with Product Management, SRE, QA, Security, and other cross-functional teams to establish requirements and fulfill product commitments.
Establish and monitor KPIs to measure the success, reliability, and customer satisfaction of delivered services.
Operations & Reliability
Ensure the availability, scalability, and performance of production storage services with a proactive approach to incident prevention and resolution. Focus on reducing MTTD, MTTE, and MTTR in the event of any incident.
Lead root-cause analysis efforts and drive continuous improvements in operational processes and tooling.
Establish robust monitoring, alerting, and disaster recovery strategies.
Security & Compliance
Champion the implementation of security best practices and compliance requirements across all storage solutions.
Work with Security and Compliance teams to ensure that all storage systems meet industry and regulatory standards.
Stakeholder Engagement
Serve as the primary point of contact for executive leadership and key business partners regarding all storage engineering matters.
Communicate complex technical topics clearly and effectively to non-technical audiences.
Advocate for customer needs, balancing technical constraints and business objectives.
Leadership & Management
Proven experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
Demonstrated ability to hire, mentor, and develop world-class engineering talent.
Track record of driving operational excellence, customer obsession, and an agile mindset.
Experience leading large-scale systems in fast-paced environments with a strong sense of ownership and urgency.
Technical Expertise
Extensive experience operating large-scale, multi-tenant cloud storage solutions such as Ceph, Pure, Vast, or Netapp.
Expertise in open source Ceph is highly desirable.
Experience with public cloud technologies (e.g., GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, container storage interfaces (CSI), and orchestration in cloud-native environments.
Strong background in performance optimization, capacity planning, cost management, and automation for storage services.
Proficiency in infrastructure components including networking, compute, virtualization (OpenStack), DNS, and load balancers.
Deep understanding of distributed and clustered systems, cloud deployments (scaling, resiliency, load balancing), and service monitoring (KPI, SLA, disaster recovery).
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, agile methodologies, and Linux ecosystem, including automation and system monitoring tools.
Experience with capacity/performance management, monitoring, and tuning.
Participation in industry standards organizations or open-source communities is an advantage.
Communication & Collaboration
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities across all organizational levels, including executive leadership, peers, and subordinates.
Adept at communicating complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field (or equivalent work experience), with 15+ years in IT infrastructure and 10+ years specializing in cloud and storage technologies.
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.
Sunnyvale, California US-11349:The annual salary range for this position is $169,000.00-$338,000.00
Bentonville, Arkansas US-10735:The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$260,000.00
Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.
Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:
- Stock
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 and6 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
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Headquarter Location: Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1962
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt
Industries: E-Commerce ⋅ Grocery ⋅ Retail ⋅ Retail Technology ⋅ Shopping