Senior AI Security Systems Architect

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (medical, vision, and

401(k) and stock purchase

PTO and sick leave

Live Better U education benefit

Job summary

Walmart is seeking a Distinguished Systems and Infrastructure Engineer in Information Security to lead design and implementation of secure, scalable infrastructure across complex systems. You will apply security frameworks, automation, and architecture principles to ensure compliance and high performance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical security strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area; 6 years’ experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or 8 years’ experience if no degree.

Responsibilities

• Review internal AI projects, pipelines, and architectures for security gaps and drive mitigations.
• Analyze emerging global threats and risks related to AI, updating security policies, playbooks, and standards.
• Define and refine scalable security processes and controls for AI and Agentic systems across their lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineers and product teams to implement secure-by-default patterns in CI/CD and MLOps workflows.
• Build reference implementations and prototypes to validate security controls in real-world AI environments.
• Mentor and advise on secure engineering and AI safety topics.

Skills

Python

AI security testing

Container isolation

Prompt auditing

Linux hardening

Multi-agent design

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT/Engineering/CIS/Cybersecurity)

Tools

CI/CD security

Container runtimes

Linux OS hardening

Job description

Walmart is seeking a Distinguished Systems and Infrastructure Engineer in Information Security to lead design and implementation of secure, scalable infrastructure across complex systems. You will apply security frameworks, automation, and architecture principles to ensure compliance and high performance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into technical security strategies.