(USA) Senior Director, Information Security

Walmart; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 160,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Company-paid life insurance

PTO & paid leave

Job summary

Walmart seeks a Senior Director, Exposure Management Engineering to lead the strategy, technical roadmap, and delivery of global capabilities for exposure and vulnerability management, frontier model scanning orchestration, and automated remediation.

You will scale integrated platforms across the enterprise, operationalizing frontier-model-powered security scanning and automated workflows tied to findings, actions, and verified closure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher required in CS/IT/engineering/cybersecurity or related area with 7+ years in information security or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a unified engineering strategy and delivery roadmap for exposure discovery, vulnerability management, frontier model scanning, and remediation automation.
• Engineer capabilities that translate exposure insights into actions to reduce risk and strengthen security posture.
• Oversee ingestion, normalization, correlation, and deduplication of exposures across platforms.
• Develop strategy to mature frontier-model-powered scanning into production services.
• Engineer reusable capabilities for fixes, configuration changes, mitigations, and orchestrating corrective actions.

Skills

Cyber risk management

Enterprise engineering programs

Strategic engineering capabilities

Cloud and on-premises platforms

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder engagement

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Security posture improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / information technology / engineering / cybersecurity

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior Director, Exposure Management Engineering, leads the engineering strategy, technical roadmap, and delivery of global capabilities for exposure management discovery, vulnerability management, frontier model scanning orchestration, and automated remediation. This leader builds and scales integrated platforms that enable exposure management, vulnerability management, frontier model scanning orchestration, and automated remediation across the global enterprise ecosystem. The role operationalizes frontier-model-powered security scanning and engineers automated workflows that connect discovery and assessment to actionable findings, corrective action, and verified closure while securely enabling business objectives.

About the team

The team leads the engineering, operational reliability, and continuous enhancement of Walmart’s global exposure management platforms and automation capabilities. Responsibilities include exposure discovery, vulnerability management, frontier model scanning orchestration, and integrated workflows that automate remediation from identification to verified closure. The team develops scalable, resilient solutions across markets and technologies to accelerate exposure detection, enable risk-based prioritization, and drive timely remediation. By ensuring platform availability, integration, and ongoing modernization, the team effectively reduces enterprise cyber risk and supports secure business outcomes aligned with Walmart’s information security strategy.

What you'll do

• Define and execute a unified engineering strategy and delivery roadmap for exposure discovery, vulnerability management, frontier model scanning, and remediation automation.
• Engineer capabilities that integrate exposure insights, ownership, business context, and visibility that translate into actions required to risk reduce and strengthen our security posture.
• Oversee the engineering, integration, reliability, and scalability of exposure identification aggregation platforms, enabling consistent ingestion, normalization, correlation, and deduplication of exposures.
• Develop and implement the strategy to transition frontier-model-powered scanning capabilities from pilot into mature production services.
• Engineer reusable capabilities for generating and validating fixes, applying approved configuration changes, deploying mitigations, and orchestrating corrective actions at speed and scale.

What you'll bring

• Extensive experience in cyber risk management, including assessment and mitigation of security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Extensive experience leading enterprise engineering programs.
• Strategic mindset with experience in developing sustainable and continuously improving engineering capabilities.
• Proven ability to design and scale automated platforms and orchestration services across cloud, on-premises, and hosted environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in engineering, risk analysis, and strategic planning.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement and driving collaboration to enhance security posture and operational effectiveness.
• Proficiency with NIST Cybersecurity Framework and IT risk management practices.
• Demonstrated strategic planning skills to drive security initiatives supporting business objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills to influence security posture.

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.

The annual salary range for this position is $160,000.00 - $320,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :

• Stock

For Information About Benefits And Eligibility, See One.Walmart.

Minimum Qualifications

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 7years’ experience in information security or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.Option 2: 9 years’ experience in information security or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company.

4 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in Security+, GISF, CISM, or CISA, Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 5 years’ experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects.
• 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

805 Se Moberly Ln., Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

Walmart 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. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.