Walmart Canada · 16 hours ago
(USA) Principal, Systems and Infrastructure Engineer, Information Security
Denver, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$121K/yr - $242K/yr
5+ years expWalmart Canada is seeking a Principal Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineer to lead large-scale multi-cloud migration and modernization efforts across AWS, GCP, and Azure. The role focuses on designing durable cloud platforms while ensuring security, automation, and financial accountability in infrastructure practices.
DeliveryRetailShopping
Responsibilities
Lead the migration and modernization of a large portfolio of applications and databases from AWS to GCP and Azure, ensuring reliability, security, and minimal disruption
Design target-state architectures and migration patterns that balance scalability, resilience, cost, and operational simplicity
Evaluate cloud-native services and guide architectural tradeoffs across AWS, GCP, and Azure
Establish reference architectures, landing zone standards, and platform patterns used across the organization
Architect, build, and maintain complex, reusable Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and Terragrunt
Develop Python and Bash automation to support infrastructure lifecycle management, migrations, governance, and operational workflows
Drive consistency and quality through shared modules, versioning strategies, and code review standards
Integrate IaC and automation into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and related tooling
Drive containerization and platform adoption using Docker and Kubernetes, enabling scalable and resilient application deployments
Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines that support fast, safe, and repeatable infrastructure and application delivery
Improve observability, reliability, and operability through automation and standardized tooling
Build automation and guardrails to remediate security findings and enforce configuration baselines across all cloud providers
Partner closely with Security teams to embed security best practices into IaC, pipelines, and platform standards
Support continuous compliance through asset discovery, inventory management, and policy validation tooling
Incorporate cost awareness and financial accountability into infrastructure design, migrations, and automation
Support tagging standards, cost allocation models, and usage visibility across AWS, GCP, and Azure
Partner with FinOps and Finance teams to ensure infrastructure decisions reflect both technical and financial best practices
Provide hands-on Linux system administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting when needed
Maintain high-quality documentation, runbooks, and architectural decision records
Serve as a principal-level mentor and technical leader through design reviews, code reviews, and cross-team collaboration
Champion best practices, consistency, and long-term maintainability across all infrastructure efforts
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 5 years' experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company
7 years' experience in systems and infrastructure engineering or related area at a technology, retail, or data-driven company
Extensive hands-on experience with AWS, plus strong experience with GCP and/or Azure, ideally in migration scenarios
Deep expertise in Terraform, including the design of modular, reusable IaC systems; experience with Terragrunt is strongly preferred
Strong proficiency in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and operational workflows
Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production environments
A solid foundation in Linux system administration, performance optimization, and troubleshooting
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ideally using GitHub Actions
A strong understanding of cloud security principles, compliance requirements, and SecOps workflows
Practical experience incorporating FinOps principles into infrastructure and platform design
A documentation-first mindset, with a commitment to clarity, accuracy, and discoverability
Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage complex, multi-track initiatives
Strong communication skills and the ability to influence without authority
A passion for mentorship, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Preferred
Certification in Security+, GISF, CISSP, CCSP, or GSEC
Master's degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity or related area and 3 years' experience leading information security or cybersecurity projects
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
Knowledge of accessibility best practices
Benefits
Competitive pay
Performance-based bonus awards
Medical, vision and dental coverage
401(k)
Stock purchase
Company-paid life insurance
PTO (including sick leave)
Parental leave
Family care leave
Bereavement
Jury duty
Voting
Short-term and long-term disability
Company discounts
Military Leave Pay
Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program
Company
Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada is a subsidiary of Walmart that operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide. It is a sub-organization of Walmart.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageRecent News
Packaging-Gateway.com
2026-02-04
Canada NewsWire
2025-12-18
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