Position Summary...Walmart Global Tech - Critical Infrastructure Automation Observability team is focused on enabling highly reliable and efficient infrastructure through an intent-based platform, offering advanced abstraction, seamless automation, real-time observability, proactive assurance, and actionable insights.The team is developing next-generation Zero-Touch Networking platform for designing intelligent, scalable systems that transform how infrastructure is managed across one of the world’s largest technology environments. What you'll do...Walmart Global Tech is seeking a Principal Engineer – Automation & Orchestration to lead the design, development, and operation of cloud-based, programmable infrastructure across one of the world's most complex technology footprints. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, network engineering, and platform infrastructure — owning the systems, workflows, and toolchains that automate Walmart's global network fabric across Azure and GCP.
You will refine and enhance the architecture for automation platforms, workflow orchestration pipelines, and self-healing infrastructure systems powering Walmart's stores, eCommerce, and supply chain. As a technical authority, you'll shape a multi-year roadmap that shifts Walmart's infrastructure from manual operations to automation-driven outcomes — directly reducing manual processes, accelerating change velocity, and improving reliability at global scale. What You'll DoAutomation Architecture & Strategy:Define and own the technical vision for Walmart's infrastructure automation platform, spanning device configuration, topology-driven provisioning, change workflows, policy enforcement, and closed-loop remediation. Lead event-driven automation pipelines — from signal ingestion through automated remediation and ticket closure — to reduce MTTR and eliminate repeat manual interventions. Champion everything-as-workflo
