Staff, Application Security Engineer -… at Walmart · Bentonvil…

Staff, Application Security Engineer - Product Security Location: Bentonville, AR Position Summary... The Information Security team has the herculean task of assuring that customers can safely shop with peace of mind knowing their data and information will be safe and secure. Solving some of the most unique cybersecurity problems in the industry, our team members share an elevated level of creativity and ingenuity to secure data for the largest retail operation in the world. As part of Product Security, this role plays a critical part in advancing security automation and governance capabilities embedded directly into developer workflows. You will help define, validate, and govern secure architecture, configuration standards, and enterprise control logic across Walmart’s application ecosystem—ensuring automated validation decisions are defensible, risk-aligned, scalable, and audit-ready. What you'll do... Leverage your proven experience, passion, and enthusiasm partnering with technology and business stakeholders to integrate security early in the product lifecycle. Define and govern secure architecture patterns, configuration standards, and enterprise control logic to ensure consistent and scalable security validation across applications. Develop deep knowledge of products and platforms to define secure-by-default implementation guidance. Design and validate automated control logic that produces defensible, risk-aligned validation outcomes. Display strong expertise in threat modeling, penetration/security testing, and code reviews, and collaboratively partner to accelerate priority business initiatives. Evaluate and operationalize SAST, SCA, and related security tooling outputs to ensure accurate risk detection and reduce misconfiguration exposure. Serve as a trusted partner for technology and business stakeholders by securely enabling business initiatives through architecture and configuration reviews. Map security controls to applicable compliance frameworks and ensure validation outcomes generate reliable audit evidence. Build strong collaborative partnerships with stakeholders that securely accelerate speed to market for the business. Provide secure design, development, implementation, sustainment, and governance expertise across the application lifecycle. Effectively document product security standards, validation logic, and governance decisions. Develop and evolve metrics to measure the efficacy, accuracy, and coverage of automated product security controls. Mentor and share knowledge with stakeholders and peers to advance secure engineering maturity. Continually exercise effective communication, writing, and presentation skills. Additional Locations: (USA) HERNDON, VA TECH FACILITY VA Herndon Home Office