Distinguished, Vulnerability Scanning Engineer

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

This role focuses on vulnerability scanning and management within a large enterprise, defining architecture, strategy, and engineering for security vulnerability identification across diverse environments. It involves advancing the technical roadmap, enhancing scan orchestration, and evaluating emerging technologies, including AI/ML-assisted approaches for vulnerability identification. The role requires technical leadership, innovation, and mentoring.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define and own the enterprise-wide vulnerability scanning architecture
  2. Evolve a scalable, resilient scanning infrastructure capable of operating across diverse network segments, cloud providers, and global data centers
  3. Advance the technical roadmap for scanning capabilities — evaluating emerging technologies and driving and influencing adoption decisions
  4. Enhance scan orchestration frameworks that balance coverage, frequency, performance impact, and asset criticality
  5. Evaluate and pilot next-generation scanning approaches including AI/ML-assisted vulnerability identification

Skills

Required

  • vulnerability scanning
  • vulnerability management
  • security architecture
  • risk reduction
  • infrastructure engineering
  • cloud security
  • container security
  • network security
  • automation
  • technical leadership

Nice to have

  • Security+
  • Network+
  • GISF
  • GSEC
  • CISSP
  • CCSP
  • Master's degree
  • project leadership

What the JD emphasized

  • technical authority on vulnerability scanning architecture, strategy, and engineering
  • global scale
  • scaling vulnerability management capabilities
  • technical vision
  • security vulnerabilities at global scale
  • senior individual contributor
  • broader security engineering strategy
  • vulnerability identification program
  • vulnerability management program
  • strategic risk reduction initiatives
  • scaling vulnerability management capabilities
  • enterprise-wide vulnerability scanning architecture
  • scalable, resilient scanning infrastructure
  • diverse network segments, cloud providers, and global data centers
  • technical roadmap for scanning capabilities
  • emerging technologies
  • adoption decisions
  • scan orchestration frameworks
  • coverage, frequency, performance impact, and asset criticality
  • next-generation scanning approaches
  • AI/ML-assisted vulnerability identification