Position Summary...
What you'll do...
About Team
Walmart’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) is a powerhouse of several exceptional teams delivering world-class technology solutions and services making a profound impact at every level of Walmart.
As a key part of Walmart Global Tech, our teams set the bar for operational excellence and leverage emerging technology to support millions of customers, associates, and stakeholders worldwide. Each time an associate turns on their laptop, a customer makes a purchase, a new supplier is onboarded, the company closes the books, physical and legal risk is avoided, and when we pay our associates consistently and accurately, that is EBS. Joining EBS means embarking on a journey of limitless growth, relentless innovation, and the chance to set new industry standards that shape the future of Walmart.
What you will do
System Administration & Operations
Lead administration of SAP NetWeaver (ECC) and SAP S/4HANA systems.
Lead ECC, BW, MDG, SLT and S/4HANA technical administration and landscape strategy, including upgrades, technical transformations, integrations, and special requirements.
Provide hands-on leadership for SAP HANA administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Provide HANA technical governance including capacity planning, performance trend analysis, and issue resolution guidance.
Govern SAP transport management using STMS and Solution Manager ChaRM.
Own and design enterprise monitoring and operations architecture using:
- SAP Focused Run for centralized, large-scale monitoring
- SAP Solution Manager for ChaRM, monitoring, and transition scenarios
- SAP Cloud ALM for cloud-centric landscapes
Oversee daily SAP Basis operations, including monitoring, reporting, housekeeping, and capacity planning.
Plan and execute SAP kernel upgrades, support package stacks, and patching activities with minimal business disruption.
Security, Compliance & Vulnerability Management
Define and govern vulnerability management strategy, including:
- Risk-based assessment and prioritization of SAP Security Notes
- Kernel, support pack, and OS patch governance
- Integration of vulnerability remediation with change and release management
Architect SAP security fundamentals, including:
- SSL and certificate lifecycle management strategy
- Authentication patterns using SAML and OAuth
Act as final escalation point for complex, cross-layer security and production incidents.
Troubleshooting & Integration
- Drive complex troubleshooting across SAP Fiori, SAP GUI, Enterprise Portal, printers, and interface components.
- Lead integration support involving PI/PO, BW, Portal, ADS, SSO, and SAML 2.0.
- Own Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for major incidents and implement preventive actions.
- Provide architectural oversight for SAP BODS landscapes, including stability, performance, and patch strategy.
Cloud, Automation & Optimization
Identify and drive automation, performance optimization, and cost optimization initiatives across SAP systems and infrastructure.
Provide technical leadership for SAP workloads on cloud platforms (Azure / GCP).
Define hybrid SAP platform standards for high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and cloud cost optimization.
Guide teams on infrastructure automation and DevOps practices using Terraform, Ansible, scripting (Shell/Python), and CI/CD pipelines.
Drive automation-first engineering practices, including:
- Patch orchestration, validation automation, and compliance reporting
- Rule-based or AI-assisted automation for alert triage and self-healing
Operating Systems & Infrastructure
- Lead SAP operations in Linux and Windows environments.
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams on networking, load balancers, firewalls, storage, and OS-level administration.
Stakeholder & Team Leadership
- Mentor and guide SAP Basis administrators, ensuring skill development and operational excellence.
- Define operational, security, and compliance standards for SAP platforms.
- Collaborate closely with application, infrastructure, security, and business teams to drive issues to closure.
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders, providing clear status updates, risk assessments, and improvement plans.
- Maintain a customer-centric approach focused on delivering reliable and measurable outcomes.
What you will bring
Core Experience & Expertise
- 10–12+ years of SAP Basis and SAP infrastructure experience with deep ECC and S/4HANA ownership.
- Expert knowledge of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, BW/4HANA, PI/PO, CAR, Solution Manager (ChaRM), SAP LaMa, SAP BTP, SAP Cloud Connector, SAP Enterprise Portal, and SAP Fiori.
- Proven leadership of complex SAP upgrades, migrations, or landscape redesigns.
- Working (non-DBA) knowledge of SAP HANA.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills across SAP, OS, database, network, and integration layers.
Cloud, Monitoring & Automation
- Experience running SAP at scale on Azure and/or GCP.
- Strong hands-on expertise with SAP Focused Run.
- Clear understanding of Solution Manager vs Focused Run vs Cloud ALM positioning.
- Proficiency in Terraform, Ansible, scripting (Shell/Python), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong scripting and automation architecture experience.
Security & Integration
- Strong knowledge of SAP Security Notes, SSL, SAML, OAuth, and SAP security architecture.
- Experience governing SAP BODS platforms.
- Experience with infrastructure components: networking, load balancers, firewalls, storage systems, and OS-level administration (Linux/Unix).
Preferred / Nice-to-have
- Experience supporting or leading S/4HANA conversions.
- Exposure to Edge Integration Cell or hybrid integration runtimes.
- SAP or cloud architect certifications.
- Experience with AI/ML-driven operations or observability platforms.
- Experience in high-availability, retail-scale or enterprise-scale environments
About Walmart Global Tech Imagine working in an environment where one line of code can make life easier for hundreds of millions of people. That’s what we do at Walmart Global Tech. We’re a team of software engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity expert's and service professionals within the world’s leading retailer who make an epic impact and are at the forefront of the next retail disruption. People are why we innovate, and people power our innovations. We are people-led and tech-empowered.
We train our team in the skillsets of the future and bring in experts like you to help us grow. We have roles for those chasing their first opportunity as well as those looking for the opportunity that will define their career. Here, you can kickstart a great career in tech, gain new skills and experience for virtually every industry, or leverage your expertise to innovate at scale, impact millions and reimagine the future of retail.
Walmart’s culture sets us apart, and we know being together helps us innovate, learn and grow great careers. This role is based in our [Bangalore/Chennai] office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal lives.l lives.
Benefits
Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include a host of best-in-class benefits maternity and parental leave, PTO, health benefits, and much more.
Belonging
We aim to create a culture where every associate feels valued for who they are, rooted in respect for the individual. Our goal is to foster a sense of belonging, to create opportunities for all our associates, customers and suppliers, and to be a Walmart for everyone.
At Walmart, our vision is "everyone included." By fostering a workplace culture where everyone is—and feels—included, everyone wins. Our associates and customers reflect the makeup of all 19 countries where we operate. By making Walmart a welcoming place where all people feel like they belong, we’re able to engage associates, strengthen our business, improve our ability to serve customers, and support the communities where we operate.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Walmart, Inc., is an Equal Opportunities Employer – By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions – while being inclusive of all people.
Minimum Qualifications...
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Option 1: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or related area and 3 years’ experience in software engineering or related area. Option 2: 5 years’ experience in software engineering or related area.
Preferred Qualifications...
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Master’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, information systems, cybersecurity, or related area and 1 year’s 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.
Information Technology - CISCO Certification - Certification
Primary Location...
Pardhanani Wilshire Ii, Cessna Business Park, Kadubeesanahalli Village, Varthur Hobli , India