Network Engineer II

Position Summary... We are seeking a skilled and motivated Network Engineer II to join the Network Operations L2 organization. This role will support complex network incidents, operational challenges, infrastructure reliability, and automation initiatives across Walmart s enterprise network ecosystem.
The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in enterprise networking technologies, troubleshooting capabilities, operational excellence, and a passion for improving network reliability and operational efficiency at scale. What youll do...

About the Team

The Network Operations L2 team is responsible for supporting and maintaining Walmart s large-scale global network infrastructure across stores, distribution centers, data centers, WAN, and core infrastructure services. The team ensures operational excellence, high availability, rapid incident response, and continuous improvement across mission-critical enterprise networking environments.

The team supports:

• Store Networks (Wired Wireless)

• Distribution Center (DC) Networks

• Data Center Networks

• Global WAN (GWAN)

DDI Infrastructure (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)

What You ll Do

Network Operations Incident Management

• Provide L2 operational support for Walmart s global network infrastructure including:

  • Store wired and wireless networks

  • Distribution Center networking

  • Data Center networking

  • GWAN connectivity

  • DDI platforms (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)

• Troubleshoot and resolve network incidents impacting business-critical services.

• Participate in major incident management (MIM) calls and support technical resolution activities.

• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective/preventive actions.

• Collaborate with L1 operations teams for escalations and knowledge transfer.

Technical Support

• Support routing, switching, wireless, WAN, and DDI technologies.

• Assist with infrastructure upgrades, migrations, deployments, and operational readiness activities.

• Review network changes and support operational compliance and risk mitigation.

• Work closely with architecture, engineering, security, and cloud teams to support new initiatives.

Reliability Continuous Improvement

• Drive operational excellence through proactive monitoring, observability, and performance optimization.

• Identify recurring issues and contribute to long-term fixes to improve network stability.

• Develop operational runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and knowledge articles.

• Participate in on-call rotation and support 24x7 production operations when required.

Automation Innovation

• Support and enhance automation solutions using in-house automation tools.

• Improve operational efficiency through automated remediation workflows.

• Support telemetry, monitoring, and analytics initiatives for enhanced network visibility.

• Contribute to process standardization and modernization initiatives.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

• 3 5 years of experience in enterprise network engineering and operations.

• Strong hands-on experience in:

  • Enterprise routing and switching

  • Wireless networking technologies

  • WAN/SD-WAN environments

  • Data Center networking

  • DNS, DHCP, and IPAM solutions

• Experience with technologies and platforms such as:

  • Cisco

  • Juniper

  • Versa

  • Infoblox

• Strong understanding of:

  • TCP/IP

  • BGP, OSPF, EIGRP

  • VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP

  • VXLAN/EVPN

  • WLAN architectures

  • DNS/DHCP/IPAM

• Experience troubleshooting enterprise network environments.

• Basic to intermediate automation/scripting experience using Python, Ansible, REST APIs, or equivalent tools.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Experience supporting retail or globally distributed enterprise environments.

• Experience with network monitoring and observability platforms.

• Familiarity with ITIL processes and ServiceNow workflows.

• Exposure to SRE practices and operational excellence methodologies.

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 experts 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 office for daily work, with the flexibility for associates to manage their personal 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

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications:Option 1: Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, electrical engineering, or related area.Option 2: 3 years experience in large-scale networking environments or related area. Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

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