Senior Software Development Engineer, DevOps (US Federal)

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

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About the Team

Join a creative and collaborative team delivering platform engineering tools for public and private cloud environments. We partner with application development teams from architecture design to deployment and help ensure their services are healthy in production customer environments. Your contributions to our team will enable innovative solutions for service scaling, self-service operations, toil reduction, service resilience, cost control, and policy compliance for the growing number of services we support.
We are a group of capable professionals that lean on agile and SRE methods to achieve a productive and balanced team environment. We strive to achieve continuous improvement without changing for the sake of change. Our team is passionate about supporting both the technology and teams that deliver systems used by millions of people.
Does the idea of working with great people excite you? We invite you to chat with us further about the vision we have, the systems we develop, and the people we need to grow our outstanding team!

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

• Build, run, and deploy large-scale, fault-tolerant systems using Workday's private cloud technology, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Focus on the scalability, availability, automation, performance and security of distributed web services

• Participate in the team's paid on-call rotation - Work closely with engineering teams in the US, Canada, and Ireland to deliver exciting next generation applications and services for Workday

• Engage in a culture of learning and innovation through hackathons, online course offerings, and employee-led special interest guilds

• Be a part of Workday's amazing people-first culture and experience fun benefits like clubs and team events

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of development experience with building services and tooling in one or multiple languages (e.g. Go, Python, Ruby, Java).
• 5+ years of SRE/DevOps experience.
• Ability to architect, analyze, and support complex distributed systems

Other Qualifications

• Experience with public Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications with Kubernetes
• A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience debugging and optimizing systems and code
• Desire to optimize continuous integration and deployment pipelines
• Skill in automating routine tasks to eliminate toil
• Mentoring and coaching junior engineers to inspire professional growth
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.VA.McLean (Tyson's Corner)

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $161,300 USD - $241,900 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $145,900 USD - $259,200 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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