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.About the TeamAre you a DevOps or Site Reliability Engineer who loves the challenge of automating, operating and improving pioneering cloud native service platforms? Do you love digging into a production problem and seeing it through to resolution and follow through?We’re the team that deploys, operates and supports our cloud native technology platform that was designed from scratch for the cloud. We lead the reliability for the complete stack and tools that delivers and supports Workday products across public clouds (e.g. AWS and GCP).The platform is built using Cloud Native technologies (CNCF), on a foundation of Kubernetes in Public Cloud environments. This provides a secure platform on which Workday service teams, and Platform development teams can build and test their pre-release code, through deployment to production on a continuous basis.About the RoleThis 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).The primary function of the DevOps/SRE team is to ensure the reliability and availability of the platform to meet the desired SLAs, reduce operational load and to scale sustainably in alignment with business growth.Be a key member of team of dedicated DevOps/SREs responsible for software engineering and operations, with an emphasis on reducing operational toil.Automation and improvements are planned by following scrum practices with two week sprints.The scrum team is autonomous - on-call function is follow-the-sun.Tech stack is Cloud Native (Kubernetes, Istio, OPA, GoLang, Ruby/Groovy, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana etc).Responsible for the safe change and reliability of customer environments, with SLO gated multi-stage deployment automation. Mission is to improve platform reliability, observability and overall customer satisfaction.Develop and launch effective SLIs to ensure that SLOs are achieved through building an extendable Observability architecture, runbook automation, and establishing new processes.Partner with platform service teams to craft and implement a range of SRE standards for their respective services to meet. Define benchmarks and automation to qualify services to move to production environments.About YouYour passion for identifying and solving problems on distributed environments scaling across configuration, Linux Operating System and network. You have hands-on experience handling distributed environments (Kubernetes experience or Certified Kubernetes administrator certification is a big plus). You have a keen interest in improving operational efficiency, and believe that automation is the key to operating large-scale systems. You are driven to ensure customer success.Basic Qualifications:This position requires a TS/SCI with CI POLY security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI POLY security clearance.BS/MS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent degree.4+ years of DevOps or SRE experience in a distributed systems environment.4+ years experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.4+ years experience with Kubernetes.Proficiency with a programming language such as GoLang, Python, or Ruby (preferably GoLang).Other Qualifications:4+ years in handling and solving distributed systems in a public cloud, Passionate automator, with a track record of referenceable examples.Experienced with software development standard methodologies such as code management, CI/CD, testing.Can work independently and with the demeanor that everything can be automated.Skills and enthusiasm to operate, maintain, support and sustain the platform.Excited by working in a fast-paced environment. Experience collaborating with multi-functional global and remote teams with a diverse set of backgrounds.Excellent documentation skills, experience with developing detailed runbooks, processes.Preferred: CKA/CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Application Developer) certification and Associate Cloud Engineer certification.Workday Pay Transparency StatementThe 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: $130,200 USD - $195,300 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $117,800 USD - $210,000 USDOur Approach to Flexible WorkWith 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.Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

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