Senior Site Reliability Engineer (US Federal)

About the position

At Workday, we are looking for a passionate and experienced Sr Site Reliability Engineer to join our dynamic Tenant Lifecycle Engineering (TLE) Public Cloud Operations team. This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government, which mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens. In this role, you will be a key contributor in building a user-friendly, scalable, and reliable tools framework, automating cluster buildouts, validation, patch deployment, and other operational tasks. You will collaborate closely with other Environments teams to ensure seamless operations, mentor and guide fellow team members, and design and analyze large-scale distributed systems. You will implement, design, and deploy solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless technologies, applying your expertise in AWS or Google Cloud Platform.

Responsibilities

• Build a user-friendly, scalable, and reliable tools framework.
• Automate cluster buildouts, validation, patch deployment, and other operational tasks.
• Collaborate closely with other Environments teams to ensure seamless operations.
• Mentor and guide fellow team members, sharing your expertise and knowledge.
• Design and analyze large-scale distributed systems.
• Implement, design, and deploy solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and Serverless technologies.
• Apply expertise in AWS or Google Cloud Platform.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in one or more of the following languages: Python, Ruby, GoLang, or Java.
• 3+ years experience with orchestration and deployment tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, or Chef.
• Experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• 3+ years experience implementing, designing, deploying: Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless (Lambda’s).
• 3+ years experience with one or more: AWS or Google Cloud Platform.

Nice-to-haves

• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science/Software Engineering or a related field.
• High degree of comfort in Object-Oriented and Functional Programming.
• Strong background in Linux and Shell Scripting.
• Experience with CI tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, or Artifactory.
• Experience with SQL and MySQL databases.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Loves solving the complexities of orchestrating deployments.
• Dislikes doing things twice and automates every step of the way.
• Strives to make things self-healing, elastic, automatic, repeatable, and well-tested.
• Is passionate about technology and enjoys exploring new tools and techniques to improve automation.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $145,100 USD - $217,800 USD for primary location.
• Additional US location base pay range: $131,300 USD - $233,300 USD.
• Eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus.
• Annual refresh stock grants.