Senior Software Development Engineer, DevOps (US Federal)

Workday•Reston, VA

3d•$148,200 - $264,000•Hybrid

About The Position

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). You will be a key contributor on the TLE Public Cloud Team. You will help the team in building a user friendly, scalable, and reliable tool framework. You will work closely with others from TLE to help automate tenant management and other operational tasks while being part of on-call and patch rotations. This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred. You are a highly organized, technically fluent program leader who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments, managing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution. You balance technical understanding with program management expertise to anticipate risks and maintain momentum. You break down complex problems into actionable plans and possess a proactive, ownership-driven, and results-focused mindset. May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area You have excellent analytical skills for solving and problem determination. You love solving the complexities of running a deployment. You dislike doing things twice, so you automate each step along the way. You strive to make things self-healing, elastic, automatic, repeatable, and well tested. Have a high degree of comfort in Object Oriented, and Functional Programming. You are passionate about automation and motivated by writing fast, scalable code with test-ability in mind and exhilarated by working in a fast-paced environment!

Requirements

Must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native).
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
5+ years using, deploying, and applying: AWS, Google Cloud Platform
5+ years working with one or more of the following languages: Python, Ruby
5+ years with SQL and MySQL
High degree of comfort in Object Oriented, and Functional Programming.
Passionate about automation and motivated by writing fast, scalable code with test-ability in mind.
MS in Computer Science or related field and 3 years validated experience or BS in Computer Science or related field and 5 years validated experience.

Nice To Haves

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.
Experience in crafting, analyzing, and fixing large-scale distributed systems.
Experience implementing, crafting, deploying: Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless (Lambda’s).
Experience with orchestration, deployment tools e.g CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Chef.
Experience with CI tools e.g Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, Artifactory.
Strong background in Linux and Shell Scripting.

Responsibilities

Support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government.
Be a key contributor on the TLE Public Cloud Team.
Help the team in building a user friendly, scalable, and reliable tool framework.
Work closely with others from TLE to help automate tenant management and other operational tasks.
Be part of on-call and patch rotations.
Crafting, analyzing, and fixing large-scale distributed systems.
Implementing, crafting, deploying Docker, Kubernetes, Serverless (Lambda’s).
Orchestration, deployment tools e.g CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Chef.
CI tools e.g Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, Artifactory.
Linux and Shell Scripting.