Senior Software Development Engineer - US Federal

Workday • McLean, VA

245d • $161,300 - $241,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Workday, we value our candidates' privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not. In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday. We're the team that drives the product and strategy for Workday's secret sauce - our technology platform that was designed from scratch for the cloud. We own the complete stack and tools that delivers and supports Workday products across private and public clouds (e.g. on-premise, AWS, GCP, Azure). We enable Workday's scale: ~50% of Fortune 500 companies, 8000+ customers, 55M+ Workers, ~365B Transactions! Workday is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE) to be part of the Federal Cloud Platform Engineering team. This team supports direct and indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

Requirements

• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance.
• 6+ years in deploying large-scale, complex applications, with 3+ years in cloud-based deployments on AWS or GCP.
• 2+ years experience with automation tools and languages, including Ansible, Python, Go, Chef, and Puppet.
• 2+ years experience with networks, servers, storage, and operating systems in cloud environments.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience in developing orchestration and automation frameworks using Ansible and Jenkins.
• Proven ability to introduce, integrate, and implement new technologies rapidly.
• Skilled in network analysis and troubleshooting, using tools like tcpdump.
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum practices, including sprint planning and daily stand-ups using Jira.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimize Workday in the air-gapped U.S. AWS cloud regions.
• Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team responsible for security operations.
• Develop and maintain deployment tools and analytics to support company-wide deployment flexibility and cost savings.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure robust, scalable, and efficient solutions.

Benefits

• Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus.
• Annual refresh stock grants.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Publishing Industries