Senior Software Engineer, DBaas (US Federal)

Workday•Reston, VA

4d•$137,000 - $222,000•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). Are you passionate about database technologies? Do you love to solve complex, large-scale database challenges in the world today using code and as a service? If yes, then read on! This position is responsible for architecting, designing, developing and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure. Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds. Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs. Keeps observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques. Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.

Requirements

6+ years experience in designing/developing/automating and managing mission critical production workloads on Aurora MySQL, RDS MySQL and other Cloud naive databases.
6+ years experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR.
2+ years of experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Golang, Python, Java) including Architecture, Design and Development.
4+ years hands-on experience in Cloud hyperscalers AWS.
4+ years experience managing clustered, highly-available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.
Minimum 5+ years working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring and scaling.
Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
BS/MS degree in computer science.

Nice To Haves

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.
May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.
Preferred DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+).
Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef and Ansible.
Familiarity with tools such as Ceph Storage, Gluster, Orchestrator for MySQL, Percona MHA, Percona Galera, Vitess, Pure Storage.
Experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR.
Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.
Excellent team player with extraordinary written & verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Architecting, designing, developing and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure.
Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds.
Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs.
Keep observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques.
Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments.
Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure.
Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.