Software Development Engineer - US Federal

Workday•Reston, VA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is seeking a 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). As a SDE on the Federal Cloud Platform Engineering team, you will focus on design, development, analysis, acquisition, installation, modification and support of operating systems, deployments,, utilities and network-related tools! You will conduct programming and support activities, such as new or revised program language codes, processing routines and report generations. You will also conduct programming tasks including program design, program coding, debugging and documentation to increase flexibility in deployments. As part of our team, you will oversee and manage deployment of Workday technology stack in Gov cloud environments, and deliver analytics to enable optimized deployments company-wide. This role is ideal for engineers with a holistic approach to cloud deployment, performance, and scalability who thrive on driving innovation and system-wide improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.
Must have strong understanding of Kubernetes & AWS Cloud Stack
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Ruby, or Go programming language proficiency.
Proficiency in Infrastructure Automation tools like Terraform
Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.
Experience working in any of the Observability tools like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana or so.
Strong analytical and Incident troubleshooting skills.
Experience on 24X7 On-call rotation basis support
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Experiance with Security Auditing and Compliance frameworks

Nice To Haves

CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) Certification
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Certification
Proven ability to introduce, integrate, and implement new technologies rapidly.
Skilled in network analysis and troubleshooting, using tools like tcpdump to resolve network, firewall, and connectivity issues in collaboration with engineering teams.
Proficient in Unix/Linux environments, with strong Python scripting expertise for automation and system management.
Familiar with Agile/Scrum practices, including sprint planning and daily stand-ups using Jira; excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach in team environments.
Extensive experience creating and operating automation frameworks for deployment orchestration in production environments.

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize Workday in the U.S. Federal regions and in doing so, form the nexus of the core team responsible for this mission as well as closely working with our commercial software engineering teams responsible for the overall Workday platform.
Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team responsible for security operations, overall cybersecurity posture, governance, risk, and compliance, and platform security health.
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.
Support Kubernetes Infrastructure - Patching, Maintenance,& troubleshooting
Conduct Resiliency Failover/Failback exercises
Perform incident management, proactive alerting/monitoring, and conduct Root Cause analysis