(Senior) Software Development Engineer (US Federal)

Workday•Reston, VA

1d•$148,200 - $264,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for highly motivated Senior and Mid-Level Engineers to join our growing Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team. You will play a critical role in building, scaling, observing, and maintaining our Kubernetes-based platform and enabling our engineering organization to deliver capabilities and incremental products quickly and reliably. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complicated problems, and contribute to the foundation of our infrastructure. This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for automation, and a collaborative mindset. This role involves collaborating with teams across multiple locations and time zones. You will need to be adept at communicating optimally and building positive relationships with colleagues in diverse locations. You have a growth mindset and will be part of a team promoting a diverse and inclusive environment where you and your workmates are happy, energized, and engaged, and who are excited to come to work every day. 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).

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen
4+ years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering skills (for Mid-Level/P3)
6+ years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering skills (for Senior/P4)
Infrastructure as code (2+ years for Mid-Level/P3, 4+ years for Senior/P4): Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.
2+ years working with Kubernetes (for Mid-Level/P3)
3+ years working with Kubernetes (for Senior/P4)
2+ years with C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency (for Mid-Level/P3)
4+ years with C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency (for Senior/P4)
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Nice To Haves

CI/CD: Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.
Programming skills: Proficiency in at least one programming language
Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
AWS Certification
Amazon Web Services proficiency working in a production environment
Experience with security auditing and compliance frameworks.
Experience working in air gapped cloud regions
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+)
Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred

Responsibilities

Design and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform and Argo CD.
Provide support and solving for platform-related issues, working closely with peer development teams to resolve problems.
Implement and maintain security standard methodologies for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Build and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes.
Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.
Collaborate effectively with other engineers and development teams across multiple locations and time zones.
Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space.