Software Engineer, BDS Hadoop Engineer - US Federal

Workday•McLean, VA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team Welcome to the Big Data Services team! We lead the big data platform at Workday for both on-premise and on public cloud. We provide a highly available and scalable data services related to persistence, compute and enterprise security. Our crucial services enable Workday to quickly and efficiently scale to meet the needs of our multi-billion-dollar customer base. We are critical to Workday's Analytics family of products. We power reporting, analytics, machine learning, and other data-centric applications. We are constantly innovating and challenging the way we do things. If this sounds like a team you could grow with we'd love to hear from you! About the Role 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). The Workday Big Data Platform team is seeking hardworking, innovative, experienced, self-motivated engineers to design and implement outstanding solutions in one of the biggest hybrid-cloud environments on Earth. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting our fault-tolerant, high-performance platform for data analytics. In this role you will:

Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience.
Proficient in programming/systems engineering knowledge, primarily in Java/Python/ Ruby
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.
Bachelors Degree in CS or Equivalent
Familiarity with enterprise security, encryption-at rest/authentication/authorization
You have a willingness to work on large enterprise software projects that span multiple teams, deliver on-time while working in a fast paced agile environment
Understanding of how Hadoop/Spark cluster works
Familiar with distributed computing design patterns
Experience with Kubernetes and Docker container
General knowledge about public cloud capabilities and architecture
Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Nice To Haves

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop scalable solutions on both Workday Data Centers and Public Cloud.
Rapidly build new applications and automate operations on one of the largest big data clusters on earth.
Help modernize our on-premise Hadoop infrastructure to provide public cloud-like services.
Work on multiple types of software development including REST services, logging/monitoring, and DevOps.
Collaborate with other team members to deliver innovative tools that solve challenging problems
Improve our team's capabilities by applying ground breaking technologies
Serve in an on-call rotation for handling urgent production issues

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