Sr DevOps Engineer

Workday • Pleasanton, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr DevOps Engineer designs, implements, and maintains Workday Community cloud production and development systems. The role deploys, monitors, automates, and manages enterprise solutions and services in AWS, and supports tools, infrastructure, and monitoring for the software development lifecycle. It focuses on developer efficiency, release velocity, and product quality. The engineer maintains an accurate picture of server, storage, networking software and hardware, and virtual environments to support scaling for project requirements and production demands. The role works closely with Development and QA teams to build and support continuous integration and deployment tooling.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software, systems, or networking development experience, including at least 2 years in a dedicated software development DevOps engineer role.
• Proactive written and verbal communication skills and proven collaboration skills, with the ability to work as both a team member and a leader.
• Ability to work independently and self-teach new systems and designs.
• Ability to work periodically in the evenings with engineers based in the IST time zone.
• Comprehensive experience with AWS.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD and ability to build infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, AWS CodeBuild, CodePipeline, and CloudFormation.
• Solid experience with Amazon S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, ElastiCache, CDN, and Route 53.
• Understanding and proficiency in serverless environments such as ECS and Fargate.
• Strong proficiency in shell scripting and Python.
• Deep troubleshooting skills, including log analysis, traffic tracing, configuration verification, and use of automation tools.
• Strong proficiency in Docker containerization, system administration, and troubleshooting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using AI tools for coding, code reviews, and infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of security, networking, and RDBMS/database technologies such as Postgres, MySQL, and Redis.
• Experience deploying and maintaining Discourse and Drupal in AWS, as well as systems within Adobe Cloud.
• Experience with RESTful services, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, cloud systems (AWS), and microservices.
• Experience deploying and maintaining Amazon MSK.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain Workday Community cloud production and development systems.
• Deploy, monitor, automate, and manage enterprise solutions and services in AWS.
• Support tools, infrastructure, and monitoring that enable the software development lifecycle.
• Maintain an accurate picture of server, storage, networking software and hardware, and virtual environments to support scaling for project requirements and production demands.
• Work with Development and QA teams to build and support continuous integration and deployment tooling.
• Troubleshoot system issues by analyzing logs, tracing traffic, verifying configuration data, and using automation tools until end-to-end systems are functioning.
• Put proactive solutions in place to prevent future problems and automate processes so engineers can self-service operational requirements.

Benefits

• The role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.
• The role may be eligible for annual refresh stock grants.
• Flexible work schedule and a hybrid approach combining in-person and remote work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed