Sr Site Reliability Engineer (US Federal)

Workday•Reston, VA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday Government focuses on outcomes that serve a larger mission, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing their employee lifecycle experience and finance operations. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to complex environments. This role is operational, high-impact, and demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking. You will be part of a team that values collaboration, follow-through, and doing the right thing, especially when stakes are high. The culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and shared responsibility, challenging each other to think clearly, act thoughtfully, and build solutions that stand up to real-world demands. Curiosity is matched with accountability, and ambition with trust. You will have the space to do your best work, the support to keep growing, and the backing of a company committed to long-term investment in both its people and the federal mission. This role is on the Analytics Delivery Engineering team, contributing to building a clean, scalable, reliable, and automated services framework.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen
5+ years of hands-on experience working with infrastructure, either on-premises or cloud-based, with a deep understanding of systems architecture, networking, and security.
Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts, architecture, and administration.
Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.

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.

Responsibilities

Work on projects ranging from building out robust CI/CD to automation for both the Prism engineering team and SRE team.
Work on enhancements and improvements for monitoring, alerting, and tracing of not only internal services but most importantly, production services.
Collaborate with others on the SRE team to help set technical direction while ensuring requirements are met.
Help enhance, build, secure and maintain environments for Prism Analytics in Workday Federal deployments.
Interact and be the primary contact with multiple teams both internally in Workday Prism Analytics.
Participate in and facilitate production on-call duties and events to ensure reliability of the analytics applications and play a pivotal role in building the foundation that delivers Workday Analytics to GovCloud.
Design, develop, 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 troubleshooting for platform-related issues, working closely with development teams to resolve problems.
Implement and maintain security best practices for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes.
Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.
Collaborate effectively with other engineers, development teams, and stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones.
Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space.