Workday
Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
USA.VA.Reston · Senior
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About the role
- We are looking for a highly motivated and Senior Engineer to join our growing Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement: Build, develop, and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
- Build and maintain: Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
- Automate and optimize: Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform and Argo CD.
- Troubleshooting and support: Provide support and solving for platform-related issues, working closely with peer development teams to resolve problems.
- Security and compliance: Implement and maintain security standard methodologies for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
- Documentation and knowledge sharing: Build and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes. Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.
- 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 ).
- Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering skills.
- 6+ years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering skills.
- Infrastructure as code: Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.
- CI/CD: Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.
- Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.
- Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.
- We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).
- Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree.
Nice to have
- 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.
- An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred
Skills
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes
- Amazon Web Services proficiency working in a production environment
- C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency
- Experience with security auditing and compliance frameworks.
- Experience working in air gapped cloud regions
- Proficiency in at least one programming language
- Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Workday Pay Transparency Statement
- The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.
- Workday pay ranges vary based on work location.
- Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process.
Compensation
- $137,000 USD - $205,400 USD
- $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD
- In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
Benefits
- Our Approach to Flexible Work
- This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together.
- Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Company info
- Your work matters here.
- At Workday Government, we focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission.
- Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations-so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust.
- As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world.
- The work isn't theoretical.
- It's operational.
- It's high-impact.
- And it demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking.
- From day one, you'll be part of a team that values collaboration, follow-through, and doing the right thing-especially when the stakes are high.
- Our culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and shared responsibility.
- We challenge each other to think clearly, act thoughtfully, and build solutions that stand up to real-world demands.
- Here, curiosity is matched with accountability.
- Ambition is paired with trust.
- You'll 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.
Equal opportunity
- Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
- Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level
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