Description
We are seeking a Sr Software Development Engineer to join our team at Workday Government. You will play a pivotal role in guiding Workday's efforts to build, deploy, and scale solutions for our Kubernetes platform in AWS GovCloud.
Responsibilities:
- Run, manage, and scale complex containerized workloads on Kubernetes clusters deployed in AWS GovCloud environments.
- Provision and automate infrastructure, configurations, and deployment pipelines using Terraform, Terragrunt, Docker, AWS, and Argo CD.
- Design, implement, and maintain air-gapped deployment methodologies to support strict security, compliance, and isolation requirements.
- Build, maintain, and optimize comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and visibility into our managed services.
- Apply deep expertise in troubleshooting distributed systems to quickly diagnose and resolve complex platform, infrastructure, and network issues.
- Work closely with peer development teams, security leaders, and cross-functional partners across multiple locations to deliver reliable, high-impact outcomes.
- Implement and maintain enterprise security standards for the platform, ensuring full compliance with federal industry standards.
- Author clear technical documentation, participate in architectural reviews, and actively mentor team members to foster a culture of continuous learning.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building, scaling, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, or platform engineering systems.
- Proven proficiency with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform or Terragrunt.
- Hands-on experience managing continuous delivery pipelines using tools like Argo CD, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
- Proficiency in modern scripting or programming languages, with a preference for Go or Python.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead technical initiatives, troubleshoot distributed systems, and mentor junior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep production experience managing containerized workloads in AWS (ideally AWS GovCloud) using Kubernetes and Docker.
- Practical experience implementing or managing air-gapped deployment methodologies and isolated cloud architectures.
- Background in building robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems for distributed platforms.
- Familiarity with federal security frameworks.
- Certifications such as DoD 8570/8140 compliance at IAT Level II or higher.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.