Description
Workday’s Public Cloud Infrastructure Team is seeking a Principal Cloud Engineer to guide our cloud adoption strategy and lead the technical aspects of our transition to the Public Cloud. As a Principal Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing cloud best practices, developing innovative solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful migration of our applications and infrastructure to the chosen cloud platform.
Responsibilities:
- Develop a comprehensive cloud strategy aligned with the company's objectives, leveraging Public Cloud.
- Design cloud-based solutions and architectures that meet security, scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.
- Lead the migration of existing on-premises infrastructure and applications to the public cloud.
- Collaborate with application teams to assess and plan the cloud readiness of their services.
- Automate deployment processes, ensuring consistency and efficiency in cloud resource provisioning.
- Establish cloud governance policies, guidelines, and best practices to maintain compliance and optimize resource usage.
- Implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive data and ensure alignment with industry standards and regulations.
- Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources to improve performance and cost-effectiveness.
- Identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend solutions to optimize cloud spending.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a growing team of cloud engineers.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with one or more of the following public cloud providers: AWS or GCP
- 5+ years of experience in one of the following functional languages: Ruby, Go, or Python
- 5+ years experience delivering Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Ansible
- US citizenship is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of Software Engineering experience
- 7+ years experience with Linux operating systems
- Expertise with building solutions in the Public Cloud (AWS or GCP) to meet scalability and reliability needs of web-scale applications
- Experience designing CI/CD pipelines (GIT, ArgoCD, etc.) pipelines for adhering to Infrastructure-as-code standard processes
- Experience with communication protocols, restful services, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, and microservices
- Proven track record of successfully leading cloud transformation initiatives for large-scale enterprises
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, standard methodologies, and security principles
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
- Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture
Salary: $191,500 USD - $287,300 USD
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