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Senior Associate Software Engineer/Software Engineer – Site Reliability and Devops
| Company | Workday |
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| Location | McLean, VA, USA |
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| Salary | $122400 – $217200 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 4+ years in deploying large-scale, complex applications, with 3+ years in cloud-based deployments on AWS or GCP.
- 2+ years experience with automation tools and languages, including Ansible, Python, Go, Chef, and Puppet; proficient in CI/CD, build management and monitoring.
- 2+ years experience with networks, servers, storage, and operating systems in cloud environments; skilled in deployment orchestration and automation frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools like Chef, Puppet, and Ansible.
- 2+ years of SRE/DevOps experience in a distributed systems environment.
- Proven experience in managing and fixing distributed systems (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker).
- Experience with Linux.
- Demonstrated ability with at least one of (GoLang, Python, Ruby), preferably GoLang (Go).
- Experience with Bash or Shell scripting, plus understanding of software development standard methodologies such as code management, CI/CD.
Responsibilities
- Manage and optimize Workday in the U.S. Federal regions and in doing so, form the nexus of the core team responsible for this mission as well as closely working with our commercial software engineering teams responsible for the overall Workday platform.
- Partner with the Workday Federal Cyber Defense team responsible for security operations, overall cybersecurity posture, governance, risk, and compliance, and platform security health.
- Develop and maintain deployment tools and analytics to support company-wide deployment flexibility and cost savings.
- Collaborate across teams to ensure robust, scalable, and efficient solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
- Extensive experience in developing orchestration and automation frameworks using Ansible and Jenkins, with cloud deployments.
- Proven ability to introduce, integrate, and implement new technologies rapidly.
- Skilled in network analysis and troubleshooting, using tools like tcpdump to resolve network, firewall, and connectivity issues in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Proficient in Unix/Linux environments, with strong Python scripting expertise for automation and system management.
- Familiar with Agile/Scrum practices, including sprint planning and daily stand-ups using Jira; excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach in team environments.
- Experience creating and operating automation frameworks for deployment orchestration in production environments.
