# Sr Software Development Engineer (US Federal)

Hiring organization: [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/7af521c1-27d9-4103-9f7f-09fe8bb6bf5b

Listed on Workday's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 163800 – 245800 USD per year

## Summary

This is a senior infrastructure and platform engineering role supporting U.S. federal government contracts, focused on building and maintaining Kubernetes-based systems, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure at scale. The position suits experienced engineers who want to work on mission-critical systems with strong security requirements and are comfortable with remote-flexible arrangements.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Argo CD, C#, CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Docker, Go, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Python, Ruby, Rust, Terraform

## Required

- 5+ years of hands-on large-scale cloud infrastructure and DevOps experience
- U.S. citizenship (naturalized or native)
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearance at TS/SCI w/CI Poly level

## Nice to have

- Terraform proficiency
- CI/CD pipeline experience with Argo CD
- Programming language proficiency (C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go)
- Strong Kubernetes knowledge
- AWS production environment experience
- Security auditing and compliance framework experience
- Air-gapped cloud region experience
- DoD 8570/8140 compliance with IAT Level II certification
- Bachelor's degree in computer-related field

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Software-Development-Engineer--US-Federal-_JR-0105420