# Sr Cloud Engineer (US Federal)

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/7ef371b4-021d-4e9c-92f9-923386d1af4c

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: USA, VA, McLean
- Salary: 148200 – 264000 USD per year

## Summary

Senior technical leader responsible for guiding Workday's cloud infrastructure strategy and migration to public cloud platforms, with emphasis on security, automation, and cost optimization. Ideal for experienced cloud engineers who excel at infrastructure-as-code, can mentor teams, and are excited about large-scale cloud transformation.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, ArgoCD, AWS CloudFormation, CI/CD, Docker, Git, Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, REST APIs, Ruby, Terraform

## Required

- 8+ years hands-on experience with AWS or GCP
- 5+ years Linux operating system experience
- 8+ years functional programming with Ruby, Go, or Python
- 8+ years Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform or Ansible
- U.S. citizen status (required for federal contract work)
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearance

## Nice to have

- Active TS/SCI with Continuous Investigation Polygraph security clearance
- Experience leading cloud transformation for large enterprises
- Proficiency with CI/CD pipeline design and GitOps tools
- Kubernetes and Docker containerization expertise
- CloudFormation experience alongside Terraform
- Microservices architecture knowledge
- SCM and version control expertise

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-VA-McLean/Sr-Software-Engineer--US-Federal-_JR-0097206