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Sr Software Development Engineer

Workday

Reston, VA · full time · Senior

$163,800 – $245,800

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What this role is

A senior platform engineer role building and maintaining Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools for Workday's federal government solutions. This suits experienced infrastructure and DevOps engineers who want to work on mission-critical systems serving U.S. federal agencies with strong security and scalability requirements.

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What they ask for

Required

  • U.S. citizenship (naturalized or native)
  • Minimum 5 years hands-on experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development
  • Bachelor's degree in computer-related field or equivalent work experience
  • Proficiency in Terraform
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Ruby, etc.)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearance at TS/SCI w/CI Poly level

Nice to have

  • Strong understanding of Kubernetes
  • Amazon Web Services proficiency in production environments
  • C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency
  • Experience with security auditing and compliance frameworks
  • Experience working in air-gapped cloud regions
  • DoD 8570/8140 compliance with IAT Level II certification, current Computing Environment credential, and approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)
  • Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance

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