# Principal Cloud Engineer - US Federal

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d24cabbf-6cef-42e7-85b8-3f29bd66db4b

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Principal
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 191500 – 287300 USD per year

## Summary

A technical leadership role guiding Workday's cloud infrastructure migration and strategy for US Federal Government contracts, overseeing architecture, automation, and team development. Suited for experienced cloud engineers who can mentor others and drive large-scale infrastructure transformation while meeting federal security requirements.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Ansible, ArgoCD, AWS CloudFormation, Docker, Git, Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Ruby, Terraform

## Required

- US citizenship
- 5+ years hands-on experience with AWS or GCP
- 5+ years experience with Ruby, Go, or Python
- 5+ years delivering Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Ansible
- Ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance

## Nice to have

- DoD 8570/8140 compliance with IAT Level II certification and current CE credential plus specialty cert (CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)
- 10+ years software engineering experience
- 7+ years Linux operating systems experience
- Expertise building public cloud solutions for web-scale applications
- CI/CD pipeline design experience (GIT, ArgoCD)
- Knowledge of communication protocols, REST, SOA, distributed systems, microservices
- Track record leading cloud transformation for large enterprises
- Understanding of cloud architecture, standard methodologies, security principles
- Containerization and microservices expertise

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Principal-Cloud-Engineer---US-Federal_JR-0108260