Platform Engineer (US Federal)

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About the Team

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which due to federal government security requirements mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a Platform Engineer you will play a pivotal role in guiding Workdays cloud adoption strategy and leading the technical aspects of our transition to the Public this critical technical leadership position you will have the opportunity to shape and implement cloud best practices develop innovative solutions and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful migration of our applications and infrastructure to the chosen cloud platform. You will use Infrastructure-as-code and automation to make continuous improvements to how the team maintains the infrastructure and services they own.

Be Responsible For:

• Managing and operating infrastructure services in a scalable and secure manner.
• Own tooling and operations involved in the buildout of new Customer environments
• Collaborate with architects and leadership in evolving infrastructure services to meet the growing needs of the business.

Have Ownership of:

• Service health and uptime of infrastructure services.
• Patching a regular maintenance of infrastructure services.
• ENV build automation tooling and workflow execution.
• Vulnerability management holding teams accountable to meet customer facing Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience with one or more public cloud providers: AWS or GCP
• A minimum of 6 years experience with Linux operating systems
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in one of the following functional languages: Ruby Go or Python
• A minimum of 2 years experience delivering Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Ansible.
• This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Other Qualifications

• Expertise with building solutions in the Public Cloud (AWS or GCP) to meet scalability and reliability needs of web-scale applications.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines (GIT ArgoCD etc.) pipelines for adhering to Infrastructure-as-code best practices
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Skilled in designing and implementing automation strategies using various tools helping organizations by improving operational efficiency reducing errors and enabling a focus on strategic tasks.
• Adept at improving product durability minimizing system failures and enhancing process efficiency to contribute to cost savings and customer satisfaction.
• Proficient in using programming languages to design write test and debug code with understanding of syntax semantics and programming paradigms.
• Capable of fostering a positive and inclusive team environment to improve team efficiency and facilitate effective decision-making.
• Adept at identifying the root cause of problems and implementing effective solutions thereby improving system efficiency reducing downtime and enhancing overall operational productivity.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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