Manager, Infrastructure Engineering
Pleasanton, CA - USA
Job Summary
Your work days are brighter here.
Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. Not just in the products we build but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity empathy and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well give you the trust to take risks the tools to grow the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
The Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team is the backbone of our global infrastructure. We are a collaborative group of engineers dedicated to driving automation scalability security and resilience across the organization. By partnering closely with our Platform Operations and Security teams we ensure that Workdays services remain highly available performant and secure. We are committed to a culture of continuous improvement leveraging innovative technologies to provide a seamless and superior experience for our customersAbout the Role
In this role you will join our dynamic distributed team and embark on a journey of professional growth. We share a collective responsibility for maintaining the high availability of Workdays production and development environments. You will be instrumental in developing innovative software solutions to build scale monitor and refine our global infrastructure.
You will empower our engineers to drive operational excellence by prioritizing automation and eliminating manual toil. By collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and customers to resolve incidents promptly you will make a tangible impact on our world-class service delivery.
- You will be responsible for managing a team of high performers and highly motivated network and system engineers
- Your will work with Site Reliability Engineering teams in Europe and APAC to provide 24x7 operations support for critical Workday services
- You will help lead key goals in the areas of automation infrastructure observability and process standardization in Workday data centers
- You will partner with Customer and Application support teams to solve and remediate problems
About You
Basic Qualifications
3 years experience leading a 24x7 production environment across multiple data centers
7 years of IT experience with at least 3 years in a management role.
4 years experience working with large IP based network
Other Qualifications
Engineering Management & Leadership: Proven ability to manage a team of high performers and highly motivated network and system engineers. You possess a deep passion for leading mentoring and growing talent with the interpersonal skills necessary to guide daily activities and build cross-organizational relationships.
Infrastructure Automation: Strong focus on empowering engineers to drive operational excellence by prioritizing automation and eliminating manual toil. You will help lead key goals in automating and refining global infrastructure.
Linux & Systems Expertise: Proven knowledge of Linux Systems with previous hands-on experience in production environments.
Cloud & Global Infrastructure: Experience in building scaling and monitoring global infrastructure across multiple data centers to maintain high availability.
Infrastructure Services: Deep knowledge of IP networking (BGP load balancers switching) and experience supporting core internet services such as Mail CDNs and DNS.
Observability & Standardization: Ability to lead initiatives in infrastructure observability and process standardization to ensure world-class service delivery
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.
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