Site Reliability Engineer
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 Database Engineering team at Workday is responsible for ensuring the entire Workdays Data related needs are met with high performance and scale while providing utmost high availability that our customers expect from Workday. This team takes pride in ensuring seamless operation of 1000s of production and non-production databases across multiple data centers public clouds and geographies. Are you passionate about database technologies!About the Role
Workday is looking for a highly skilled SRE with a focus on Open-Source database technologies and Cloud Native solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in designing developing and managing enterprise-level database systems with a keen emphasis on resiliency high availability security and scalability. Deep knowledge of MySQL PostgreSQL and other Cloud Native database technologies is crucial as is proficiency in Python and shell scripting.
About You
Basic Qualifications:
- 7 yrs of experience managing databases for enterprise cloud applications at scale.
- 3 yrs of working in MySQL and/or Postgres database environments in Private and Public Cloud (AWS and/or GCP) Expertise with Python/GO.
- Have worked with Infrastructure automation (Terraform Ansible etc.) CI/CD pipelines (GIT Jenkins Argo etc) and configuration management tools (Ansible Chef etc).
- Experience working with private and public clouds (IAAS AWS etc) and capacity management principles
- Deep knowledge in MySQL GTID based replication group replication and Galera high availability solutions
- Working knowledge in technologies like kubernetes/docker
- Great teammate with excellent interpersonal skills as well as the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
- Available for on-call support on a rotating basis
- You have a BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related technical field
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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About Company
Seamlessly manage your people, money, and agents on an open, unified platform with AI at the core. It’s a new work day.