Software Engineer, SRE III (US Federal)

Workday

Boulder, CO

Full Time

Senior

154k-230k

25 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

This role will handle the operations of many of our team's services, sitting in the intersection between our development teams and our partners in infrastructure. Your partnership with these teams will drive improvements to our architecture and operating practices with the goal of enabling the smooth operation of our services for our customers. It will also handle on-call support for these services in conjunction with our service and infrastructure teams. 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).

Key Responsibilities

Handle the operations of multiple services within the Productivity Technologies team, ensuring their smooth functioning.
Collaborate with development and infrastructure teams to drive improvements to architecture and operating practices.
Provide on-call support for services in conjunction with service and infrastructure teams.
Address service challenges with a sense of ownership and promote ownership among other contributing teams.

Requirements

5+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms like AWS (preferred).
Experience with full life-cycle software engineering practices including coding standards, testing, code reviews, and source control management.
Proficient in technical writing documentation.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Experience instrumenting applications for observability, including metrics collection, logging, and tracing.
Experience with capacity planning and performance optimization of distributed systems.
Knowledge of incident management processes and post-incident analysis.
Experience in automating operational tasks and infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools like terraform.

Nice to Have

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS.
Experience automating operational tasks and infrastructure provisioning using IaC tools like terraform.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits & Perks

Role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.
Comprehensive benefits package (details available during hiring).

Working at Workday

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. Our culture is driven by our value of putting our people first. We believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is essential for success. We look after our people, communities, and the planet while remaining profitable. Our environment encourages employees to shine and be authentic, fostering energy and passion that make us unique.

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