(Sr) Software Development Engineer (DevOps/SRE)

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Service Reliability Engineering (SRE) Tools team at Workday plays a critical role in ensuring the seamless functioning of collaboration platforms. These platforms are not only expected to be highly available but also scalable and reliable. The team's responsibility extends to creating an environment that empowers Workday development and operation teams, facilitating their ability to meticulously plan, build, and deliver services to production. By meticulously maintaining these platforms, the SRE Tools team contributes significantly to the overall efficiency and success of Workday's development and operational processes.

About the Role

We are open to hiring either a Senior or mid level engineer for this role- please see below for the basic/minimum qualifications for each.

Are you a creative and innovative Senior Software Engineer looking for more opportunities to automate and improve reliability?  Do you enjoy building solutions to improve efficiency or reduce toil and manual effort? 

As a part of the SRE Tools Team, your role will involve automating infrastructure, migrating workloads from Data Center to public AWS/GCP Cloud, developing deployment frameworks, maintaining, monitoring, and administering developer tools and services deployed in the Cloud/Data Center.

We are keenly passionate about Workday’s core values, including innovation, integrity, and having fun!

About You

Basic Qualifications- Senior Software Development Engineer

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

• 5+ experience with Amazon Web Services

• 8+ years with one or more prominent languages such as - Python, Java, C++, Ruby, Golang

• 8+ years of experience as a software developer supporting Developer Efficiency, Production Engineering, DevOps or equivalent roles

• 3+ years of experience working with Kubernetes and Docker.

• Experienced in using configuration management frameworks and automation orchestration tools like Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Jenkins, ArgoCD

• Experience in Linux and bash scripting

• Solid understanding of relational databases and MySQL

Basic Qualifications- Software Development Engineer

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, software engineering, or a related field

• 3+ years experience with Amazon Web Services

• 4+ years with one or more prominent languages such as - Python, Java, C++, Ruby, Golang

• 4+ years of experience as a software developer supporting Developer Efficiency, Production Engineering, DevOps or equivalent roles

• 2+ years of experience working with Kubernetes and Docker.

• Experienced in using configuration management frameworks and automation orchestration tools like Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Jenkins, ArgoCD

• Experience in Linux and bash scripting

• Solid understanding of relational databases and MySQL

Other Qualifications

• Have a strong understanding of CI/CD, SDLC, and Agile methodologies.

• Experience in administration of Atlassian Suite including Jira, Jira Service Desk, and Confluence.

• Experience working with high availability, resilient, multi-data center systems and hybrid cloud environments

• Experience training and mentoring Engineers on software development or project-related tasks

• Possess excellent analytical skills for problem solving

• Worked in a fast-paced environment with the mentality that everything can be automated

• Strong verba