Senior Site Reliability Engineer (US Federal)

An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, automation, and overall DevOps methodologies

Infrastructure as code: Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.

CI/CD: Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.

Strong understanding of Kubernetes

Amazon Web Services proficiency working in a production environment

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S.

You will play a critical role in operating, monitoring, automating, maintaining, and providing metrics and observability for our Kubernetes-based platform and enabling our engineering organization to deliver capabilities and incremental products quickly and reliably.

You and the team will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complicated problems, and contribute to the foundation of our infrastructure.

This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for automation, and a collaborative mindset.

Ensuring the Workday Kubernetes based platform is maintained, healthy, and ensures high availability for our customers through, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, reporting, incident handling and response, and observability tools.

Maintain the overall platform: maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.

Your work matters here. At Workday Government, we focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission. Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world. The work isn’t theoretical. It’s operational. It’s high-impact. And it demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking.

From day one, you’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, follow-through, and doing the right thing—especially when the stakes are high. Our culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and shared responsibility. We challenge each other to think clearly, act thoughtfully, and build solutions that stand up to real-world demands. Here, curiosity is matched with accountability. Ambition is paired with trust. You’ll have the space to do your best work, the support to keep growing, and the backing of a company committed to long-term investment in both its people and the federal mission.

If you’re looking to apply your experience to meaningful, mission-driven work—alongside colleagues who take pride in building things that last—you’ll find that opportunity at Workday

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