Senior DevOps Engineer

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.

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About the Team

Our Performance and Capacity Tools team is a tight-knit group of technology enthusiasts who thrive on tackling complex infrastructure challenges head-on. We are highly collaborative, combining deep technical expertise with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving. Our focus is on building robust, data-driven solutions that empower all of Workday to operate at peak performance. Led by individuals who value continuous learning and mutual support, we encourage each team member to push boundaries, share knowledge freely, and drive meaningful impact across the organization.

About the Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer on Workday’s Performance and Capacity Tools team, you will help define and deliver the future of our operational efficiency and system reliability. In this role, you’ll work closely with software engineers, product managers, and other cross-functional partners to create and deploy innovative solutions that bring clarity to complex usage patterns. Your work will empower teams across Workday to make data-driven decisions at scale, ensuring our platforms are resilient, secure, and highly performant.

What You’ll Do

• Design & Implement: Build and maintain scalable infrastructure solutions using Kubernetes (EKS) and AWS services, focusing on security and best practices.

• Drive CI/CD Excellence: Create and refine continuous integration and delivery pipelines that enable quick, reliable deployments.

• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with software engineering teams, SRE, and product teams to gather requirements, align on roadmaps, and deliver optimal infrastructure solutions.

• Automate Everything: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code templates, automating deployments, scaling, and configuration management.

• Monitor & Optimize: Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability frameworks to proactively detect issues and continually improve performance.

• Mentor & Lead: Provide technical guidance, help set best practices, and support the growth of junior engineers on the team.

About You

You excel at streamlining complex systems and thrive on improving reliability, performance, and security. Passionate about automation, you constantly seek ways to eliminate manual processes. You value collaboration, understanding that diverse perspectives and knowledge sharing drive innovation. Eager to learn and adapt, you embrace new tools, frameworks, and technologies in a fast-paced environment.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent years of experience.

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, focusing on designing, coding, and testing large-scale applications.

• 3+ years of experience working with AWS cloud services, including best practices in resiliency and security.

• 3+ years of experience deploying distributed systems in AWS using Kubernetes (EKS).

• Experience with standard software development methodologies (code management, CI/CD, testing).

• Hands-on experience designing and working with CI/CD solutions such as Jenkins, or similar tools.

• Familiarity with infrastructure as code using frameworks like Terraform, Argo CD, or Ansible.

• Experience supporting or integrating data orchestration tools like Airflow and dbt.

• Proficiency with a scripting/programming language such as Go or Python.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, networks, protocols, servers, storage systems, and operating systems.

• Experience operating and troubleshooting containerized workloads, including observability tooling like Prometheus, Grafana, and metrics pipelines.

• Demonstrated technical leadership experience, including mentoring and cross-functional collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with data systems like Trino, Hive, PostgreSQL, and S3 as part of modern data platform architectures.

• Experience with Helm charts to deploy applications on EKS.

• Comfortable with continuous learning, whether through independent research or knowledge sharing.

• Proactive about improving automation, documentation, and processes.

• Thrives in a fast-paced environment where priorities can shift quickly.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional, global, and remote teams of diverse backgrounds.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re 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 you'll 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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