Senior Software Engineer, DBaas - US Federal

Senior Software Engineer, DBaas - US Federal

Apply remote type: Flex
locations: USA, VA, McLean
time type: Full Time
posted on: Posted 9 Days Ago
job requisition id: JR-0091326

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. Our culture is driven by our value of putting our people first. The happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is essential for success in business. 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? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Database Engineering Team at Workday designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure, ensuring that all Workday’s Data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability. We are a fast-paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing, and running databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. We are looking for individuals with strong experience in backend development specializing in database as a service, with deep experience in Open Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL, and other Cloud Native database technologies. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in designing, developing, and managing enterprise-level database systems with complex interdependencies and a key focus on high-availability, clustering, security, performance, and scalability requirements.

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government, which mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

Are you passionate about database technologies? Do you love to solve complex, large-scale database challenges using code and as a service? If yes, then read on!

• This position is responsible for architecting, designing, developing, and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure.
• Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds.
• Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs.
• Keep observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques.
• Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production, and development environments.
• Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure.
• Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 8+ years experience in designing/developing/automating and managing mission-critical production workloads on Aurora MySQL, RDS MySQL, and other Cloud native databases.
• 8+ years experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR.
• 4+ years of experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Golang, Python, Java) including Architecture, Design, and Development.
• 4+ years hands-on experience in Cloud hyperscalers AWS.
• 4+ years experience managing clustered, highly-available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.
• Minimum 5+ years working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring, and scaling.
• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI POLY security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI POLY security clearance.

Other Qualifications:

• Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, and Ansible.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter, highly motivated, and ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent team player with extraordinary written & verbal communication skills.
• BS/MS degree in computer science.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. This 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.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.