Senior Software Engineer

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We are looking for a highly motivated and expert Senior Engineer to join our growing Platform Engineering team. You will play a critical role in building, scaling, observing and maintaining our Kubernetes‑based platform and enabling our engineering organization to deliver products quickly and reliably. You 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.

This role involves collaborating with teams across multiple locations and time zones. You will need to be adept at communicating optimally and building positive relationships with colleagues in diverse locations.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement:
  Build, develop, and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
• Build and maintain:
  Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Automate and optimize:
  Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform and Argo CD.
• Troubleshooting and support:
  Provide support and solving for platform‑related issues, working closely with development teams to resolve problems.
• Security and compliance:
  Implement and maintain security standard methodologies for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Documentation and knowledge sharing:
  Build and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes. Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.
• Collaboration:
  
  Collaborate effectively with other engineers, development teams, and collaborators across multiple locations and time zones.
• Stay ahead of:
  Stay up‑to‑date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space.
• 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).

This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience working with infrastructure, either on‑premise or cloud‑based, with a deep understanding of systems architecture, networking, and security.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts, architecture, and administration.
• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience

• Infrastructure as code:
  Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.
• CI/CD:
  Experience with building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD.
• Cloud…