Sr Software Engineer, DevOps Security Clearance
Job in
McLean, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
Listed on 2026-02-27
Listing for:
Workday, Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-02-27
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing, IT Project Manager, Systems Engineer, IT Consultant
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Your work days are brighter here. We're obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we're shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you'll feel it.
Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We're in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you'll do meaningful work with Workmates who've got your back.
In return, we'll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you've found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
What will you be doing? Design, build, enhance, and maintain large-scale customer facing systems using AWS and GCP, specifically to enable end users to engage with media content shape the future direction of our large, Infrastructure as Code, terraform respond to production monitoring, triage, fix, and resolution. Retro and act on incidents to continually improve our systems and processes. Deliver reliable software through continuous integration, automated testing, and in-depth code reviews.
Drive process and tooling improvements. Work on an Agile Scrum team that delivers on shared commitments FedRAMP deployment and support. About the Role As a Dev Ops Engineer in our team, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative cloud platform technologies (AWS, GCP) and implement tools to automate maintenance and support our engineering environments. You will also work closely with our Platform Engineering team to deploy changes to our engineering environments with a view to enabling verification of these changes.
About You 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). Basic Qualifications
* 8+ years Dev Ops experience
* 5+
Experience with public Cloud platforms, specifically AWS
* 5+ Proficiency with deployment automation / configuration management tools
* 3+ years of Terraform experience Other Qualifications
* A degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
* Consistent track record of building tooling, automation, and/or services in one or multiple languages (e.g., Go, Python, Bash or Java)
* Experience debugging and optimizing systems and code
* Ability to architect, analyze, and support complex distributed systems
* Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications with Docker or Kubernetes
* Passion to optimize and automate, with the maturity to know when and where it's appropriate
* Mentoring and coaching engineers to inspire professional growth
* Experience influencing and affecting technological change at the team level
* Experience with FedRAMP environments is desired. 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. For more information regarding Workday's comprehensive benefits, please . Primary
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