Senior Software Engineer, DBaas (US Federal) 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. 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.
About the Team The Database Engineering Team at Workday designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure, ensuring that the entire Workday's Data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability that our customers expect from Workday. We are a fast-paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing, and running the databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. We are looking for individuals who have 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. You must be adaptable, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.
About the Role 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 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. Keeps 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: 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. 6+ years experience in designing/developing/automating and managing mission-critical production workloads on Aurora MySQL, RDS MySQL, and other Cloud native databases. 6+ years experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR. 2+ 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. Other Qualifications: Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, and Ansible. Familiarity with tools such as Ceph Storage, Gluster, Orchestrator for MySQL, Percona MHA, Percona Galera, Vitess, Pure Storage. 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.
Primary Location: USA.VA.McLean (Tyson's Corner) Primary Location Base Pay Range: $130,200 USD - $195,300 USD Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $117,800 USD - $210,000 USD
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