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Top Secret/SCI
Senior Level Career (10+ yrs experience)
$150,000 and above
CI Polygraph
IT - Software
Maclean, VA (Off-Site/Hybrid)
Workday’s Public Cloud Infrastructure Team is a diverse group of software developers, cloud engineers & site reliability engineers (SREs) who work together to ensure our cloud infrastructure is secure, scalable, and highly available. We focus on enabling Workday's growth in the public cloud by crafting, deploying and maintaining fully automated, resilient and scalable infrastructure-as-a-service. We constantly strive to streamline processes and reduce manual effort, allowing us to focus on delivering innovative solutions that drive business value. Our team is constantly exploring new technologies and methodologies to improve our processes and systems.
If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, and are looking for a dynamic multi-cloud work environment, then Workday is the place for you.
As a Sr Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in guiding Workday’s cloud adoption strategy and leading the technical aspects of our transition to the Public Cloud. In this critical technical leadership position, you will have the opportunity to shape and implement cloud best practices, develop innovative solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful migration of our applications and infrastructure to the chosen cloud platform. You will use Infrastructure-as-code and automation to make continuous improvements to how the team maintains the infrastructure and services they own.
Responsibilities:
Cloud Strategy and Architecture:
• Develop a comprehensive cloud strategy aligned with the company's objectives, using Public Cloud.
• Design cloud-based solutions and architectures that meet security, scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.
Cloud Migration and Deployment:
• Collaborate with application teams to assess and plan the cloud readiness of their services.
• Automate deployment processes, ensuring consistency and efficiency in cloud resource provisioning.
Cloud Governance and Security:
• Establish cloud governance policies, guidelines, and best practices to maintain compliance and optimize resource usage.
• Implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive data and ensure alignment to industry standards and regulations.
• Performance and Cost Management:
• Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources to enhance performance and cost-effectiveness.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend solutions to optimize cloud spending.
Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a growing team of cloud engineers.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
Vendor Management and Collaboration:
• Collaborate with cloud service providers and other third-party vendors to apply their expertise and tools effectively.
Basic Qualifications:
• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance
• Senior level experience in Software Engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with one or more of the following public cloud providers: AWS or, GCP
• 5+ years experience with Linux operating systems
• 3+ years of experience in one of the following functional languages: Ruby, Go, or Python
• 3+ years experience delivering Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Ansible.
Other Qualifications:
• Expertise with building solutions in the Public Cloud (AWS or GCP) to meet scalability and reliability needs of web-scale applications.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines (GIT, ArgoCD, etc.) pipelines for adhering to Infrastructure-as-code best practices
• Experience with communication protocols, restful services, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cloud transformation initiatives for large-scale enterprises.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, standard processes, and security principles.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
If you're passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, and are looking for a dynamic multi-cloud work environment, then Workday is the place for you.
As a Sr Cloud Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in guiding Workday’s cloud adoption strategy and leading the technical aspects of our transition to the Public Cloud. In this critical technical leadership position, you will have the opportunity to shape and implement cloud best practices, develop innovative solutions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the successful migration of our applications and infrastructure to the chosen cloud platform. You will use Infrastructure-as-code and automation to make continuous improvements to how the team maintains the infrastructure and services they own.
Responsibilities:
Cloud Strategy and Architecture:
• Develop a comprehensive cloud strategy aligned with the company's objectives, using Public Cloud.
• Design cloud-based solutions and architectures that meet security, scalability, reliability, and performance requirements.
Cloud Migration and Deployment:
• Collaborate with application teams to assess and plan the cloud readiness of their services.
• Automate deployment processes, ensuring consistency and efficiency in cloud resource provisioning.
Cloud Governance and Security:
• Establish cloud governance policies, guidelines, and best practices to maintain compliance and optimize resource usage.
• Implement robust security measures to safeguard sensitive data and ensure alignment to industry standards and regulations.
• Performance and Cost Management:
• Continuously monitor and optimize cloud resources to enhance performance and cost-effectiveness.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and recommend solutions to optimize cloud spending.
Technical Leadership and Mentorship:
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to a growing team of cloud engineers.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning within the team.
Vendor Management and Collaboration:
• Collaborate with cloud service providers and other third-party vendors to apply their expertise and tools effectively.
Basic Qualifications:
• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance
• Senior level experience in Software Engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with one or more of the following public cloud providers: AWS or, GCP
• 5+ years experience with Linux operating systems
• 3+ years of experience in one of the following functional languages: Ruby, Go, or Python
• 3+ years experience delivering Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform or Ansible.
Other Qualifications:
• Expertise with building solutions in the Public Cloud (AWS or GCP) to meet scalability and reliability needs of web-scale applications.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines (GIT, ArgoCD, etc.) pipelines for adhering to Infrastructure-as-code best practices
• Experience with communication protocols, restful services, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, and microservices.
• Proven track record of successfully leading cloud transformation initiatives for large-scale enterprises.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, standard processes, and security principles.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Expertise in containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
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