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# Sr DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Workday, Inc.
- **Location:** Pleasanton, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $176,000.0 - $264,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Computer Networks, Databases, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Drupal, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Service-Oriented Architecture, Shell Script, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Amazon ElastiCache, Delivery Pipeline, Virtual Environment, Cloudformation, Adobe, Amazon Relational Database Service, AWS Fargate, Route53, Cloudwatch, Restful APIs, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Workday, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Workday/job/USA-CA-Pleasanton/Sr-DevOps-Engineer_JR-0110883

## About the Role

* 5+ yrs of software, systems or networking development, with 2+ of those years in a dedicated software development devops engineer role
 * A proactive written and verbal communicator and proven collaborator who can work as both a team member and a leader in a group.
 * Can work independently and self-teach new systems and designs.
 * Ability to work periodically in the evenings with engineers based in the IST time zone
 * Comprehensive experience with AWS
 * Possession of a solid understanding of CI/CD and be able to build infrastructure as code (IaC) with tools like Terraform, AWS CodeBuild, CodePipeline and CloudFormation
 * Solid experience with Amazon S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, Elasticache, CDN, and Route 53
 * Understanding and proficiency in serverless environments such as ECS, and Fargate.
 * Strong proficiency in shell scripting and Python
 * Deep troubleshooting skills that involve analysis of logs, tracing traffic, verifying configuration data, and leveraging automation tools to resolve issues until end-to-end systems are functioning.
 * Strong proficiency in Docker containerization system administration and troubleshooting, * Experience with leveraging AI tools for coding, code reviews, and troubleshooting infrastructure
 * Knowledgeable about security, networking, and RDBMS/Database technologies (Postgres, MySQL, Redis).
 * Experience with deploying and maintaining Discourse and Drupal in AWS, as well as systems within Adobe Cloud.
 * Experience with restful services, service-oriented architecture, distributed systems, cloud system (AWS) and micro-services.
 * Experience with deploying and maintaining Amazon MSK
 * Strong vision to put pro-active solutions in place to prevent future problems, and automate processes so that engineers can self-service their operational requirements.

## Description

* Responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of Workday Community cloud production and development systems.
 * Hands-on in deploying, monitoring, automating and managing enterprise solutions and services in AWS.
 * Supports the tools, infrastructure and monitoring that enables the software development lifecycle. Focus on developer efficiency, release velocity, and product quality.
 * Maintain an accurate picture of existing server, storage, networking software/hardware and virtual environments to support scaling against various project requirements and production demands.
 * Work closely with Dev and QA teams to build and support continuous integration and deployment tooling.