Analytics Sr Software Engineer (US Federal)

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).

You will be a key contributor on the Analytics Delivery Engineering team. As an SRE, you will help build a clean, scalable, reliable, and automated services framework.

What You Will Do

• Work on projects ranging from building robust CI/CD to automation for both the Prism engineering team and SRE team.
• Work on enhancements and improvements for monitoring, alerting, and tracing of internal and production services.
• Collaborate with others on the SRE team to help set technical direction while ensuring requirements are met.
• Help enhance, build, secure and maintain environments for Prism Analytics in Workday Federal deployments.
• Interact and be the primary contact with multiple teams both internally in Workday Prism Analytics.
• Participate in and facilitate production on‑call duties and events to ensure reliability of the analytics applications and play a pivotal role in building the foundation that delivers Workday Analytics to Gov Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
• Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools such as Terraform and Argo CD.
• Provide support and troubleshooting for platform‑related issues, working closely with development teams to resolve problems.
• Implement and maintain security best practices for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes. Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.

About You

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.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience working with infrastructure, either on‑premises 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.

Other Qualifications

• Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform.
• Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Argo CD.
• 3+ years of experience working with AWS cloud services in a production setting.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably GoLang or Python.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana).
• Experience with security auditing and compliance frameworks.

Salary and Location

Primary

Location:

USA.VA.McLean (Tyson's Corner)

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $151,500 USD - $227,300 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $137,100 USD - $243,600 USD

Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we combine in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections and do their best work. We require at least 50% of time each quarter in the office or in the field, allowing flexibility to suit personal and team needs.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

At Workday, we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring experience where all candidates can fully demonstrate their skills. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point, please email