Sr Site Reliability Engineer; US Federal

About the Team

We focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission. Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world.

The work isn’t theoretical. It’s operational. It’s high‑impact. And it demands rigor, integrity, and long‑term thinking.

From day one, you’ll be part of a team that values collaboration, follow‑through, and doing the right thing—especially when the stakes are high. Our culture is grounded in integrity, respect, and shared responsibility. We challenge each other to think clearly, act thoughtfully, and build solutions that stand up to real‑world demands. Here, curiosity is matched with accountability. Ambition is paired with trust.

You’ll have the space to do your best work, the support to keep growing, and the backing of a company committed to long‑term investment in both its people and the federal mission.

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 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. May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.

• Ensuring the Workday Platform is maintained, healthy, and ensures high availability for our customers through infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, reporting, incident handling and response, and observability tools.
• Maintain the overall platform: maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
• Automate and optimize: assist development teams in automating service delivery, configuration management, and observability.
• Troubleshooting and support: provide support and solve for platform‑related issues, working closely with development teams to resolve problems.
• Documentation and knowledge sharing: build and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes. Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team.
• Collaborate effectively with other engineers and development teams across multiple locations and time zones.
• Stay up‑to‑date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space.

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• A minimum of 5 years of hands‑on experience working with large‑scale enterprise software solutions.
• 3 – 7+ years experience in Object‑Oriented Design and Programming, preferably in Java and/or Kotlin, Scala.
• Build and pipeline scripting, automated unit and system testing, load testing exposure and readiness to roll up sleeves to put in the safety net that enables us to deliver faster and better.
• Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.

• Problem‑solving: strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Communication: excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Deep appreciation of application development issues at enterprise level, specifically, large number of developers working together on the same application that requires deep functional knowledge.
• Knowledge in concurrency, multithreading, server architectures, and distributed systems.
• Preferred DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+).

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…