Workday
Senior Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
$148K–$264K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years building high-performance data ingestion software.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- All Workday personnel working on the federal contracts must be United States citizens (naturalized or native).
About the job
Build and operate Workday’s observability data platform and services for federal government environments, including data ingestion, processing, monitoring, and security.
What you'll do
- Design and develop observability services, data collection systems, and real-time and batch processing software.
- Build and deploy production infrastructure, ingestion pipelines, alerts, and dashboard automation; support the platform through an on-call rotation.
- Operate Workday in air-gapped U.S. AWS cloud regions and collaborate on cybersecurity, compliance, and platform security.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience building high-performance data ingestion software.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Strong software engineering and coding skills, including Java and Python; knowledge of Kubernetes, Linux, data capture systems, API design, and reliable data delivery.
- Experience with Infrastructure Automation (Ansible, Chef, Terraform); ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly; Prometheus Ecosystem, Elastic Search, Grafana, InfluxData, PromQL, InfluxQL, Kubernetes, and Helm experience.
- DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level Il certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification.
Pay
$163,800 USD - $245,800 USD (base salary); $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, Go, Kubernetes, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Prometheus
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