Workday
Senior Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
$148K–$264K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years building high-performance data ingestion software.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- All personnel working on the federal contracts must be U.S. citizens (naturalized or native).
About the job
Build and operate Workday’s observability data platform and services for U.S. Federal Government contracts, including data collection, processing, monitoring, and infrastructure in air-gapped AWS regions.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and deploy observability services and real-time or batch data-processing components.
- Develop and maintain data capture, metrics ingestion, alerting, and dashboard automation across diverse infrastructure.
- Support production operations, including on-call duties, platform security collaboration, and work in air-gapped U.S. AWS regions.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of experience building high-performance data ingestion software.
- Strong software engineering background; coding skills in Java and Python; experience with Kubernetes, Linux, and infrastructure automation.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.
- Prometheus Ecosystem, Elastic Search, Grafana, InfluxData, PromQL/InfluxQL, Helm, or DoD 8570/8140-compliant certification experience.
Pay
$163,800 USD - $245,800 USD (base salary); $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Java, Python, Go, Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, Ansible, Chef
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