Workday
Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
$124K–$222K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years (Mid-Level/P3) or 6+ years (Senior/P4).
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship is required for personnel working on the federal government contracts supported by this role.
About the job
Build and operate Workday’s Kubernetes-based infrastructure platform for U.S. federal customers, focusing on automation, reliability, observability, and security.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain Kubernetes platform components, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments; troubleshoot platform issues with engineering teams.
- Maintain platform security, compliance, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship (naturalized or native).
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance; the role may require TS/SCI w/CI Poly.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in large-scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering skills (Mid-Level/P3), or 6+ years (Senior/P4).
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly; DoD 8570/8140-compliant certification at least IAT Level II, with a current CE credential and one approved specialty certification.
- Proficiency with Terraform, Argo CD, Kubernetes, AWS, and a programming language; experience with security auditing, compliance frameworks, or air-gapped cloud regions.
Pay
$137,000 USD - $205,400 USD (base salary); $123,900 USD - $222,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Terraform, Argo CD, Amazon Web Services, C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, Go
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