Workday
Sr. Site Reliability Engineer (US Federal)
$137K–$244K
USA.VA.Reston · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of infrastructure experience; 3+ years of production AWS experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native) to work on the federal contracts; must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance.
About the job
Build and operate secure, reliable Kubernetes infrastructure and analytics services for Workday Federal, including automation, CI/CD, observability, and production support.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain Kubernetes platform components, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
- Improve and secure Prism Analytics environments; troubleshoot platform issues and support production reliability, including on-call duties.
- Collaborate with engineering teams on technical direction, compliance, documentation, and platform support.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on infrastructure experience, on-premises or cloud-based, with 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.
- 3+ years experience working with AWS cloud services in a production setting.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance.
- Experience with Prometheus or Grafana, security auditing and compliance frameworks, or Apache Spark.
Pay
$151,500 USD - $227,300 USD (base salary); $137,100 USD - $243,600 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Terraform, Argo CD, AWS, GoLang, Python, Prometheus, Grafana
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