Workday
Sr Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
$148K–$264K
USA.VA.Reston · Flex · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- Senior/P4: 5+ years; Mid-Level/P3: 3+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- All Workday personnel working on the federal contracts must be United States citizens (naturalized or native).
About the job
Build, scale, secure, and maintain Workday’s Kubernetes-based infrastructure platform for U.S. federal government contracts.
What you'll do
- Develop platform components, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools; maintain platform availability, scalability, and security.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, and deployments; troubleshoot platform issues with engineering teams and maintain security and compliance practices.
- Document platform components and processes and collaborate with distributed teams.
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.
- For Senior/P4: 5+ years of hands-on experience with large-scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software development engineering; for Mid-Level/P3: 3+ years.
- Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience.
Nice to have
- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly; DoD 8570/8140 compliance with at least IAT Level II certification, a current CE credential, and one approved specialty certification.
- Proficiency with Terraform, Argo CD, Kubernetes, production AWS, and at least one programming language; security auditing/compliance or air-gapped cloud experience.
Pay
$163,800 USD - $245,800 USD (base salary); $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Terraform, Argo CD, Amazon Web Services, C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, Go
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