Senior Software Engineer, DBaas - US Federal

About the Team

The Database Engineering Team at Workday, designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure and ensures that the entire Workday's Data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability that our customers expect from Workday. We are a fast-paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing and running the databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms.

We are looking for individuals who have strong experience in backend development specializing in database as a service with deep experience in Open Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud Native database technologies. You must be adaptable, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

About The Role

This position is responsible for architecting, designing, developing and managing DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure. Design and develop APIs to improve the availability, scalability, and performance of databases running on multiple clouds. Write APIs and develop dashboards to measure database KPIs. Keep observability as a focus for all database monitoring and improve/implement auto remediation techniques. Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments. Serve in an on-call rotation supporting database infrastructure. Partner with service and performance teams for continuous architecture improvements, resiliency, and performance.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in designing/developing/automating and managing mission critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud native databases.
• 4+ years of experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Golang, Python, Java) including Architecture, Design and Development.
• 4+ years hands-on experience in Cloud hyperscalers AWS , Google Cloud and/or Microsoft Azure.
• 4+ years experience managing clustered, highly-available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.
• Minimum 5+ years working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring and scaling.
• Familiarity with automation tools such as Terraform, Chef and Ansible.
• Familiarity with tools such as Ceph Storage, Gluster, Orchestrator for MySQL, Percona MHA, Percona Galera, Vitess, Pure Storage.
• Knowledge of database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent team player with extraordinary written & verbal communication skills.
• BS/MS degree in computer science.

Other Qualifications

• Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef and Ansible.
• Familiarity with tools such as Ceph Storage, Gluster, Orchestrator for MySQL, Percona MHA, Percona Galera, Vitess, Pure Storage.
• Experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.
• Excellent team player with extraordinary written & verbal communication skills.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Pay

Primary Location: USA.
Va. Reston
Base Pay Range: $163,800 USD - $245,800 USD
Additional US Location(s): Base Pay Range: $148,200 USD - $264,000 USD

Schedule

Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).

Benefits

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