Your work days are brighter here.At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.About the TeamThe Cloud Platform Engineering team is responsible for designing, developing, and operating a Kubernetes based public cloud platform to host Workday’s applications.Our team uses a variety of technologies including Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, GCP, Docker, Golang, Istio, ArgoCD, Tekton.This team and the platform will empower Workday to deliver products to its customers faster while ensuring highly availability, security, performance and cost efficiency across major public clouds and its own private clouds.About the RoleAre you a hardworking, creative and driven team member who can support us in our mission to gracefully support our cloud platform engineering team?If yes, We would love to hear from you! If you like trying new techniques and approaches to sophisticated problems, love to learn new technologies, are a natural collaborator and an excellent teammate who brings out the best in everyone around you, then give us a shout!We’re looking for a motivated engineer who is committed to cloud native principles. The right candidate will be able to drive Workday’s public cloud platform development, understand other teams’ needs for the platform, discuss solutions with architects and business partners, and mentor junior members of the team. If you are an innovative and energetic teammate with a passion for cloud related technologies we’d love to hear from you.As a Principal Engineer you will Provide thought leadership for the vision, strategy and architecture for the team.Write code and automation to build, operate and maintain the orchestration of the platform.Build continuous delivery pipelines to provision/upgrade the platform across regions and clouds through automation.Be proactive to identify hotspots in the platform and address them before they trigger incidents.Be on top of capacity utilization and ensure capacity is available when the business needs it. Contribute to capacity forecasting.Enable cost governance by providing full cost transparency to team members; provide recommendations for cost efficiency.Collaborate with multi-functional partner teams and ensure the platform meets their requirements.Provide guidelines and standard processes to the multi-functional teams based on infrastructure principles; enable them to deliver services that are highly available, secure, performant and cost effective.Help build a successful team by coaching and mentoring team members.About YouBasic Qualifications7+ years of experience developing in a modern programming language (Golang, Ruby, Python, Java 8+, or Scala)7+ years of experience with running server orchestration solutions in production (Kubernetes, Mesos, or Docker)7+ years of experience with a cloud platform: AWS, GCP, AzureOther QualificationsExperience designing and building a microservice architectureSignificant knowledge of LinuxAbility to communicate across teams (product management and external teams using our platform)Experience working in an Agile environment / with Agile development methodologiesExperience developing automation solutionsKnowledge of Storage, Networking, Systems, configuration managementKnowledge of standard methodologies for Cloud Native infrastructure management and operationsKnowledge of CI / CD principles and standard processesKnowledge of TerraformBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent#LI-DW4As a federal contractor, Workday is requiring all new hires to verify that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 within 72 hours of beginning employment with Workday, consistent with applicable law. Workday is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who are not vaccinated due to a sincerely held religious belief, medical reasons, or other legally-protected reason should contact accommodations@workday.com to explore what, if any, reasonable accommodations or exemptions Workday is able to offer.Workday Pay Transparency StatementThe base pay range for the primary location of this job is 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, future potential and internal pay parity. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.Primary Location: USA.CA.PleasantonBase Pay Min to Max Range: $206,800 - $310,200Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
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