Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Workday; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

On-site & remote options

Job summary

Workday in Auckland is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support large-scale MySQL and open-source database environments across production and development systems.

You’ll drive automation to improve availability, participate in on-call rotations, and help design new database services while collaborating with our distributed Database Engineering team.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience managing databases for enterprise cloud applications at scale.
• 3+ years with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Experience with managed cloud databases (AWS Aurora, Google Cloud SQL).
• Background as a Database Engineer/Architect/DR role on Linux-based, clustered open-source tech (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis).
• Proficient in Python or Go, with scripting (Shell, Ruby).
• Experience with Linux, containers (Kubernetes/Docker), CI/CD, and IaC (Terraform/Ansible/Git/Jenkins/Argo).
• Hands-on in mission-critical production workloads with high availability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale enterprise cloud databases in production and development environments.
• Participate in on-call rotations for production incidents.
• Drive automation to improve availability and scalability of services.
• Architect and evolve database services for production environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability and performance.

Skills

MySQL/PostgreSQL

Python/Go

Kubernetes/Docker

Linux

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Git

Jira

Confluence

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Job description

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About The Team

The Database Engineering team is a distributed team responsible for providing 24/7 operational support for customer environments. The team also evaluates, adopts, and deploys new technologies and services into live production environments, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, secure, and production-ready.

About The Role

Do you want to work for a company that works hard, has fun, and continues to experience significant growth? Do you want to be part of an organization where your contributions directly help scale and sustain that growth?

At Workday, we are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who thrives in a fast-paced, challenging environment and enjoys solving complex technical problems at scale.

In this role, you will support large-scale MySQL and open-source database environments across production and development systems, participate in an on-call rotation for critical production issues, drive automation to improve availability and scalability, and help architect both existing and new database services in our production environment.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience managing databases for enterprise cloud applications at scale.
• 3+ years of experience working with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL database environments in private and public cloud platforms, including AWS and/or GCP.
• Experience with managed cloud databases (AWS Aurora, Google Cloud SQL) and core architecture principles (design, replication, clustering, HA/DR, backup/restore).
• Background as a Database Engineer/Architect/DRE operating Linux-based, clustered open-source and NoSQL technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Riak).
• Proficient in Python or Go, with secondary scripting experience (Shell, Ruby).
• Proven experience with Linux operating systems and containerised environments.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Git, Jenkins, Argo).
• Hands-on experience supporting mission-critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, or other open-source databases.
• Proven track record supporting mission-critical, high-availability production environments.
  
  

Other Qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of MySQL GTID, group replication, and Galera HA solutions. Familiarity with ecosystem tools like Orchestrator, Percona (MHA/Galera), Vitess, Ceph, Gluster, and Pure Storage.
• Solid understanding of IaaS capacity management principles across AWS, GCP, and private cloud environments.
• Proficiency with GitHub, Jira, and Confluence, alongside excellent technical documentation and communication skills.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  
  

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). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.

Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.

If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email [e-mail], as far in advance as possible.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers.

Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.

In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

,