DBaaS Engineer — Cloud DB Infra & Kubernetes

Workday; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 205,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible work approach

On-site Reston office

Job summary

Workday is seeking a DBaaS-focused engineer to architect, design, develop, and operate the database infrastructure that underpins our private and public cloud databases. You will build APIs for availability, scalability, and performance, develop dashboards to monitor KPIs, and enhance observability with auto-remediation in a fast-paced, federal-contract environment.

The role requires strong backend skills, 6+ years in production data workloads, and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/CI Poly

Qualifications

• 6+ years designing and developing production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL, and other cloud-native databases.
• 3+ years backend development with Golang, Python, or Java.
• 2+ years experience with cloud hyperscalers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• 2+ years managing clustered, highly-available DB services on Linux.
• Minimum 3+ years in modern DevOps tools and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Familiarity with AWS GovCloud and ability to obtain/maintain TS/SCI poly security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and manage the DBaaS service for Workday Database Infrastructure.
• Design and develop APIs to improve availability, scalability, and performance across multiple clouds.
• Develop dashboards and APIs to measure database KPIs and observability; implement auto-remediation techniques.
• Provide support for large-scale database instances across production, non-production, and development environments.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support database infrastructure.
• Collaborate with service and performance teams for resiliency and performance improvements.

Skills

MySQL

PostgreSQL

CloudSQL

Golang

Python

Java

AWS

Google Cloud

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS GovCloud

Security clearance

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

Ceph Storage

Gluster

Vitess

Percona MHA

Percona Galera

Orchestrator for MySQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Workday is seeking a DBaaS-focused engineer to architect, design, develop, and operate the database infrastructure that underpins our private and public cloud databases. You will build APIs for availability, scalability, and performance, develop dashboards to monitor KPIs, and enhance observability with auto-remediation in a fast-paced, federal-contract environment.

The role requires strong backend skills, 6+ years in production data workloads, and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI w/CI Poly