Senior SRE & Kubernetes Platform Engineer – AWS GovCloud

Devopsroles; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday Government is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to guide our Kubernetes platform efforts on AWS GovCloud, leading automation, CI/CD pipelines, and secure deployment strategies. You will help build observable, reliable infrastructure and collaborate across teams to achieve high-impact outcomes.

You will work in a growth-oriented, inclusive environment with emphasis on security, compliance, and engineering craftsmanship, supporting federal projects and modernization

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building, scaling, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure and DevOps pipelines.
• 3+ years of infrastructure automation with Terraform or Terragrunt.
• 3+ years of CI/CD pipeline experience using Argo CD, Jenkins, or Git.

Responsibilities

• Platform & Workload Management: Run, manage, and scale complex containerized workloads on Kubernetes clusters deployed in AWS GovCloud environments.
• Infrastructure Automation: Provision and automate infrastructure, configurations, and deployment pipelines using Terraform, Terragrunt, Docker, AWS, and Argo CD.
• Air‑Gapped & Secure Deployments: Design, implement, and maintain air‑gapped deployment methodologies to support strict security, compliance, and isolation requirements.
• Observability & Reliability: Build, maintain, and optimize comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure high availability and visibility into our managed services.
• Distributed Systems Troubleshooting: Apply deep expertise in troubleshooting distributed systems to quickly diagnose and resolve complex platform, infrastructure, and network issues.
• Collaboration & Results: Work closely with peer development teams, security leaders, and cross‑functional partners across multiple locations to deliver reliable, high‑impact outcomes.
• Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain enterprise security standards for the platform, ensuring full compliance with federal industry standards.
• Knowledge Sharing & Documentation: Author clear technical documentation, participate in architectural reviews, and actively mentor team members to foster a culture of continuous learning.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Argo CD

Jenkins

Git

Job description

Workday Government is seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to guide our Kubernetes platform efforts on AWS GovCloud, leading automation, CI/CD pipelines, and secure deployment strategies. You will help build observable, reliable infrastructure and collaborate across teams to achieve high-impact outcomes.

You will work in a growth-oriented, inclusive environment with emphasis on security, compliance, and engineering craftsmanship, supporting federal projects and modernization