Infrastructure SRE Cloud Engineer, Workday
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2-5 days a week in office
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
2-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience
- 3+ years as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Site Reliability Engineer
- 3+ years of proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash)
- 2+ years with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
- 2+ years with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- 2+ years with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
- 2+ years monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Splunk)
- Confirmed problem-solving skills, with demonstrated ability in a production environment at scale
- Experience with various Cloud Computing service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and deployment models (public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud)
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and methodologies, particularly in automating software delivery and infrastructure management
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and running containerized applications
- Experience with Linux system administration, including shell scripting and server configuration
- Knowledge of Cloud Networking concepts, including network virtualization and security protocols within cloud environments
What the job involves
- Join our dynamic distributed team and embark on a journey of professional growth
- Our responsibilities include the design, implementation, operation and support of infrastructure services that support the Workday application stack and maintaining the high availability of Workday's production and development environments
- We will encourage you to improve our operational efficiency by automating processes and reducing manual effort
- You will contribute to the development and execution of the our cloud implementation strategy, building services to improve security, resilience, and usability
- You will tap into your expertise in automation, scripting, and observability to ensure the smooth operation of our hybrid cloud environment
- Design, develop, and implement solutions within the Workday cloud infrastructure
- Maintain and support hybrid cloud based infrastructure solutions
- Experience with MFT/SFTP desirable
- Collect and analyze metrics and logs to build dashboards and improve system observability
- Automate routine tasks and deploy scripts using version control systems (e.g. Git) and various programming languages
- Collaborate with multi-functional teams (development, operations, security) to improve system operability through continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD)
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide 24/7 support for critical systems
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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