Senior Software Engineer, Analytics – US Federal

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SRE supporting U.S. Federal Government contracts and building reliable automation frameworks.

Posted 6/6/2026full-timeMcLean • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $151,500 - $227,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work on projects ranging from building out robust CI/CD to automation for both the Prism engineering team and SRE team
Work on enhancements and improvements for monitoring, alerting, and tracing of internal and production services
Collaborate with others on the SRE team to help set technical direction while ensuring requirements are met
Help enhance, build, secure and maintain environments for Prism Analytics in Workday Federal deployments
Interact and be the primary contact with multiple teams both internally in Workday Prism Analytics
Participate in and facilitate production on-call duties and events to ensure reliability of the analytics applications
Design, develop, and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools
Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform and Argo CD
Provide support and troubleshooting for platform-related issues, working closely with development teams to resolve problems
Implement and maintain security best practices for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes.
Collaborate effectively with other engineers, development teams, and stakeholders across multiple locations and time zones
Stay up to date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of hands-on experience working with infrastructure, either on-premises or cloud-based
Strong understanding of Kubernetes concepts, architecture, and administration
Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
DoD 8570/8140 compliant with at least IAT Level II certification, including a current Computing Environment (CE) credential and one approved specialty certification (e.g., CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)
Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform
Experience with building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD
3+ years experience working with AWS cloud services in a production setting
Proficiency in at least one programming language, preferably GoLang or Python
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus
Annual refresh stock grants
Flex Work: flexible schedule to cater to business, team and personal needs.

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesTerraformArgo CDCI/CDinfrastructure automationmonitoringalertingtracingapplication deploymentssecurity best practices

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillscommunication skillscollaboration skillsorganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in computer related fieldDoD 8570/8140 compliantIAT Level II certificationComputing Environment (CE) credentialCompTIA CySA+GICSPCASP+