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Senior SRE role maintaining Kubernetes and Azure VDI for U.S. federal agencies, ensuring IL5-compliant, secure, and resilient infrastructure with automation and observability.
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
Your work matters here. At Workday Government, we focus on outcomes that serve a larger mission. Our work supports U.S. federal agencies as they modernize and transform the full employee lifecycle experience and finance operations—so they can operate with greater clarity, accountability, and trust. As a Fortune 500 company and a proven enterprise cloud platform, Workday brings modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure to some of the most complex environments in the world. The work isn’t theoretical. It’s operational. It’s high-impact. And it demands rigor, integrity, and long-term thinking.About the Role
This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).
At Workday Government, we support U.S. federal agencies as they modernize their mission-critical operations. You will join the Infrastructure and Federal Platform Engineering team, a high-stakes operational group responsible for the reliability, security, and automation of our IL5-compliant cloud environments.
This hybrid role bridges the gap between core Kubernetes-based platform engineering and the specialized operation of our Azure VDI environment. You will be part of a 24/7 on-call rotation where VDI is a first-class citizen of our infrastructure stack.
As a Senior SRE with VDI expertise, you will ensure our platforms are scalable, secure, and resilient. You will balance traditional SRE automation tasks with the day-to-day operational rigor required to maintain a high-security Windows 365/AVD environment.
Core SRE Responsibilities
• Platform Reliability: Maintain the health and high availability of our Kubernetes-based platform through infrastructure automation and observability.
• Infrastructure as Code: Automate provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Argo CD.
• On-Call & Incident Response: Participate in a 24/7 rotation, serving as a Tier 2/3 escalation point for both platform and VDI-specific incidents.
• Security & Compliance: Implement industry standard methodologies and maintain STIG compliance across all endpoints and cloud resources.
VDI & Identity Operations
• VDI Management: Lead VDI endpoints using Microsoft Intune and perform monthly patching/security updates for custom golden images.
• VDI Expertise: Experience with Windows 365 or Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) in a production setting.
• Identity Governance: Manage Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) features, including Conditional Access policies, Access Packages, and MFA registration (Passkeys/TAP).
• Security Monitoring: Monitor and respond to alerts from Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, and Defender for Cloud Apps.
• Lifecycle Automation: Troubleshoot automated user provisioning and manage pool-specific access controls to segregate user populations (Engineering vs. Efficiency).
About You
You are a "builder-operator" who thrives in high-security, supervised environments. You understand that reliability in a government context means zero-trust security and rigorous adherence to compliance frameworks.
Basic Qualifications
Technical Skills & Other Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.VA.Reston
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.
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