DevOps Dba

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

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About the Team

The Database Engineering team at Workday designs, builds, develops, maintains, and supervises database infrastructure, ensuring that all of Workday’s data related needs are met with dedication and scale, while providing high availability that our customers expect from Workday. We are a fast paced and diverse team of database specialists and software engineers responsible for designing, automating, managing, and running the databases on Private and Public Cloud Platforms. We are looking for individuals who have strong experience in backend development specializing in database as a service with deep experience in Open-Source database technologies like MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud Native database technologies. This role will suit someone who is adaptable, flexible, and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment. We would love to hear from you if you have hands-on experience in designing, developing, and managing enterprise level database systems with complex interdependencies and have a key focus on high-availability, clustering, security, performance, and scalability requirements Our team is the driving force behind all Workday operations, providing crucial support for all Lifecycle Engineering Operations. We ensure that Workday’s maintenance and releases proceed without a hitch and are at the forefront of accelerating the transition to the Public Cloud. We enable Workday’s Customer Success
- 60% of Fortune 500 companies, 8000+ customers, 55M+ Workers

About the Role

Are you passionate about database technologies? Do you love to solve complex, large-scale database challenges in the world today using code and as a service? If yes, then read on This position is responsible for managing and monitoring Workday’s production Database Infrastructure. Focus on automation to improve availability and scalability in our production environments. Work with developers to improve database resiliency and improve/implement auto remediation techniques. Provide support for large scale database instances across production, non-production and development environments. Serve in a rotational on-call and weekly maintenance supporting database infrastructure.

About You- Basic Qualifications:
- 4+ years of experience in managing and automating mission critical production workloads on MySQL, PostgreSQL, CloudSQL and other Cloud native databases.- Hands-on experience with at least one Cloud technology: AWS, GCP and/or Azure Experience managing clustered, highly available database services deployed on different flavors of Linux.- Experience in backend development using modern programming languages (Python, Golang,)- Strong scripting experience in multiple languages such as shell, python, ruby etc.- Bachelor’s degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience- Knowledge of automation tools such as Terraform, Chef, GitHub, JIRA confluence and Ansible.- Working experience in modern DevOps technologies and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), service deployment, monitoring and scaling.- Other Qualifications:
- Experience with database architecture, design, replication, clustering, HA/DR- Strong analytical, debugging, and interpersonal skills. Self-starter, highly motivated and ability to learn quickly.- Excellent team player with strong collaboration, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills

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