Hybrid (50% in-office or field with customers/partners)
3+ years leading sre or database engineering teams
8+ years software or systems engineering experience
Database internals tuning and replication topologies
Workday is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to lead their Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for leveraging open-source and cloud-native solutions
Job Summary
The role involves leading a visionary team to replace manual database interventions with automated, self-healing platforms.
Candidates must have extensive experience managing thousands of production databases across multiple data centers and public clouds.
Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in-office or with customers.
Matching Summary
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Workday is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to lead their Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for leveraging open-source and cloud-native solutions.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
3+ years leading SRE or Database Engineering teams
8+ years software or systems engineering experience
Database internals tuning and replication topologies
Kubernetes Operators and stateful sets management
AWS RDS/Aurora and GCP Cloud SQL experience
Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or PMM observability
Reducing MTTR and institutionalizing RCA processes
Nice-to-have
Passion for Open-Source and Cloud Native solutions
Fostering culture of psychological safety
Deep-dive troubleshooting in Linux internals
Agile/Scrum and Continual Improvement Process
Hybrid Software/Database Engineer mindset
Key Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
4+ years as an SRE/DBRE designing resilient data infrastructure
5+ years spearheading response for critical data outages