Manager Site Reliability Engineer

Workday

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Hybrid (minimum 50% in-office per quarter)
3+ years leading sre or database engineering teams
8+ years software or systems engineering experience
Database internals tuning and query optimization
Workday is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering to lead its Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in database management and SRE, focusing on building resilient data infrastructures while fostering a collaborative team culture

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 geographies.
  • Workday offers a flexible work model requiring at least 50% time in-office or field per quarter to foster community connections.

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Workday is seeking a Manager of Site Reliability Engineering to lead its Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in database management and SRE, focusing on building resilient data infrastructures while fostering a collaborative team culture.

Salary

Not specified; Not specified; Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 3+ years leading SRE or Database Engineering teams
  • 8+ years software or systems engineering experience
  • Database internals tuning and query optimization
  • Kubernetes Operators and stateful sets management
  • AWS RDS/Aurora and GCP Cloud SQL experience
  • Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog observability stacks

Nice-to-have

  • Passion for Open-Source and Cloud Native solutions
  • Fostering culture of psychological safety
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum and CIP processes
  • Deep-dive troubleshooting in Linux internals
  • Mentoring senior engineers effectively

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years spearheading critical data outage response
  • Proven ability to reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR)

Work Rights

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