Manager Site Reliability Engineer

Workday

Hybrid (50% in-office quarterly)
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 Site Reliability Engineer to lead its Database Reliability Engineering team, focusing on enhancing data infrastructure through automation and innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for developing resilient systems

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 50% time in the office or field each quarter to deepen team connections.

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Workday is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineer to lead its Database Reliability Engineering team, focusing on enhancing data infrastructure through automation and innovative solutions. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for developing resilient systems.

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
  • Managing databases within Kubernetes using Operators
  • Implementing automated failover mechanisms
  • Experience with AWS RDS/Aurora and GCP Cloud SQL
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Nice-to-have

  • Passion for Open-Source and Cloud Native solutions
  • Fostering a culture of psychological safety
  • Spearheading high-stakes response for critical outages
  • Mentoring senior engineers on distributed systems
  • Deep-dive troubleshooting involving Linux internals

Key Requirements

  • 3+ years leading SRE/DBRE teams
  • 8+ years in software/systems engineering
  • 4+ years as SRE/DBRE
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • 5+ years handling critical data outages

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