Manager Site Reliability Engineer

Workday

Hybrid (at least 50% in-office time each 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 Site Reliability Engineer to lead their Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for leveraging innovative solutions to enhance data infrastructure reliability

Job Summary

  • The role involves leading a team dedicated to the resiliency, security, and scalability of the data layer while moving beyond traditional DBA paradigms.
  • Candidates must have extensive experience managing thousands of production databases across multiple data centers, public clouds, and geographies.
  • Workday offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in-office or with customers.

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Workday is seeking a Manager Site Reliability Engineer to lead their Database Reliability Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing large-scale database environments and a passion for leveraging innovative solutions to enhance data infrastructure reliability.

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 related field

Nice-to-have

  • Passion for Open-Source and Cloud Native solutions
  • Fostering culture of psychological safety
  • Deep-dive troubleshooting on Linux internals
  • Reducing toil through automation
  • Visionary leadership in data infrastructure

Key Requirements

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

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