Principal Cloud Engineer - US Federal
Core
Lead Workday's public cloud adoption strategy and guide the migration of applications and infrastructure to the public cloud.
Role type
Principal Cloud Engineer (US Federal)
Builds
Fully automated, resilient, and scalable public cloud infrastructure for Workday's federal contracts.
Domain
US Federal Government contracting, Public Cloud (AWS/GCP), Infrastructure as Code
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Public cloud architecture (AWS/GCP), Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Ansible), Python/Go/Ruby, Linux, CI/CD pipelines, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Cloud governance and security, Technical leadership
Preferred skills
DoD 8570/8140 certification (IAT Level II), TS/SCI security clearance, Large-scale enterprise cloud transformation experience
Technologies
AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Go, Ruby, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, ArgoCD
Responsibilities
Develop comprehensive cloud strategy aligned with company objectives, Lead migration of on-premises infrastructure to public cloud, Establish cloud governance policies and security measures, Monitor and optimize cloud resources for performance and cost, Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cloud engineers, Collaborate with cloud service providers and third-party vendors
Seniority
Principal, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution
