Sr Distributed Systems Engineer (DevOps)

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We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Our mission is to change the way business deals get done. In an industry plagued by inefficient and ineffective contract management systems, we provide a solution that accelerates, scales, and protects the business, enabling contract professionals to become their company’s superhero.
We create innovative AI technology that makes contracts searchable and simplifies deal-making processes to supercharge business while helping to reduce costs and handle risk. We automate manual work, facilitate collaboration, and streamline operations so businesses can make better decisions.
By reimagining legal documents, we take the stress out of contract management, empowering brilliant people to do their best work while fueling exponential growth.

About the Role

As a Senior Distributed Systems (DevOps) engineer in our team, you will have the opportunity to work on innovative cloud platform technologies (AWS, GCP) and implement tools to automate maintenance and support our engineering environments. You will also work closely with our Platform Engineering team to deploy changes to our engineering environments with a view to enabling verification of these changes.

What will you be doing?

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years DevOps experience

• 5+ years database administration experience (Postgres, MariaDB, MSSQL)

• 4+ years experience orchestrating large scale distributed microservice deployments on Kubernetes and EC2.

• 4+ years experience building and managing EKS clusters and strong knowledge of the K8s ecosystem.

Other Qualifications

• Educational Background: BS in Computer Science (or a related field) or equivalent practical experience in large-scale systems.

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Deep expertise in the AWS ecosystem, including building and maintaining multi-region environments using Terraform.

• Automation & Development: Proven ability to build tooling and services in Python, TypeScript, Go, or Bash, with a focus on "automation-first" solutions for infrastructure scaling and self-healing.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Advanced experience managing Kubernetes and Docker, including implementing Service Mesh (Istio/Linkerd) for advanced traffic management, canary deployments, and system resilience.

• Data & Messaging Systems: Experience scaling and troubleshooting high-availability databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis) and message queuing clusters (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS).

• Observability & CI/CD: Proficiency in building robust monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch) and integrating security-centric pipelines into GitHub/GitLab CI.

• Systems Expert: Skilled at debugging, optimizing, and learning complex systems—from low-level networking to application-layer logic.

• Security-First Approach: A proactive focus on security within Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container builds, and microservice deployments.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement 

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: CAN.BC.Vancouver

Primary CAN Base Pay Range: $151,200 - $226,800 CAD

Additional CAN Location(s) Base Pay Range: $151,200 - $226,800 CAD

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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