Sr Cloud Engineer

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The Privileged Access Management (PAM) team designs and implements modern privileged access management best practices to secure Workday's critical infrastructure. We are the team that safeguards the keys to the kingdom, ensuring that access to Workday's most sensitive systems is managed with the highest standards of security and compliance. Our team has a high level of camaraderie, which allows each individual to make key contributions toward the organization's goals. With a high degree of autonomy, engineers are able to focus deeply on meaningful work with minimal interruption. Because the scope of our deliverables spans the entire Workday organization, there are outstanding opportunities to make a significant impact every day.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer on the Privileged Access Management team, you will play an instrumental role in delivering a unified Privileged Access Management solution across Workday's private data centre infrastructure as well as public cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP. Your work will directly contribute to how Workday secures access to its most critical systems, making this a high-visibility and high-impact opportunity.

Design, implement, and provide ongoing support for Workday's Privileged Access Management infrastructure across private data centre and public cloud environments Maintain and improve existing CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable and efficient delivery of PAM solutions Implement observability improvements to ensure comprehensive monitoring and alerting coverage across all PAM systems Identify areas of improvement that could be automated, helping the team scale and operate more efficiently Participate in the team's 24x7 on-call support rotation to ensure the continued availability and reliability of PAM services About You Basic Qualifications 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related technical discipline, with hands-on experience in both private data centre and public cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP) 7+ years of experience working with Linux-based systems, including system administration, shell scripting, and server management Other Qualifications Kubernetes: Experienced with container orchestration using Kubernetes, including deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications across clusters. Able to ensure high availability, automate application deployment, and manage service discovery in cloud environments. Linux: Proficient in Linux system administration, including command-line operations, shell scripting, server configuration, and performance optimization. Comfortable managing and troubleshooting Linux-based infrastructure at scale. Software Development: Skilled in software development practices, including