Job Description

Dayforce is a global human capital management (HCM) company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, with operations across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), and the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region. Our award-winning Cloud HCM platform offers a unified solution database and continuous calculation engine, driving efficiency, productivity and compliance for the global workforce. Our brand promise - Makes Work Life BetterTM- Reflects our commitment to employees, customers, partners and communities globally.

Location:

Work is what you do, not where you go. For this role, we are open to remote work and can hire anywhere in Canada and the United States.

U.S Based Applicants- This position requires passing a Dayforce background screening, USFedPASS (US Federal Personnel Authorization Screening Standards). This includes a credit check, criminal/misdemeanor check and taking a drug test. Any employment is contingent upon passing the screening. Due to Federal requirements, only US citizens, US naturalized citizens or US Permanent Residents, holding a green card, will be considered.

Canada Based Applicants Citizenship Requirement:

Ability to obtain or currently possess Canadian Protected B security clearance is mandatory. Must possess 5+ years of residency in Canada.

About the opportunity

Site Reliability Engineers bridge the gap between development and operations organizations and facilitate effective collaboration which leads to faster feature delivery and elevated service quality overall.

Join the pioneering Site Reliability Engineering team at Dayforce, where we lead the charge in ensuring our state-of-the-art products set new benchmarks in scalability, availability, and reliability. We embrace the SRE engagement model to deliver exceptional performance. As a member of our team, you'll help build and maintain a suite of internal tools that proactively alert, report, and autonomously remediate Dayforce's environments, ensuring seamless service. We're committed to proactive solutions, crafting robust processes, empowering our talented developers with the latest technology, and engineering innovative remedies to prevent issues from recurring. If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries in site reliability engineering, join us at Dayforce and become part of a team that thrives on challenges and celebrates continuous improvement. Elevate your career with us, and be a part of a transformative journey in the world of SRE.

What you'll get to do

Learn about Dayforce's cloud infrastructure and the applications that run on them to build a full mental model of how the Dayforce ecosystem works. Onboard new features ensuring all new applications pass their Production Readiness Review Work on projects to improve Dayforce's reliability, SRE processes and automate away day-to-day toil. Participate in incidents, investigate root cause, and remediate Dayforce issues. Create runbooks and reusable runbook components. Contribute to the inner source SRE repository. Develop trusted relationships with all parts of Dayforce's business. PagerDuty On-Call rotations as required.

Skills and experience we value

Ability to obtain or currently possess Canadian Protected B security clearance is mandatory Self-starter and passionate individual willing to learn new concepts and technologies as well as contributing to the SRE powered ecosystem. 2-4 years' experience as an SRE, System Administrator, Network Engineer, Database Administrator or Software Engineer Experience with Cloud Platforms (Azure Preferred) Experience with at least one object-oriented programing language (C# and Java preferred). Experience with at least one scripting language (Python and PowerShell preferred). Experience with at least one database engine and querying language (MSSQL / TSQL and Postgres / PLSQL preferred). Excellent communication and collaboration skills are mandatory. Knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes is considered an asset but not required. Knowledge of Terraform is considered an asset but not required.

What's in it for you

Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees. We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique. We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.

We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.

Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth. We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.

With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life. Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.



About the Salary Ranges



Please note that the salary range mentioned in this job description should serve simply as a guide. The final compensation offered may vary based on a variety of factors, including bonuses and/or incentives, or a candidate's experience, skills, budget and location. Our company is committed to providing a fair, equitable, and competitive package that reflects the value an individual brings to the organization.



Proficiency in English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders, co-workers, managers and/or clients across the world. Further, our back office support teams, including but not limited to Human Resources, are primarily English speaking. Employees need to be able to communicate with these departments in English to appropriately administer their business relationship. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking co-workers, managers, stakeholders and/or clients, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.



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