Security Software Developer (US Federal)

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About the Team

Do you want to join a growing team trying to tackle tough security & technical problems? Our team is tasked with discovering, assessing and reporting all types of security vulnerabilities throughout Workday. We are a technical team focused on building tools and components that meets the needs of the various technology organizations to keep our customers' data secure!

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

Workday is looking for an engineer to join their Cyber Security Tooling team. This is a technical role that will build, deploy, and support security tools, systems and frameworks with the goal of incorporating security best practice into the day-to-day workflow of all application service teams at Workday.

You will lead the effort to ensure that applications have security built-in before they are released. We offer a hybrid/flexible schedule for employees.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Software Development within Cyber Security or Software Engineering or Public Cloud Platform Engineering

• Experience with public cloud technologies, automation and cloud native applications, GCP and/or AWS preferred.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrations.

• Experience developing in at least one modern programming language e.g. Golang, Ruby, Python, Java 8+, Scala, Rust, JavaScript

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Cybersecurity or relevant fields.

• Must be a US Citizen

Other Qualifications

• Experience with deployment of one or more of the security tools commonly used in development pipelines e.g. SAST, DAST or IAST tools, Fuzzing tools, Twistlock, Snyk, Hashicorp Vault

• Building Dockerized applications, and container orchestration in public and private clouds.

• Excellent verbal & written communications skills.

• Experience in developing, deploying, and supporting security specific solutions including the automation of repeatable security tasks and controls

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