Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - US Federal

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About the Team

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

Workday's Cyber Defense team helps protect an ever-growing technology, global footprint. We are responsible for monitoring, detecting, and responding to threats to the company and keeping the trust of our customers. Functions like Security Response, Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, Secure Code Development and many others make up the fabric of who we are and what we do daily around the world. The National Security Group leads all cyber defense, personnel security, and security compliance functions for Defense and Intelligence Community Workday customer environments.

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 expanding into the US Government air-gapped classified cloud environment.  We are looking for a Senior Principal Cybersecurity Engineer to help build out the team, technology, and processes to support cybersecurity in this new environment.  You will be our Cyber Defense presence in the air-gapped network and will be part of a team responsible for all cybersecurity functions such as vulnerability management, incident response, threat hunting, and threat detection.  You will work closely with the customers and with our Cyber Defense teams to ensure consistency across environments and develop best practices in this exciting environment.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance.

• 7+ years of experience in Software Development or DevOps within Cyber Security or Software Engineering or Public Platform.

• Experience deploying, monitoring, and managing systems in the AWS or Microsoft Top Secret clouds.

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent job experience.

 

Other Qualifications

• Strong understanding of platform, application, and cloud security fundamentals.

• Familiarity with containerized applications and their security considerations

• Demonstrated knowledge of adversary TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures).

• Deep understanding of network and application security threats, attack techniques, and mitigation options.

• Experience managing vulnerability scans and effectively prioritizing actions for system owners.

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