Workday

Workday

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer - US Federal

USA.VA.Reston · Senior

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Workday, Inc. obtained a prevailing wage determination for Software Developers in Boulder, COLORADO on 2026-06-15. No matching green-card filing appears in our data yet. The determination expires in 7 days (2026-09-12), and a green-card filing must follow before then or the employer starts over.+2 more active determinations on file

Green-card follow-through: 98%

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About the role

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in technical security consultancy, security operations, response, vulnerability management, threat detection, or threat hunting.
  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent job experience.
  • Familiarity with containerized applications and their security considerations
  • Demonstrated knowledge of adversary TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures).
  • Experience with SIEM and SOAR security technologies and solutions.
  • Experience with hunting techniques.
  • 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).
  • Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree.
  • Basic Qualifications

Nice to have

  • This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level.
  • Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance.
  • An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

Skills

  • Your work days are brighter here.
  • Workday is expanding into the US Government air-gapped classified cloud environment.
  • Strong understanding of platform, application, and cloud security fundamentals.
  • Experience building and maintaining investigation and/or response tools.

Compensation

  • $159,600 USD - $239,400 USD
  • $144,400 USD - $258,000 USD
  • In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.

Benefits

  • Our Approach to Flexible Work
  • 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.

Company info

  • 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.
  • We are looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to help build out the team, technology, and processes to support cybersecurity in this new environment.
  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
  • If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
  • Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level
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