Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Fedramp high or dod il5 regulated environment experience
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens.
  • The engineer will develop high-fidelity detection logic leveraging Splunk and cloud-native telemetry across air-gapped regions.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $239,400 USD along with bonus plans and stock grants.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens.

Salary

Base: $159,600 - $239,400 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package available

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP High or DoD IL5 regulated environment experience
  • AWS security services (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Inspector)
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and NIST SP 800-61r3 knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • Hypothesis-driven threat hunting in SaaS architectures
  • Identity-based attack vector detection expertise
  • Container and workload-level attack detection
  • SOAR platform experience in constrained automation
  • Collaboration with Red/Purple/Blue teams

Key Requirements

  • United States citizenship required
  • TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or equivalent experience
  • Active ability to obtain and maintain government security clearance

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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