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 and dod il5 environment experience
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates working within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates working within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments.
  • The engineer is responsible for developing high-fidelity detection logic using Splunk, AWS telemetry, and identity access data to reduce adversary dwell time.
  • Workday offers a competitive base salary ranging from $159,600 to $239,400 USD along with bonus plans and stock grants for eligible candidates.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates working within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments.

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 and DoD IL5 environment experience
  • AWS security services expertise
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • Hypothesis-driven threat hunting in SaaS
  • Identity-based attack vector detection
  • Container and workload-level attack detection
  • SOAR platform experience in constrained environments
  • Secure logging architecture in air-gapped settings

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship (naturalized or native)

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