Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd (mclean); base: $144...
Fully remote
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Aws cloudtrail guardduty inspector vpc flow logs
Fedramp high and dod il5 regulatory frameworks
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work in high-security SaaS environments

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work in high-security SaaS environments.
  • The engineer is responsible for engineering, validating, and continuously improving detection capabilities across FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments.
  • Workday offers a competitive compensation package including base salary ranges from $144,400 to $258,000, along with bonus plans and stock grants.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work in high-security SaaS environments.

Salary

Base: $159,600 - $239,400 USD (McLean); Base: $144,400 - $258,000 USD (Other US locations); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • AWS CloudTrail GuardDuty Inspector VPC Flow Logs
  • FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 regulatory frameworks
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and adversary tradecraft
  • NIST SP 800-61r3 incident response lifecycle

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 environments
  • Secure logging architecture in air-gapped settings

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years of cybersecurity operations or detection engineering experience
  • Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance preferred
  • Must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native)
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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