Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

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McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Aws cloudtrail guardduty inspector vpc flow logs
Mitre att&ck mapping and nist sp 800-61r3
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and operates within high-security FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 cloud environments

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and operates within high-security FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 cloud environments.
  • The engineer is responsible for engineering, validating, and improving detection capabilities using Splunk and cloud-native telemetry to reduce adversary dwell time.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $239,400 USD along with flexible work arrangements requiring at least 50% time in-office or field.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

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

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • AWS CloudTrail GuardDuty Inspector VPC Flow Logs
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and NIST SP 800-61r3
  • FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 regulated environments
  • Air-gapped region detection strategies

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 automation
  • Secure logging architectures for disconnected environments

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years in cybersecurity operations or detection engineering
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or Engineering
  • Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance
  • Must be a United States citizen (naturalized or native)

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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