Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, US
Primary location base pyy range: $159,600 usd - $2...
Fully remote
Splunk detection logic development
Cloud-native telemetry analysis
Mitre att&ck mapping
Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing their employee lifecycle and finance operations

Job Summary

  • Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing their employee lifecycle and finance operations.
  • This role is foundational to maintaining compliance, reducing adversary dwell time, and ensuring resilient security posture across high-security SaaS environments.
  • Workday offers trust to take risks, tools to grow, skills to develop, and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul.

Matching Summary

Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing their employee lifecycle and finance operations.

Salary

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $159,600 USD - $239,400 USD; Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $144,400 USD - $258,000 USD; Bonus/Equity: May be eligible for Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Splunk detection logic development
  • Cloud-native telemetry analysis
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping
  • NIST SP 800-61r3 incident response
  • FedRAMP High and IL5 environments
  • Air-gapped environment detection strategies

Nice-to-have

  • Curious minds and courageous collaborators
  • Sun-drenched optimism and drive
  • Empathy and shared enthusiasm
  • Hypothesis-driven threat hunting
  • SOAR platform experience

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations/detection engineering/threat hunting
  • Hands-on Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5, or regulated cloud environments
  • AWS security services experience
  • MITRE ATT&CK and NIST SP 800-61r3 familiarity
  • Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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