Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Primary location base pyy range: $159,600 usd - $2...
Fully remote
Splunk detection logic development
Cloud-native telemetry analysis
Mitre att&ck alignment
Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing employee lifecycle and finance operations with modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure

Job Summary

  • Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing employee lifecycle and finance operations with modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure.
  • The Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer is responsible for engineering, validating, and continuously improving detection capabilities across FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native SaaS environments, including air-gapped regions.
  • This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens.

Matching Summary

Your work matters here, supporting U.S. federal agencies in modernizing employee lifecycle and finance operations with modern technology, responsible AI, and secure infrastructure.

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 commission/bonus, annual refresh stock grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

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

Nice-to-have

  • Curious minds and courageous collaborators
  • Sun-drenched optimism and drive
  • Integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm
  • Mission-driven work

Key Requirements

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations/detection/hunting
  • Hands-on Splunk experience
  • FedRAMP, DoD IL4/IL5 experience
  • AWS security services experience
  • MITRE ATT&CK and adversary tradecraft
  • NIST SP 800-61r3 incident response
  • Ability to obtain TS/SCI w/CI Poly

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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