Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

WORKDAY AUSTRALIA PTY

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Fedramp high and dod il5 regulatory compliance
Aws cloudtrail guardduty inspector telemetry
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a focus on modernizing employee lifecycle experiences

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a focus on modernizing employee lifecycle experiences.
  • The engineer is responsible for engineering high-fidelity detection logic across FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native SaaS environments including air-gapped regions.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $239,400 USD along with bonus plans and stock grants for eligible roles.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a focus on modernizing employee lifecycle experiences.

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

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

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 architectures in air-gapped settings

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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