Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

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
Fedramp high and dod il5 compliance frameworks
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.
  • The engineer will design detection strategies for high-security SaaS environments including air-gapped regions with limited telemetry pathways.
  • Workday offers flexible work arrangements allowing teams to spend at least half of their time in the office or field while maintaining remote flexibility.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.

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
  • AWS CloudTrail GuardDuty Inspector VPC Flow Logs
  • FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 compliance 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 regions

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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