Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd (mclean); base: $144...
Fully remote
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Fedramp high and dod il5 compliance experience
Aws cloudtrail guardduty inspector telemetry
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with the ability to maintain a TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with the ability to maintain a TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance.
  • The engineer will design detection strategies for FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native SaaS environments, including air-gapped regions with limited telemetry pathways.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $258,000 USD along with bonus plans, stock grants, and flexible work arrangements.

Matching Summary

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

Salary

Base: $159,600 - $239,400 USD (McLean); Base: $144,400 - $258,000 USD (Other US locations); Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 compliance experience
  • 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 in cybersecurity operations or detection engineering
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science
  • Must be a US citizen eligible for TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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