Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, Virginia, 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 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 will design detection strategies for high-security SaaS environments including air-gapped regions while ensuring alignment with FedRAMP and DoD IL5 mandates.
  • Candidates must possess 6+ years of cybersecurity operations experience with hands-on Splunk development and a strong understanding of AWS security services.

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 described as linked

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 settings

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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