Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Fully remote
6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Fedramp high and dod il5 environment experience
This role supports U.S. federal contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a focus on modernizing employee lifecycle experiences

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. federal contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens with a focus on modernizing employee lifecycle experiences.
  • The engineer will develop high-fidelity detection logic using Splunk and cloud-native telemetry to reduce adversary dwell time in FedRAMP High environments.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $239,400 USD along with bonus plans and stock grants for eligible candidates.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. federal 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

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP High and DoD IL5 environment experience
  • AWS security services (CloudTrail, GuardDuty)
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and NIST SP 800-61r3

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

  • US Citizenship required
  • TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or equivalent
  • 6+ years in detection engineering or threat hunting

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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