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 or dod il5 environment experience
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens.
  • The engineer will develop high-fidelity detection logic using Splunk and cloud-native telemetry across regulated environments.
  • Candidates must balance operational effectiveness with compliance rigor in high-assurance, sometimes disconnected environments.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring personnel to be United States citizens.

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 or DoD IL5 environment experience
  • AWS security services (CloudTrail, GuardDuty)
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and adversary tradecraft

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

  • United States citizenship required
  • TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or equivalent
  • 6+ years of relevant experience

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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