Threat Hunting & Detection Engineer (us Federal)

Workday

McLean, VA, USA
Base: $159,600 - $239,400 usd (mclean); base: $144...
Fully remote
6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
Splunk correlation searches and spl development
Fedramp high or dod il4/il5 environment experience
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments.
  • The engineer is responsible for developing high-fidelity detection logic using Splunk, AWS telemetry, and identity access data to reduce adversary dwell time.
  • Workday offers a competitive salary range of $159,600 to $258,000 USD along with flexible work arrangements requiring at least 50% time in-office or field.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and mandates work within high-security FedRAMP High and IL5 cloud-native environments.

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

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP High or DoD IL4/IL5 environment experience
  • AWS security services CloudTrail GuardDuty Inspector
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and NIST SP 800-61r3 knowledge

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 boundaries
  • Secure logging architecture in air-gapped environments

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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