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 il5 environment experience
This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and potentially a TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance

Job Summary

  • This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and potentially a TS/SCI w/CI Poly clearance.
  • The engineer will design detection strategies for high-security SaaS environments including air-gapped regions with limited telemetry pathways.
  • Workday offers flexible work arrangements allowing teams to spend at least half their time in the office or field while maintaining remote flexibility.

Matching Summary

This role supports U.S. Federal Government contracts requiring United States citizenship and potentially a TS/SCI w/CI Poly 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

  • 6+ years cybersecurity operations experience
  • Splunk correlation searches and SPL development
  • FedRAMP High or DoD IL5 environment experience
  • AWS security services CloudTrail GuardDuty Inspector
  • MITRE ATT&CK mapping and adversary tradecraft

Nice-to-have

  • Hypothesis-driven threat hunting in SaaS architectures
  • Identity-based attack vector detection expertise
  • Container and workload-level attack detection
  • Secure logging in air-gapped environments
  • SOAR platform experience in constrained boundaries

Key Requirements

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

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship

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