Threat Detection Engineer

Workday

Reston, VA, USA
Base: $130,200 - $195,400 usd; bonus/equity: eligi...
Hybrid (at least 50% of time each quarter in the office)
Experience analyzing security logs
Building durable production detections
Translating threat intelligence into detections
Workday is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to join its Security Analytics team in Reston, VA. The ideal candidate should have experience in security analytics, threat hunting, and software development, particularly in cloud environments

Job Summary

  • The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand the threat landscape and perform threat hunting exercises.
  • Candidates will develop and refine alerting logic while applying innovative techniques on large volumes of real-time data.
  • Workday offers a hybrid schedule requiring at least half of the time spent in-office or in the field each quarter.

Matching Summary

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Workday is seeking a Threat Detection Engineer to join its Security Analytics team in Reston, VA. The ideal candidate should have experience in security analytics, threat hunting, and software development, particularly in cloud environments.

Salary

Base: $130,200 - $195,400 USD; Bonus/Equity: Eligible for Workday Bonus Plan and annual refresh stock grants; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package available

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Experience analyzing security logs
  • Building durable production detections
  • Translating threat intelligence into detections
  • 2+ years programming in Python or Java
  • Developing applications in public cloud environments

Nice-to-have

  • Proactive threat hunting using MITRE ATT&CK
  • Familiarity with containerized application security
  • Knowledge of outlier detection and clustering
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and SDLC
  • Strong background in data analysis and machine learning

Key Requirements

  • BS or MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years software development expertise
  • Experience with SIEM platforms like Splunk and Elasticsearch

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