Workday · 15 hours ago
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $239K/yr
5+ years expWorkday is a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, committed to shaping the future of work. They are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to build, deploy, and operate security tooling, develop security standards, and implement technical controls for their platforms and infrastructure. The role involves collaboration across multiple locations and requires a strong technical background and a passion for automation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design and implement: Build, develop, and implement solutions for our Kubernetes platform, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and observability and security tools
Build and maintain: Build and maintain core platform components, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security
Automate and optimize: Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments using tools like Terraform and Argo CD
Troubleshooting and support: Provide support and solving for platform-related issues, working closely with peer development teams to resolve problems
Security and compliance: Implement and maintain security standard methodologies for the platform, ensuring compliance with industry standards
Documentation and knowledge sharing: Build and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform components and processes. Actively participate in knowledge sharing within the team
Collaborate effectively with other engineers and development teams across multiple locations and time zones
Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and trends in the platform engineering space
Qualification
Required
5+ years of hands-on experience working with large scale cloud infrastructure, DevOps, Security, and software development engineering skills
Bachelor's degree in a computer related field or equivalent work experience
Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform
Experience with building, maintaining, and consuming CI/CD pipelines and tools like Argo CD
Experience securing infrastructure hosted on cloud service providers like AWS in a production environment
Knowledge of network, application and platform security tools and concepts
Knowledge of common encryption functions and authorization schemas
Experience with security auditing and compliance frameworks
Understanding of application, system, and security threats, attack techniques and mitigating controls
Proficiency in at least one programming language
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Strong understanding of Kubernetes and containerization
C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency
Experience working in air gapped cloud regions
Benefits
Workday Bonus Plan
Annual refresh stock grants
Company
Workday
Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.23BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.Bezos Expeditions,Janus Capital Group,Morgan Stanley,T. Rowe PriceNew Enterprise Associates
2025-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2012-10-12IPO
2011-10-24Series F· $85M
Leadership Team
Aneel Bhusri
CEO and Co-Founder
Peter Bailis
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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