Principal Cyber Security Engineer US Federal

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About the Team

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which due to federal government security requirements mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

Do you have a passion for security The infrastructure cybersecurity engineering team is responsible for building deploying and operating security tooling as well as providing consulting to service teams. Inherent to the role is an ability to develop using industry standard languages. Innovation and creativity are heavily emphasized upon and encouraged at Workday to combat an ever evolving threat landscape. The tools processes and standards developed by the team are a critical part of the threat defense capabilities of Workday. Having an infrastructure presence in both public and private clouds the team is repeatedly challenged in new ways to improve existing toolchains and build new ones. Candidates for this role should have an analytical and problem solving approach capability to learn new skills comfortable with accepting feedback and able to work well with a team.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• This position requires a TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance. Applicants must already possess a valid and active TS/SCI with CI polygraph security clearance.
• Experience with Linux operating systems or containers
• Experience with development/scripting/automation language
• Knowledge of cloud security AWS or GCP
• Knowledge of threat modeling security policy NIST 80053 security standards and functional requirements

Other Qualifications

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development
• Knowledge of kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD
• Knowledge of REST API and HTTP protocol
• Experience with container security
• Knowledge of common encryption functions and authorization schemas

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The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a rolespecific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.