Senior Cybersecurity Engineer Job at Workday (Reston)

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Workday

Location:
United States , Reston

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

159600.00 - 239400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and Senior Engineer to join our growing Infrastructure and Platform Engineering team. You will play a critical role in building, scaling, observing and maintaining our Kubernetes-based platform and enabling our engineering organization to deliver capabilities and incremental products quickly and reliably. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, solve complicated problems, and contribute to the foundation of our infrastructure. This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for automation, and a collaborative mindset. As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for building, deploying/operating security tooling, developing security standards and implementing technical controls in support of the platforms and infrastructure used in Workday.

Job Responsibility:

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
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

Requirements:

A minimum of 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
Infrastructure as code: Proficiency in infrastructure automation tools like Terraform
CI/CD: 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
Programming skills: Proficiency in at least one programming language
Problem-solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have:

Strong understanding of Kubernetes and containerization
C#, Python, Ruby, Rust, or Go programming language proficiency
Experience working in air gapped cloud regions

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 04, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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