# Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - US Federal

Hiring organization: [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/46bfbde3-9877-4ef9-b327-e24683fd8728

Listed on Workday's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Principal
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 184800 – 277200 USD per year

## Summary

This role builds and maintains the security infrastructure that protects Workday's platform for federal government customers, focusing on cloud-native tools like vulnerability management and SIEM systems. It suits engineers who excel at infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and Python automation, and who thrive owning complex security architecture end-to-end.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS CloudFormation, Docker, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, Terraform, Vulnerability Management

## Required

- Deep AWS experience across Compute, Storage, Networking, and Security
- Heavy hands-on Kubernetes and Docker experience including lifecycle management and security hardening
- Advanced Python proficiency
- Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code experience
- Ability to leverage AI tools for problem-solving and acceleration
- Ability to distill complex technical data into visual insights for stakeholders
- U.S. citizenship (naturalized or native) for federal contract work
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government security clearance

## Nice to have

- Active TS/SCI w/CI Poly security clearance
- DoD 8570/8140 compliance with IAT Level II certification, CE credential, and approved specialty certification (CompTIA CySA+, GICSP, CASP+)
- CI/CD pipeline experience in GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins
- Amazon EKS production workload management experience
- SaaS platform security at scale experience
- Willingness to be on-site at DMV area client locations

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Principal-Cybersecurity-Engineer---US-Federal_JR-0106965