# Sr Active Defense Engineer

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5e99bb42-c959-4861-aed8-ee235f589fdd

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 159600 – 239400 USD per year

## Summary

This role involves developing and executing threat hunting, vulnerability assessment, and offensive security exercises to protect Workday's infrastructure and customer data. It suits experienced cybersecurity professionals with deep expertise in incident response, detection engineering, and security operations who want to work on proactive defense at scale.

_Our summary, not Workday's wording._

## Skills named

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Python, SPARK, Splunk

## Required

- 8+ years in incident response, intelligence analysis, vulnerability assessment, security engineering, or security operations
- Experience researching cybersecurity threats and creating security solutions
- Experience using AI-based discovery and exploit creation tools
- Proficiency in a general-purpose programming language (Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, or JavaScript)

## Nice to have

- Experience responding to and mitigating cybersecurity incidents
- Experience executing red team engagements and bypassing security controls
- Experience reverse engineering malware, suspicious code, and vulnerabilities
- Experience developing or applying agents, automation, or workflow orchestration
- Interest in emerging security, intelligence, data science, and machine learning topics
- Dedication to maintaining domain proficiency and professional network connections
- Strong communication skills for presenting technical information to non-technical audiences

Apply on Workday's site: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USAVAReston/Sr-Cybersecurity-Engineer_JR-0107488