Principal Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
€104-156k
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
Be an early applicant
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€104-156k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires deep technical expertise in infrastructure security and strong coding/automation skills to industrialize compliance and security processes.
- 10+ years of distinguished, progressive experience in security engineering and architecture, with a demonstrable track record of setting technical vision, leading security architecture for large-scale, complex systems, and driving enterprise-wide security transformations
- Highly proficient in architecting, implementing, evolving, and securing complex, mission-critical services and infrastructure across multiple major cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and large-scale enterprise environments
- Pioneering understanding and application of cloud security principles, advanced architectural patterns, and emerging technologies, with a history of defining and implementing industry-leading security controls
- Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, Ruby) with the ability to develop automation for security operations, configuration management, and compliance
- Unparalleled expertise and recognized authority in multiple core security domains (e.g., network security, platform hardening, application security, data protection, identity and access management, cryptography) and their strategic interplay in complex, distributed ecosystems
- Globally recognized industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), CISSP, CISM, CCSP) and/or significant contributions to the security field (e.g., patents, influential open-source projects, published research)
- Authoritative expertise in the secure-by-design architecture of Generative AI and Agentic systems. Proven ability to design secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, govern multi-agent orchestrations, and establish robust identity, memory, and authorization boundaries for autonomous AI workloads
- Expertise in advanced threat modeling, designing intrinsically secure systems and building resilient architectures against nation-state level actors or equivalent advanced persistent threats
- Proven ability to set strategy, drive adoption, and govern sophisticated, secure-by-design automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) paradigms across an entire engineering organization
- Authoritative expertise in defining security strategy and architectural best practices for specialized, large-scale systems such as distributed databases, big data platforms, AI/ML pipelines, and high-performance computing environments
- Transformational leadership in embedding security deeply and pervasively into the engineering culture and practices (DevSecOps at scale) across a large, agile organization
- Exceptional ability to articulate a compelling vision, influence and align executive leadership (VPs, C-suite), and inspire large technical teams and entire organizations. Proven ability to represent the company and its security posture externally with authority and credibility
- Significant contributions to the security industry (e.g., influential publications, standards body participation, development of widely adopted security tools or frameworks)
- Proven ability to innovate and create new security capabilities, services, or products that deliver substantial business value and risk reduction
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and align senior leadership, diverse engineering teams, and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven ability to analyze complex technical security problems and propose pragmatic, business-enabling solutions
- Ability to lead technical security initiatives end-to-end, from conceptual design through successful implementation
- Exceptional ability to communicate highly technical security risks and compliance requirements into clear, quantitative business terms for executive leadership
What the job involves
- The Principal Cybersecurity Engineer is a key technical leader responsible for defining and driving the strategic direction and implementation of security controls across the organization's infrastructure
- The Principal Engineer is expected to lead complex projects, mentor junior staff, and significantly influence security governance decisions
- Champion the principle of translating security policies directly into testable, automated code to ensure non-bypassable compliance
- Conceptualize, architect, and champion the adoption of groundbreaking, enterprise-wide security architectures and strategic initiatives that address current and future threats at massive scale
- Lead applied research and innovation in security, anticipating future threats, evaluating disruptive technologies, and pioneering novel solutions to maintain Workday's security posture
- Establish, govern, and evolve the highest-level security architectural standards, principles, and patterns across the organization, ensuring their rigorous application and measurable effectiveness
- Mentor, inspire, and cultivate other engineers and senior technical leaders across Workday; drive a culture of profound security understanding, innovation, and accountability
- Advise executive leadership (VPs, Directors, C-suite) on critical security risks, strategic investments, and the company's overall security posture. Lead and unify security efforts across disparate engineering organizations on high-impact initiatives
- Solve the most complex, ambiguous, and high-stakes security challenges that require novel approaches and deep, multi-disciplinary expertise, often with company-wide implications
- Drive transformative security improvements across Workday’s people, processes, and technology
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, Workday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & CEO)Annel began their career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. They then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005.
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