Threat Detection Engineer, Workday

$124-186k

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Java

Elasticsearch

Linux

Kotlin

Splunk

Mid and Senior level

Denver

Office located in Boulder, CO

Enterprise management cloud platform

Job no longer available

Enterprise management cloud platform

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Job no longer available

$124-186k

JavaScript

Python

Scala

Java

Elasticsearch

Linux

Kotlin

Splunk

Mid and Senior level

Denver

Office located in Boulder, CO

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Company mission

To provide an all-in-one management cloud solution for the rapidly changing business requirements of the modern world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Software development expertise: 4+ years of experience in a general-purpose programming language like Python, Java, Kotlin, Scala, or JavaScript to build effective detection tools
Proven experience: Developing, securing, and monitoring applications in public cloud environments
Technical foundation: BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Proactive Threat Hunting: Leverage the MITRE ATT&CK framework to identify and hunt for threats based on IOCs and IOAs
System knowledge: Experience with networking and Linux operating systems
Modern application security: Understanding of containerized applications and associated security challenges
Data analysis skills: Familiarity with outlier detection, clustering, and forecasting techniques
Security tools: Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk and Elasticsearch
Development best practices: Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

What the job involves

As a member of the Detection Engineering team, you will get an opportunity to collaborate with a large cross section of teams across Workday to understand the threat landscape, participate in various threat hunting exercises to discover potential vulnerabilities and test detective coverage, perform data and detection gap analysis and then use this information to develop and refine alerting logic while applying innovative techniques on large volumes of real time data

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.

Workday has acquired and paired up with many other companies to keep expanding its offering. In 2021, it purchased the employee feedback platform Peakon in response to the growing need for managers to be able to survey workers and collect satisfaction data without face-to-face meetings. The company has also bought and developed many financial tools and HR management tools.

The company’s goal is to provide end-to-end back office services and while there are other providers, such as UKG Pro and Ceridian HCM, Workday’s broad offering helps them to stand out. Though it faced a tough global market in 2023 and has shed some of its headcount, Workday has seen a 6.5% gain in value in the first quarter of 2024. It is now focusing on growth and developing the AI capabilities of its platform. .

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.1)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Oct 2011

$85m

SERIES F

Apr 2009

$75m

SERIES E

Total funding: $215.3m

Company benefits

Company equity
Vision and dental insurance
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance
Virtual primary care
Flexible time-off policy
Global mental health resources
Global dedicated on-site clinical counselors
Global well-being days
$25k fertility/family planning benefits
North Star financial wellness
Retirement funds and matching
401k plan
On-site health clinic (Pleasanton office)

Company HQ

Pleasanton, CA

Leadership

Aneel Bhusri

(CEO)

Worked for Morgan Stanley for 3 years and took a Stanford MBA, before spending almost 6 years at Oracle as SVP. Co-founded Workday in 2005 while working as a Greylock Advisory Partner.

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