Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
M&A Security
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
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More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Are you passionate about securely building the next generation of Workday services? Do you enjoy building scalable security solutions to support agile software deployment?
- We need someone with advanced skills across a number of technologies & security domains to drive security integration
- 7+ years of experience in Cyber Security Engineering, Software Engineering, or Public Cloud Platform Engineering
- Experience with public cloud technologies, automation and cloud native applications, GCP and/or AWS preferred
- Deep understanding of security concepts/methods/protocols in areas such as authentication, authorization, role based access control, encryption and penetration testing
- Experience working with M&A integration teams and acquired companies
- Ability to progress programs of work across various internal teams
- Practical knowledge of enterprise application software development and developer workflows with skills in at least one modern application or system programming language e.g. Java, C++, C#, Scala, golang, Rust, python
- Excellent verbal & written communications skills
- Experience in developing, deploying, and supporting security specific solutions including the automation of repeatable security tasks and controls
What the job involves
- Workday is using the latest software development and cloud technologies to build platforms and application services to support our growth while also ensuring the protection of Workday data and infrastructure is paramount
- The Workday Security Threat Prevention org partners with development & engineering teams to protect Workday's application services, infrastructure, and data
- We enable Workday’s Product and Technology teams to rapidly deploy secure software!
- We are looking to grow the M&A Security program
- The Sr. Cybersecurity Engineer will provide security expertise in due diligence, integration and post-integration efforts, working directly with M&A targets and acquired companies
- Critically assessing system architecture and suggesting improvements & controls
- Guiding security architecture decisions for acquired teams
- Embed secure-by-design and secure-by-default into technologies including supporting threat modeling activities for acquired companies
- Fostering a positive security attitude and integration experience
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.
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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 & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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