Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
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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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1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in network security architecture and design
- Hands-on experience deploying network security controls across AWS and/or GCP, including cloud-native security controls (e.g., AWS Network Firewall, WAF, GCP Cloud Armor)
- Proficient in at least one scripting language (Python, Go) and automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible, or Consul)
- Deep understanding of public cloud environments (AWS, GCP) with the ability to design, deploy, and manage secure network architectures across multi-cloud and hybrid infrastructure, ensuring consistent security posture at scale
- Extensive experience with security platforms, including industry-leading firewalls and web application firewall (WAF) controls, with the ability to evaluate, implement, and operate these platforms to protect customer data environments effectively
- Strong foundation in information security, including understanding of application, system, and network security threats, attack techniques, and mitigating controls, with the ability to implement effective security policies and ensure compliance with data protection regulations
- Skilled in security engineering, with experience designing and implementing secure network architectures, managing encryption, authentication, intrusion detection, and firewall technologies, and developing incident response plans to address security breaches
- Demonstrated commitment to security by design, with the ability to integrate security measures into the architecture of systems from the outset, including risk assessment methodologies and the design of systems that can resist, tolerate, and recover from security events
- Proven ability to leverage AI and agentic capabilities to streamline processes and deliver engineering and security solutions at scale. Experience using these evolving toolsets to ensure consistency of control implementation across disparate systems is a strong differentiator
- Experience with host-based network security systems (e.g., Illumio, Calico) and large-scale data center networking
- Experience supporting DDoS detection, IPS/IDS tooling, and participating in an on-call rotation for production networks
- Ability to align security programs with industry standards such as CIS, NIST, and FedRAMP
- Organized, thorough problem solver with the ability to build consensus among multiple partners and document complex security architectures clearly
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build and leverage positive relationships across the organization
What the job involves
- The Network Security team delivers innovative solutions to sophisticated challenges, serving as a critical component of the Workday Security organization's mission to ensure the security and safety of Workday customers, users, and their data
- We design, build, and operate critical security controls for customer data environments, overcoming constantly shifting — and exciting — technical challenges to ensure trust in the Workday service
- Our team is responsible for operating the systems and controls that we build, advising other Workday business units on ways to securely implement services and infrastructure, and partnering with our information security team to ensure policy compliance and address gaps
- We operate data centers and cloud environments across the globe and are constantly improving our network security posture and capabilities
- Over the next year, we are focused on delivering scalable network security controls such as web application firewalls for customer data environments, improving platform resilience and the consistency of security controls across the enterprise, and leveraging AI and agents to accelerate how we deliver effective solutions for all of Workday's customers
- Our team is spread across the US and EU, and though we connect mostly virtually, we love sharing in each other's successes, celebrating wins, and embracing fun with informal team meetings and activities
- We genuinely enjoy getting to know each other beyond our technical skills — because great work is even better when you're part of a great team
- As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer on the Network Security team, you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering the security controls that protect Workday's customer data environments across AWS, GCP, and private cloud environments
- You are both a builder and a leader — architecting scalable security solutions while mentoring team members and consulting with partners across the organization to ensure security is embedded into everything we do
- Architect and Build: Design and implement next-generation network security controls, patterns, and templates across AWS, GCP, and private cloud environments
- Automate: Enhance the security of the enterprise by building scalable systems for effective continuous monitoring and enforcement of expected security posture using tools such as Terraform, GoLang, and Python
- Mentor: Serve as a technical lead by driving initiatives forward and guiding team members in their development
- Consult: Evaluate production infrastructure designs to determine security requirements and conduct rigorous network security assessments
- Collaborate: Partner with Cybersecurity and Trust teams to develop policies, standards, and guidelines aligned with industry best practices (CIS, NIST, FedRAMP) and implement control enforcement against those standards
- Operational Excellence: Provide operational support for critical security infrastructure, including DDoS detection, WAF, and firewall controls (appliances and cloud-native) in a production environment
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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