Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
€84-126k
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
€84-126k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years experience in cyber security, designing and implementing security architectures, conducting vulnerability assessments and penetration testing, and leading security incident response efforts
- 6+ experience in security engineering principles, threat intelligence platforms, and security automation tools such as [insert principles, platforms, and tools]
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Thorough understanding of Threat and Vulnerability Management processes
- Comprehensive understanding of Information Security principles and best practices
- Proficiency in multiple Programming Languages used for advanced security tasks like exploit development or security tool creation
- Solid working knowledge of Public Cloud technologies, automation and cloud native applications, GCP and/or AWS preferred Strong knowledge of Security Engineering concepts
- Expertise with Security Platforms such as Wiz, Qualys, or Tenable
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and translating complex problems into clear, thoughtful solutions
What the job involves
- Re you passionate about securely building the next generation of Workday services? Do you enjoy building scalable security solutions to support agile software deployment?
- 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 seeking a high-impact security engineer to join our Vulnerability Management team. In this role, you will be the driving force behind scaling our security program across the Product, Technology, and Business Technology organizations
- The role will focus on engineering solutions—building the automation, agents, and tooling necessary to streamline our internal operations. Your mission is to empower our engineering teams to identify and remediate vulnerabilities with speed and precision
- Scale the Program: Design and implement strategies to expand vulnerability management coverage across global service teams
- Engineer Automation: Develop custom tooling and automated workflows to eliminate manual bottlenecks in the vulnerability lifecycle
- Enable Engineering: Build "self-service" capabilities that allow internal developers to detect and respond to security risks autonomously
- Operational Excellence: Modernize internal security operations through AI/Agentic AI frameworks
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 & 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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