Senior Associate Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
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3-5 days a week in office
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Open for applications
More information about location
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, or a related STEM field, or equivalent demonstrable practical experience and engineering excellence
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in a security engineering, data science, or security operations role with a strong focus on applying AI and machine learning to security challenges
- Ability to drive multiple projects and priorities while managing operational responsibilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of adversary TTPs (Tactics, Techniques and Procedures)
- Deep understanding of network and application security threats, attack techniques, and mitigation options and network related protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, IPSEC, routing protocols, etc.)
- Python, Ruby and other scripting languages is essential, as is a strong understanding of Linux/OSX and Windows
- Understanding of how AI can be applied to threat detection, incident analysis, and response, including knowledge of common attack vectors (MITRE ATT&CK Framework)
- Experience with prompt engineering, fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) for security-specific tasks, and understanding the security risks associated with LLMs (e.g., prompt injection, data poisoning)
- Experience participating in incident response processes where AI/ML tools were used to accelerate investigation, analysis, and containment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in some or all of the following:
- Experience with cloud security concepts, solutions, and automation
- Experience in incident response and incident management
- Experience with threat hunting techniques
- Experience with SIEM and SOAR security technologies and solutions
- Experience in performing digital forensics and securely acquiring data from various sources
What the job involves
- Workday is looking for a passionate and experienced security professional to join our SIRT
- This is an opportunity to contribute to a highly visible team involved in all major cybersecurity events, where your skills and experience will be used to inspire confidence and trust in Workday
- This is a highly technical role with the understanding that you are already conversant in incident response, security automation, system security, network security, and threat hunting
- This role will push you to understand the inner workings of our SaaS platform and couple that with traditional security practices on premise
- We have resources in every cloud, including our own
- Experience responding to operational queue work as part of a follow-the-sun model
- Lead cyber security incident response and investigation efforts. This includes digital forensics and cloud security events
- Improve threat detection capability by performing gap analyses and remediation
- Identify where we can apply AI/LLM tech to extend the coverage, quality and speed of the security monitoring and response capabilities
- Collaborate with incident responders, threat hunters, and other internal teams to understand their AI/LLM needs, gather requirements, and deliver effective engineering solutions to support the work of the SIRT
- Actively participate in incident response activities, including digital forensic investigations and security event analysis, leveraging and enhancing security tools to support these efforts
- Contribute to the team's technical growth by mentoring colleagues on AI/LLM best practices, tooling, scripting and processes
- In support of the phenomenal growth in the number of Workday customers and Workmates, we are growing our cybersecurity response program to continue to deliver world class capabilities
- Our team is building the Security Center of the future to further our customer’s confidence in our platform
- This means we are continually innovating our investigative capabilities in the areas of incident response, digital forensics (DFIR), threat hunting, and security automation
- We respond quickly, efficiently and regain control by minimizing the threat of damage caused by malicious activities
- We are a highly visible global security function that collaborates closely with multiple Workday teams
- We work hard and push each other to constantly improve, but in an environment that is fun and considered the best company to work for
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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