Cybersecurity Engineer

Your work days are brighter here.At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.About the TeamIn support of the phenomenal growth in the number of Workday customers, we are growing our cybersecurity tools program to continue to deliver world class capabilities. Our team is building a Security Excellence Centre of the future to foster our customers' confidence in our platform. This means we are continually innovating our security tools capabilities in the areas of M/L, using NPL, Big Data and automation. We work hard and push each other to constantly improve, but in an environment that is supportive and based around collaboration and fun!About the RoleThis position is part of Workday's Cyber Defense Security Tools Engineering team and involves administration of the security tools with a focus on SIEM, SOAR and automation. You will be working closely with the cybersecurity response, network, and IT teams in coordinating and automating data on-boarding in SIEM and in Security Data Lake. This is a technical role with the expectation that you are proficient in Linux system administration and programming.The team you would be on designs, architects, administers and supports multi-terabyte per day Splunk clusters, SOAR platform, and Data Lakes. The team provides full-service support and Centre of Excellence (CoE) level mentorship to Workday’s internal teams and external customers.ResponsibilitiesSupport deployment and maintenance of our Splunk and Data Lake environmentsDesign and support the automated deployment of security infrastructure in both Data Centres and in Public CloudInstall, build and maintain Splunk, Cribl and related Apps and add-onsLead cross-team efforts with other internal organisationSupport On-call duties for a variety of security toolsLead key initiatives and goals for the Cyber Defense Security Tools Engineering teamAbout YouBasic Qualifications3+ years of experience in IT/SecurityProficiency in Linux administration (ideally RHEL/CentOS)Proficient skills in any config management tools, such as Chef, Ansible, or TerraformExperience with continuous integration tools (ideally Jenkins, Atlantis)Other QualificationsProgramming experience in PythonVersion Control System (ideally Git)Experience writing and supporting open-source toolsExperience working in any of the major cloud service providers – AWS, GCP.Basic understanding of Big DataExperience with Splunk administration is preferredB.S. Degree in STEM field or evidence of engineering excellenceAre you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!