Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

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, security automation, and data loss prevention. 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.

Workday is seeking a dedicated and proficient security professional possessing extensive security engineering and response expertise with knowledge on how to apply AI to security response processes. 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 principal role with the understanding that you are already conversant in incident response, security automation, system security, network security, threat hunting, forensics, data loss prevention and artificial intelligence. Furthermore, this role leads the development and lifecycle support of the organization's response tooling infrastructure and associated environments. 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. We offer a hybrid/flexible schedule for employees.

Strong leadership presence with the ability to set direction, motivate teams, and drive the security mindset across every aspect of the company. Spearhead the architecture, daily operations, and continuous development of all security response tooling and environments (i.e. SOAR, SIEM, Incident Response, Forensics, Agentic AI). Contribute to the program vision and implementation of a world class Response program at Workday. Evolve the response platforms that enable Cyber Defense to operate with precision, automation and innovation. Lead and support security incident response across the organization. Help drive team development by mentoring new and existing staff.

Basic Qualifications 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity or information security roles, including 2+ years with hands-on technical leadership experience Bachelor’s Degree. Other Qualifications Other relevant certification/s and training are beneficial (e.g.