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Responsibilities
- Translate security policies into testable, automated code and non-bypassable compliance controls.
- Architect and drive enterprise-wide security architectures, standards, principles, and strategic initiatives.
- Lead applied security research and innovation to anticipate threats and evaluate emerging technologies.
- Advise VPs, directors, and C-suite leaders on security risks, investments, and organizational security posture.
- Solve complex, high-stakes security challenges and drive transformative improvements across people, processes, and technology.
- Mentor engineers and senior technical leaders and promote security accountability across the organization.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in security engineering and architecture, including technical vision, large-scale security architecture, and enterprise security transformation.
- Expertise securing complex, mission-critical services and infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, and large enterprise environments.
- Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language, including Python, Go, Bash, or Ruby, for security, configuration, and compliance automation.
- Recognized expertise across multiple security domains such as network security, platform hardening, application security, data protection, identity and access management, and cryptography.
- Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CKA, CKS, CISSP, CISM, or CCSP, or equivalent contributions such as patents, research, or influential open-source work.
- Expertise in secure-by-design Generative AI and agentic systems, including RAG pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, and identity, memory, and authorization boundaries.
- Expertise in threat modeling, secure system design, resilient architectures, Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, distributed databases, big data platforms, AI/ML pipelines, and high-performance computing.
- Exceptional ability to set strategy, influence executives and technical organizations, communicate complex risks in business terms, and lead initiatives from design through implementation.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangement combining remote and in-person work, with at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, or partners.
- Eligible roles may include participation in Workday’s bonus plan or role-specific bonus and annual stock grants.
- Workday provides reasonable accommodations during the application process and is an equal opportunity employer.
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About Workday
Workday builds cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management and financial management, including payroll, time tracking, expenses, planning, and procurement, sold on a subscription basis with professional services. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, it is a public company traded on NASDAQ as WDAY. Organizations worldwide use Workday to unify HR and finance data, automate processes, and apply AI to workforce and financial operations.