Workday

Sr. Principal Security Engineer

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23 hours ago
Dublin, IrelandStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own complex, high-impact security architecture initiatives, rapid-response efforts, and urgent cross-team platform and infrastructure work.
  • Apply expertise in identity systems, public cloud architecture, and platform engineering to close systemic security gaps.
  • Partner with architecture, consulting, infrastructure security, and secure software development teams to establish unified security patterns and frameworks.
  • Expand attack-surface management from individual vulnerability remediation to architectural, risk-based exposure management.
  • Apply AI and automation to secure development, consulting, security operations, and attack-surface discovery workflows.
  • Mentor engineers across architecture and infrastructure security teams and raise the organization’s technical bar.

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, or a related technical discipline.
  • Experience architecting secure software and services across cloud, platform, or infrastructure environments.
  • Experience designing, developing, securing, and operating software, services, and platforms across a code-to-cloud secure software development lifecycle.
  • Experience designing and implementing security architecture across public cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
  • Background in attack-surface analysis, threat management, and vulnerability management, with experience shifting teams toward risk-based exposure management.
  • Applied knowledge of security-by-design principles and security engineering, including building and scaling security tooling or platforms.
  • Experience with modern identity architecture and applying it across cloud and platform environments.
  • Ability to lead complex initiatives, set direction, and align multiple technical teams amid ambiguity.
  • Experience applying automation or AI to security operations, consulting workflows, or attack-surface discovery.
  • Strong relationship-building and cross-functional technical influence skills.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement requiring at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field, with remote home-office roles also eligible for office gatherings.
  • Role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
  • Base salary range for Ireland/EU locations is €128,000–€192,000.
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About Workday

10,000+ employees

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.

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