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Sr Cybersecurity EngineerWorkday · Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Sr Cybersecurity Engineer

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🗓️ Posted 2026-10-14 Dublin, Dublin 1, Ireland Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market 6,667 EUR–10,000 EUR/mo

About the Company

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. About the Team Workday Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, Compliance & Trust team builds and sustains trust in Workday's cybersecurity commitments by embedding a cybersecurity-first mindset, delivering cybersecurity assurance and enabling business growth. We act as trusted advisors and change agents across Workday to protect

Responsibilities

  • ● Champion the principle of translating security policies directly into testable, automated code to ensure non-bypassable compliance.
  • ● Design and execute the roadmap for industrializing and automating security governance, compliance verification, and control enforcement across the organization.
  • ● Drive the adoption of DevSecOps principles by embedding security controls directly into the CI/CD pipeline and contributing secure, reusable modules (e.g., secure Terraform/CloudFormation modules) for engineering teams.
  • ● Basic Qualifications:
  • ● + years of progressive, hands-on experience in engineering, with a strong emphasis on security architecture, leading complex security initiatives, and developing advanced security solutions with 2+ years focused on security governance/compliance.
  • ● Extensive and deep hands-on experience architecting, implementing, and securing infrastructure and services within major cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) at scale.
  • ● Strong proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, Ruby) with the ability to develop automation for security operations, configuration management, and compliance.
  • ● Expert-level understanding and practical application of cloud security concepts, principles, architectures, and technologies, with a proven track record of designing and implementing robust, enterprise-grade security controls in complex, multi-cloud environments.
  • ● A deep, expert-level understanding of network, application, and platform security, including advanced threat landscapes, attack vectors, and mitigation techniques.
  • ● Proven experience in architecting, implementing, and evangelizing secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices and automation at scale using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
  • ● Other Qualifications:
  • ● Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Security - Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)) or equivalent focused training.
  • ● Proven experience implementing, auditing, and maintaining controls for major compliance frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001).
  • ● Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and align senior leadership, diverse engineering teams, and non-technical stakeholders.
  • ● Proven ability to analyze complex technical security problems and propose pragmatic, business-enabling solutions.
  • ● Ability to lead technical security initiatives end-to-end, from conceptual design through successful implementation.
  • ● Exceptional ability to communicate highly technical security risks and compliance requirements into clear, quantitative business terms for executive leadership.
  • ● Workday Pay Transparency Statement (For EU Locations Only)
  • ● Listed below is the base salary range applicable to this position. Workday pay ranges (and the precise pay offered to the successful candidate) are based on a number of objective criteria such as relevant experience and skills, and educational qualifications, level of responsibility, demands of the role, work location and business need. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants awarded by Workday Inc. For more information regarding Workday's comprehensive benefits, please click here (http://benefits.workday.com/).
  • ● Primary Location Base Pay Range: 84,000 EUR - 126,000 EUR Ireland