Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: Application Security AI Architect

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About the Team

Workday’s Cybersecurity & Trust organization exists to inspire confidence and trust in Workday. We safeguard the personal information of 60+ million people and the financial information of some of the largest companies in the world. Cybersecurity is woven into the fabric of Workday and is core to everything we do. We cultivate a security-first mentality and believe that moving with speed and velocity is enabled by building security into the foundation.
The Workday Information Security Organization supports Workday’s critical Business Technology team by providing security risk review and partnership into enterprise efforts around infrastructure, data & analytics, and core enterprise applications. Through this work, the team delivers security architecture assessments, technical recommendations, security tool configuration management, policy and standard support, and overall security partnership to the CIO office.

About the Role

Workday’s Cybersecurity & Trust organization exists to inspire confidence and trust in Workday. We safeguard the personal information of 60+ million people and the financial information of some of the largest companies in the world. Cybersecurity is woven into the fabric of Workday and is core to everything we do. We cultivate a security-first mentality and believe that moving with speed and velocity is enabled by building security into the foundation.

The Workday Information Security Organization supports Workday’s critical Business Technology team by providing security risk review and partnership into enterprise efforts around infrastructure, data & analytics, and core enterprise applications. Through this work, the team delivers security architecture assessments, technical recommendations, security tool configuration management, policy and standard support, and overall security partnership to the CIO office.

Responsibilities:

• Security Engineering: Design, build, deploy, and manage AI-based security tools and services including open source tool development, AI model development. 

• Solution Reviews and Advisory: Provide expert guidance during AI solution design and implementation. Lead AI threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments as part of technical intake and governance processes for AI specific software development and third party software/SaaS evaluation.

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to drive AI security requirements, threat modeling practices and embedded security principles, standards and architecture blueprints into CI/CD pipelines.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of any combination of application or security-related program functions such as application development, application or AI/ML security, security engineering, threat modeling or related areas

• 3+ years of software development or automation with languages such as Python, Java, React, C++, or JavaScript/Typescript

• Experience with Large Language Model (LLM) security including attack techniques and mitigation methods for LLMs, model training risks and mitigations, general AI/ML security, data poisoning prevention, prompt injection guardrails, and privacy-preserving techniques

• Knowledgeable in Amazon Bedrock, OpenAI APIs, Langchain, or similar AI model platforms

Other Qualifications
- Solid understanding of cloud security concepts and professional hands-on experience documenting and implementing security controls of the same.
- Strong understanding of platform, network, application, and cloud security fundamentals, tools, and concepts.
- Ability to drive multiple projects and priorities while managing operational responsibilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, building positive relationships with partner organizations.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below.  Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. 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. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.GA.Atlanta

 

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $148,800 USD - $223,200 USD

 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $141,400 USD - $250,800 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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