
Principal Cloud Engineer – US Federal
WillHire
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: McLean • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $191,500 - $287,300 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government
- Work as an IAM engineer to automate identity administration, authentication and authorization to resources in the air-gapped network
- Collaborate with other teams in cloud engineering and the broader Cybersecurity organization to build the new organization at Workday
Requirements
- 8+ years as a cloud engineer, focused on IAM
- Experience in centralizing authentication/authorization and RBAC/PBAC
- Managing infrastructure as code using tools like GitHub and Terraform
- Experience developing tools for automation in Python or other programming languages
- Experience integrating cloud platforms with external tools like Okta, EntraID or similar for centralized authentication and SSO
- Experience in utilizing one or more SEIM tools (Splunk or similar) for log aggregation and analysis, threat playbooks and auditing
- Familiarity with NIST 800-53 and DoD/Intel control frameworks
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, cybersecurity, or comparable work/educational experience
- Familiarity with identity governance workflows, user lifecycle management (joiners, movers, leavers)
Benefits
- Workday Bonus Plan
- Role-specific commission/bonus
- Annual refresh stock grants
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
IAM engineeringidentity administrationauthenticationauthorizationRBACPBACinfrastructure as codeautomationPythonlog aggregation
Soft Skills
collaboration