WillHire

Principal Cloud Engineer – US Federal

WillHire

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: McLeanVirginiaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $191,500 - $287,300 per year

Job Level

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