Senior Data Platform & Lakehouse Engineer - Security SME

Workday, Inc.; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 159,600 - 239,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Workday Bonus Plan

Annual refresh stock grants

Job summary

Workday, Inc. seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Data Engineer in Reston, VA to lead the architecture of our data platform and Lakehouse ecosystem. This role involves designing the foundational infrastructure, ensuring data security, and optimizing storage solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive AWS experience and can establish compliance frameworks to build a robust data environment.

Your mission will involve close collaboration with threat hunters and data scientists to empower our cyber defense strategy effectively, ensuring our data is managed securely and efficiently.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure engineering, or data architecture.
• Expert-level knowledge of open-table formats like Apache Iceberg.
• Strong proficiency with AWS cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of the enterprise Data Lake/Lakehouse ecosystem on AWS.
• Define standards for storage optimization and table formats.
• Architect data governance and security measures.

Skills

Data platform engineering

AWS EMR

SQL

Python

Data architecture

Tools

Apache Iceberg

Terraform

AWS Lake Formation

S3

Job description

Workday, Inc. seeks a Senior Cybersecurity Data Engineer in Reston, VA to lead the architecture of our data platform and Lakehouse ecosystem. This role involves designing the foundational infrastructure, ensuring data security, and optimizing storage solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive AWS experience and can establish compliance frameworks to build a robust data environment.

Your mission will involve close collaboration with threat hunters and data scientists to empower our cyber defense strategy effectively, ensuring our data is managed securely and efficiently.