Principal Workday Analyst – Security

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the primary subject matter expert on Workday Security strategy, design, configuration, role and group assignments, and ongoing support.

• Oversee and sustain Workday security configurations, encompassing domain and business process security policies, security roles and groups, segmented security, integration security, and other related framework components.

• Design a scalable security model while ensuring the protection of confidential and sensitive information.

• Assess security modifications, evaluate risk, and devise design solutions that comply with governance and segregation-of-duties standards.

• Set up and uphold security for new functionalities, organizational transformations, acquisitions, process revisions, and business improvements.

• Collaborate with HR, HR Operations, IT, and Workday teams to ensure secure and compliant business process designs.

• Offer expert advice on least-privilege access, role design, approval frameworks, and Workday security best practices.

• Diagnose and resolve intricate security challenges, access issues, process failures, role conflicts, and permission discrepancies.

• Evaluate the security impacts of Workday feature updates, coordinate testing, document modifications, and implement sanctioned changes.

• Conduct security reviews for Workday projects, enhancements, and production adjustments.

• Assist with audits, compliance, and internal controls by maintaining documentation, performing SOD audits, providing evidence, and addressing remediation needs.

• Supervise and enhance Workday Security governance, including intake, approval, testing, migration, system audits, and access validation.

• Identify opportunities for improving security consistency, role design, manual access support, and control effectiveness.

• Provide guidance to analysts and cross-functional partners, evaluate design choices, and advocate for best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with over 7 years of experience in Human Capital Management systems, including Workday Security configuration, or an advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of such experience.

• Practical experience with Workday Security configuration in a complex business setting.

• Workday PRO Security certification is preferred.

• Experience in a principal, lead, or senior analyst position supporting Workday Security is preferred.

• Familiarity with supporting security across multiple Workday modules is preferred.

• Understanding the security implications of integrations, single sign-on, or identity and access management processes is preferred.

• Proven experience supporting audit requests, control testing, remediation planning, and security certifications is preferred.

• Knowledge of privacy, compliance, and data protection requirements in a regulated environment is preferred.

• Experience in large, matrixed, or global organizations is preferred.

• Experience establishing Workday security standards, governance processes, or operating models is preferred.

• Experience mentoring analysts or leading cross-functional workstreams is preferred.

• Extensive experience with Workday domain security policies, business process security policies, security groups, role assignments, and access design.

• Experience in leading security design decisions and configuring secure, scalable solutions across Workday modules.

• Experience supporting security governance, risk assessment, segregation of duties, and compliance-related controls.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex Workday Security issues and resolve access-related production challenges.

• Experience in supporting testing, Workday release activities, and change implementation for security-related updates.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders.

• For degrees obtained outside the United States, a degree satisfying 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package.

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance.

• Health Savings Account.

• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account.

• Life insurance.

• Long-term disability leave.

• Dependent daycare spending account.

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement.

• Simple Steps global well-being program.

• Incentive plans.

• 401(k) plan with employer contribution and match.

• Short-term disability.

• Paid time off.

• Paid holidays.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement.

• Capital Accumulation Plan for eligible employees.

• Medtronic Incentive Plan for short-term incentives.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.