Senior Workday Security Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing the security strategy for Workday.

• Engage in all stages of the software development lifecycle, which includes gathering requirements, designing solutions, implementing them, testing, releasing, and providing hypercare support.

• Offer specialized knowledge in security architecture, ensuring effective access controls, data privacy, compliance with regulations, and operational efficiency.

• Maintain a robust business perspective to guarantee that systems are implemented in a manner that aligns with operational objectives and user requirements.

• Ensure that solutions adhere to high-quality standards, with successful delivery supported by comprehensive testing and validation practices.

• Collaborate on multiple projects concurrently, effectively managing priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations.

• Deliver technical guidance and mentorship to fellow engineering team members, promoting professional growth and knowledge sharing.

• Continuously assess new Workday features and third-party technologies, recommending enhancements that boost system functionality and performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in Workday security administration.

• Expertise in creating, maintaining, and auditing various security groups (user-based, role-based, constrained, unconstrained, intersection, segmented, etc.).

• Proficient in configuring ISUs/ISSGs along with their domain and business process security policies, including securing Workday web services.

• Strong understanding of managing authentication policies, including authenticated login with SAML SSO, Multi-Factor Authentication, OAuth 2.0, IP restrictions, certificates, and keys.

• Enterprise-level experience in ensuring consistent, scalable, and least-privileged access in accordance with organizational policies and compliance requirements.

• Experienced in provisioning Implementer tenant access, configuring Service Center Representatives, managing migration access, and establishing proxy access policies.

• Proficient in supporting bi-annual Workday platform releases, which includes adoption planning, retiring functionalities, and performing regression testing of existing features.

• Familiar with promoting deployments through established change management and release management practices.

• Skilled in gathering requirements from users and proposing alternative design solutions.

• Comfortable collaborating with business stakeholders to diagnostically investigate and resolve business process and access challenges.

• Capable of developing a detailed implementation plan to monitor and track progress, with the ability to adapt to changes in project scope and schedule.

• Attentive to the creation of documentation to aid in knowledge transfer and the effective use of implemented solutions.

• Proficient in supporting internal controls audits through report generation, stakeholder assessment, and evidence collection.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal).

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Information Security, or relevant professional experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Reimbursement for home or remote office setup.