Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lineage is seeking a Senior Workday Security Analyst to support, maintain, and enhance its enterprise Workday ecosystem. The role focuses on securing Workday Human Resources and Finance functions through security architecture, configuration, authentication, access governance, compliance, audits, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Architect and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade security frameworks across Workday’s HR and Finance modules aligning business objectives and security best practices
- Lead the configuration and administration of Workday security, including, but not limited to:
- Domain security policies
- Business process security policies
- Role-based security groups
- User-based security groups
- Intersection and constrained security groups
- Segregation of duties (SoD)
- Tenant level security architecture
- Authentication and authorization concepts
- Security inheritance and propagation
- Continuously assess and mature the Workday security architecture by identifying gaps, reducing complexity and implementing improvements that enhance scalability, performance, and least-privilege access
- Design and manage secure authentication frameworks, including OAUTH, SAML, Step-Up, Whitelisting, Single Sign-On (SSO), ensuring seamless and secure integrations across enterprise systems
- Serve as a subject matter expert in troubleshooting and resolving complex security issues, ensuring timely resolution while maintaining system integrity and business continuity
- Provisioning and deprovisioning users
- Managing role assignments
- Security group maintenance
- Troubleshooting access issues
- Creating and modifying security configurations
- Supporting tenant refreshes and migrations
- Running security audits
- Managing emergency access procedures
- Proactively monitor Workday releases and emerging capabilities, assessing impact and driving adoption of new features to enhance security posture and operational efficiency
- Establish and optimize user access governance, partnering with Finance, HR, IT, and business stakeholders to design efficient provisioning workflows. Plan, coordinate, and execute biannual User Access Reviews (UAR) with a focus on audit readiness and risk reduction
- Drive compliance with regulatory and internal control frameworks (e.g., SOX, GDPR) by designing effective controls, supporting audits, managing evidence collection, and leading remediation efforts to address identified risks
- Develop and maintain comprehensive, audit-ready documentation of security models, standards, policies, and procedures, ensuring transparency and consistency across the organization
- Define and execute a forward-looking Workday security roadmap that leverages new platform capabilities, enforces least-privilege access, and aligns with evolving organizational and regulatory requirements
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in IT or related discipline
- Experience working directly with internal controls and auditors to support audit requests
- Proven experience designing and implementing security architectures
- Experience with SoD, SOX compliance, User Access Reviews (UAR), and GDPR initiatives
- Strong Knowledge of authentication methods, including OAUTH, SAML, SSO and tenant level security configurations
- Supporting large global organizations with complex security framework and scaling for growth
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills with the ability to interact with Finance, HR, IT, and Cybersecurity teams across all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated ability to effectively organize and prioritize work to meet established deadlines
- Excellent problem solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills
- Strong understanding of risk management principles and mitigation strategies
- Strong analytical and documentation skills
- 3–5 years of hands-on experience with Workday Security (Pro certification a plus)
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Medical insurance benefits
- Dental insurance benefits
- Basic life insurance benefits
- Disability insurance benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid time off
- Annual bonus eligibility
- A minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year
- Career path opportunities with greater responsibilities and promotions
- Learning and development opportunities
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