Senior Workday Security & Integration Engineer

What you'll do

• Serve as the primary owner of Workday security and integration configurations and processes
• Manage security groups, tenant configurations, and data integrity across the production and sandbox environments
• Proactively identify and implement platform enhancements that improve user experience, reduce manual effort, and increase data accuracy
• Participate in bi-annual Workday release management, including feature evaluation, testing, and controlled deployment to minimize business disruption
• Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and other stakeholders to design scalable solutions that support business growth
• Document all configurations, business processes, and custom solutions to maintain institutional knowledge and support audit readiness
• Own the full lifecycle of Workday integrations connecting to external systems (payroll providers, benefits carriers, time tracking systems, etc.)
• Develop, maintain, and optimize custom integrations using Enterprise Interface Builders (EIBs), Core Connectors, Workday Studio, RESTful/SOAP web services
• Monitor integration performance, troubleshoot failures, and ensure data accuracy across connected systems
• Implement error handling, logging, and alerting mechanisms to proactively address integration issues
• Configure and maintain role-based and user-based security groups, domain security policies, and business process security policies
• Conduct quarterly security audits to ensure proper segregation of duties and compliance with internal controls
• Manage user provisioning, deprovisioning, and access reviews in accordance with SOC 2 and other compliance requirements
• Partner with IT Security to enforce data privacy standards and respond to access-related audit findings
• Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement tuning recommendations
• Manage tenant operations including sandboxing, data loads, and configuration migrations
• Leverage XML, XSLT, and APIs to manage complex data transformations and integrations
• Stay current on Workday product roadmap and emerging features, evaluating applicability to company needs
• Partner closely with HRIS Team and HR Stakeholders and contribute to the broader Corporate Systems strategy by identifying opportunities for automation, AI enablement, and cross-platform optimization
• Partner and participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, solution design, implementation, testing, release, and hypercare
• Provide expertise in security and integrations architecture, ensuring appropriate access controls, data privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency across HCM, Financial, and Payroll modules

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Security administration experience, including at least 2 full implementation or upgrade cycles
• 3+ years developing and managing Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Studio)
• Experience managing security frameworks, business processes, and tenant operations in production environments
• Expert-level proficiency in Workday security and integration configuration, including business processes, calculated fields, and custom validations
• Strong integration development skills using Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, and web services (SOAP/REST)
• Proficiency with XML, XSLT, and API-based data transformations
• Experience with Workday Report Writer, Advanced Reports, and Dashboards
• Understanding of HR data models, payroll processes, and benefits administration workflows
• Mastery of creating, maintaining, and auditing security groups (user-based, role-based, constrained, unconstrained, intersection, segmented, etc.)
• Proficient in configuring ISUs/ISSGs and their domain and business process security policies, including knowledge of how to secure Workday web services
• Strong working knowledge of managing authentication policy, authenticated login with SAML SSO, Multi-Factor Authentication, OAuth 2.0, IP restriction, certificates and keys
• Practiced in provisioning Implementer tenant access, Service Center Representative configuration, migration access, and proxy access policy
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on root cause analysis
• Comfortable working with business stakeholders to diagnostically research and solve business process and access issues
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to data accuracy and documentation standards
• Collaborative mindset with experience partnering across HR, Finance, IT, and business functions
• Ability to develop a detailed implementation plan to monitor and track progress, and capable of adapting to change in project scope and schedule

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