Workday Security Administrator

Redwood Software; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Software in Hyderabad is seeking a Workday Security Administrator to design, configure and audit security groups within Workday HCM and Financials. The role requires coordinating with Finance, HR and IT stakeholders in the US and working 6:30pm–3:30am IST (8:00am–5:00pm EST).

You will own SoD analysis, access recertification, and SOX/compliance activities while maintaining integration security and change control processes.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years hands-on Workday security administration experience.
• Experience with HCM and Financials security models.
• SOX-controlled environments and audit evidence experience.
• Workday EIB, Studio/Core Connectors for security-adjacent work.
• Strong SoD principles for finance and HR processes.
• Ability to align with US stakeholders in EST hours.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Workday security groups and domain policies.
• Own SoD conflict analysis and periodic access recertification.
• Handle SOX/audit evidence requests for Workday access controls.
• Collaborate with Finance/HR to translate access needs into configurations.
• Troubleshoot security tickets and manage change requests.
• Maintain security documentation and manage biannual Workday releases.
• Administer integration security and ISU accounts with the integrations team.

Skills

Workday security administration

SoD analysis

SOX compliance

English communication

Security access controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Workday Studio

Workday EIB

Identity governance tools / IAM

Job description

At Redwood Software we unleash human potential. We empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation. Our unparalleled solutions empower organizations to orchestrate, manage and monitor their workflows across any application, service or server – in the cloud or on premise – with confidence and control.

CORE VALUES

One Team. One Redwood

Make Your Own Weather

Obsess over Customer Success

Work the Problem

Be Curious

Own the Outcome

Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

Redwood is seeking an experienced Workday Security Administrator to join our IT function and support the security architecture of our Workday Financials and HCM tenants. This role is responsible for designing, configuring, maintaining, and auditing Workday security groups, domain/business process policies, and role-based access across the platform. The ideal candidate has deep hands-on Workday security configuration experience and can partner effectively with Finance, HR, and IT stakeholders based in the US while working a schedule aligned to Eastern time zone business hours. This role will be on-site in our Hyderabad office and expected to work 6:30pm – 3:30am IST (8:00am - 5:00pm EST).

• Design, build, and maintain Workday security groups (constrained, unconstrained, role-based, job-based, segment-based) and domain/business process security policies across HCM and Financials, ensuring proper segregation of duties (SoD)
• Own SoD conflict analysis and periodic access recertification, remediating findings in partnership with Finance and HR process owners
• Serve as the primary point of contact for SOX and internal audit requests related to Workday access controls, providing evidence of configuration, approvals, and change history
• Partner with Finance (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A) and HR/HCM process owners to translate access and workflow requirements into secure, compliant configurations
• Troubleshoot and resolve security-related tickets — access issues, business process routing errors, permission escalations — within SLA
• Manage security-related change requests through a formal change control process, including impact analysis and testing
• Manage Workday biannual releases, including evaluating new features and impacts, coordinating with internal Workday practitioners to complete testing/implementation of required security configuration changes, and ensuring successful deployment with minimal disruption in access or business process routing.
• Maintain security configuration documentation — group design, business process security matrices, and change logs — as a living audit-ready reference
• Build, test, and maintain Workday integrations, including inbound and outbound interfaces, troubleshooting integration issues, validating data accuracy, and implementing enhancements to support evolving business and system requirements.
• Administer integration security (ISU accounts, integration system security groups, API access scoping) in coordination with the integrations team

YOUR EXPERIENCE

• 5–7+ years of hands-on Workday security administration experience, including direct configuration of security groups and domain/business process policies
• Working knowledge of both Workday HCM and Financials security models (constrained vs. unconstrained groups, segment-based security, org-based security)
• Experience supporting SOX-controlled environments and audit evidence requests
• Experience with Workday EIB, Workday Studio/Core Connectors (for security‑adjacent integration work), and report/calculated field security implications
• Strong understanding of segregation of duties principles as applied to finance and HR processes
• Ability to work core hours aligned to 8:00 AM–5:00 PM EST to support US‑based stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills for cross‑time‑zone collaboration

Preferred Skills

• Workday Pro Security certification
• Experience with Workday Financials security specifically (e.g., R2R, P2P, O2C, Banking & Settlement, or FP&A domains)
• Prior experience in a global shared-services or IT security operations function
• Exposure to identity governance tools or IAM integration with Workday
• Experience supporting agentic AI or automation initiatives layered on Workday

If you like growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over‑achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

THE LEGAL BIT

Redwood is an equal opportunity employer. Redwood prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity, marital or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), sexual orientation, pregnancy or any other consideration made unlawful by regional or local laws. We also prohibit discrimination based on a perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful and will have a zero tolerance policy applied to it.

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