Enterprise Architect (Solutions Engineer), Identity

Workday; United States; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. is seeking a senior Identity Architect to lead identity governance and access management for humans and AI agents across enterprise environments. You will translate complex governance, provisioning, and least-privilege needs into scalable solutions.

You’ll engage with CISOs, CIOs, CTOs and security leaders, delivering value propositions through architectural leadership, API integrations, and automation. Expect cross‑functional collaboration and travel.

Qualifications

• Enterprise Architect, Identity role with 4+ years in technical pre‑sales, solutions engineering, or IAM/IGA/AI.
• Senior Enterprise Architect, Identity with 6+ years in relevant roles.
• Principal Enterprise Architect, Identity with 8+ years in relevant roles.

Responsibilities

• Advise prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.
• Architect and deliver IAM/IGA/CIEM/PAM solutions mapping requirements to scalable identity architectures.
• Lead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos demonstrating identity automation and zero trust value.
• Design and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure with native identity services.
• Explain protocols like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 to engineers and CISOs.
• Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/IaC tools.
• Stay ahead on IGA/CIEM/Just‑in‑Time access and share thought leadership with teams and customers.

Skills

Identity governance

IAM/IGA/AI

Zero Trust

SAML/OAuth/OIDC

Terraform

APIs/SDKs

Go

JSON/YAML

Security architecture

Tools

AWS IAM

GCP IAM

Azure AD

Okta

Entra ID

LDAP

Google Workspace

Terraform

IaC

Job description

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun‑drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Workday is strategically expanding into the identity management space to govern access for both employees and AI agents across the enterprise. As enterprise adoption of autonomous agents accelerates, CIOs, CISOs, and CTOs are facing a critical governance challenge: how to manage identity, access, provisioning, lifecycle automation, and least‑privilege controls across a combined workforce of people and AI agents. Workday is establishing a specialized Identity team focused on helping enterprise customers modernize identity governance and access management for this new era of work. As a member of our diverse and skilled Identity presales team, you will have the opportunity to communicate and demonstrate the power of Workday’s identity governance capabilities, expected to become part of Workday's Agent System of Record, to prospects and customers. This team sits at the exciting intersection of Sales, Product Management, Consulting Services, Marketing, and Value Management, giving you exposure to all areas of the business while helping customers reduce access risk, strengthen compliance, automate identity lifecycle processes, and unlock trusted AI adoption at scale.

About the Role

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Workday customers and prospects, crafting the overall identity governance and access management solution strategy to achieve their business objectives. With expertise in identity and security domains and a strong understanding of enterprise SaaS solutions, you will establish yourself as a leader with a valued point of view on how organizations should govern access for both human workers and AI agents. You are comfortable engaging CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, senior technology leaders, security executives, and ecosystem partners, translating complex identity governance, provisioning, access review, least‑privilege, lifecycle automation, compliance, and AI governance requirements into clear, compelling solution strategies and executive-level value propositions.

What you’ll do

• Serve as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.
• Architect and deliver technical solutions spanning IGA, IAM, CIEM, and PAM, mapping business requirements into scalable identity architectures.
• Lead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos that showcase the business value of identity automation, access governance, and zero trust.
• Design and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong understanding of native identity services, policies, and entitlement models.
• Nerd out on protocols and standards like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 — and explain them to both engineers and CISOs.
• Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.
• Stay ahead of industry trends (IGA, CIEM, Just‑in‑Time access, Zero Trust, identity for machine/non‑human accounts) and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.

About You

We are seeking people who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, working directly with customers to understand their needs, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to enhance our platform. If you're passionate about identity security, automation, and making access management seamless for enterprises, we'd love to hear from you.

Basic Qualifications

• Enterprise Architect, Identity · 4+ years in a technical pre‑sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands‑on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 1+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions.
• Senior Enterprise Architect, Identity · 6+ years in a technical pre‑sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands‑on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 3+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions.
• Principal Enterprise Architect, Identity · 8+ years in a technical pre‑sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands‑on experience in IAM/IGA/AI. · 5+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions.

Other Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of authentication, authorization, identity services (Okta, Entra AD, LDAP, Google Workspace), and cloud IAM basics.
• Practical knowledge of directory services (Okta, Entra ID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on‑prem AD).
• Hands‑on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role‑based access models, including how to govern them with IGA.
• Comfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Great communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Curiosity about identity security and drive to deepen technical knowledge over time.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings, partner events, or industry conferences.
• Industry‑recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).

Industry‑recognized certifications

Industry‑recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things.

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

Base Pay Range: $115,500 USD - $173,300 USD

Additional Considerations: If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $115,500 USD - $173,300 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below: 11/25/2026

Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in‑office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you’ll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote “home office” roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision‑making to any degree. Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law. Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.

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