Remote-Eligible Senior Workday Security Architect & Lead

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; Tennessee; Remote; USD 95,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work eligibility

Job summary

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is seeking a senior Workday Security Lead & Architect to own the security model, governance, and strategy for the Workday platform. You will partner across security, IT, and audit to ensure compliant, scalable access and risk management.

Responsibilities include architecture standards, role design, and overseeing audits, with a focus on least privilege and robust monitoring. This role may be eligible for remote work within approved U.S. locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 5+ progressive years of IT experience including strong database design, data architecture and data transform processes.
• Experience with leading industrial tools for data lake, big data, or ETL.
• Experience with Workday Security and governance tools is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership in security architecture and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own the Workday security architecture and configuration model across domains and access controls.
• Lead design and implementation of new security roles and access models using least privilege.
• Provide architectural reviews for security changes across Workday and related systems.
• Oversee risk, control strategy, SoD, and privileged access management.
• Coordinate with Internal Audit, Information Security and stakeholders on remediation and evidence.

Skills

Security architecture

Workday Security

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, information science, business, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Workday

Kainos SmartAudit

SSO/SAML

ServiceNow/ITIL

Job description

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is seeking a senior Workday Security Lead & Architect to own the security model, governance, and strategy for the Workday platform. You will partner across security, IT, and audit to ensure compliant, scalable access and risk management.

Responsibilities include architecture standards, role design, and overseeing audits, with a focus on least privilege and robust monitoring. This role may be eligible for remote work within approved U.S. locations.