Senior Identity & Governance Solutions Architect

Workday, Inc. (old); Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Pleasanton, CA seeks an experienced technologist focused on Identity Governance to join the Solution Consulting - Global Solution Architecture team.

This role emphasizes hands‑on IAM/IGA, cloud authentication, and Zero Trust‑driven governance across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments. The candidate will build compelling demos, train teams, and present solutions to internal and external audiences at marketing events, while collaborating across Sales, Product, and Marketing to

Qualifications

• 4+ years in technical pre‑sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect role or equivalent IAM/IGA hands‑on experience.
• 7+ years for Principal role in similar fields with IAM/IGA focus.
• Knowledge of directory services (Okta, Azure AD/EntraID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on‑premAD).
• Hands‑on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role‑based access models, including governance with IGA.

Responsibilities

• Develop compelling demo solutions that showcase the Workday Identity platform.
• Prototype use cases enabled by Workday’s products, tools and technology.
• Deliver enablement/training to Solution Consultant and Enterprise Architect teams.
• Present solutions for internal and external audiences during marketing events.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to accelerate project delivery.
• Identify opportunities to scale build and deployment of demo platforms.
• Provide thought leadership and relevant demo content for demos.

Skills

IAM/IGA expertise

Authentication & Authorization

Cloud experience

Communication

Tools

Okta

Azure AD/EntraID

Google Workspace

LDAP

AWS IAM Identity Center

GCP IAM

Terraform

Job description

Workday, Inc. in Pleasanton, CA seeks an experienced technologist focused on Identity Governance to join the Solution Consulting - Global Solution Architecture team.

This role emphasizes hands‑on IAM/IGA, cloud authentication, and Zero Trust‑driven governance across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments. The candidate will build compelling demos, train teams, and present solutions to internal and external audiences at marketing events, while collaborating across Sales, Product, and Marketing to