Senior Systems Engineer - Workday Security & AI (Level 6/7)

Salesforce, Inc.; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 117,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. in Indianapolis is seeking a Systems Engineer with Workday configuration experience to bridge technical and functional delivery.

You will handle security architecture and administration across Workday HCM and Workday Financials, with requirements breakdown, configuration, testing, and compliance activities. You will lead UAT, assess build vs buy options, and craft release notes while coordinating with product managers and integration engineers.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands-on Workday configuration/implementation experience.
• Ability to break down business use cases into technical specs and acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading UAT and coordinating defect resolution with SMEs.
• Working knowledge of platform security frameworks, reporting, and integration.
• Experience with SOX or similar compliance control ownership.
• Peer reviews of configuration work.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and sprint delivery.
• Ability to communicate tradeoffs and status to Product Managers.

Responsibilities

• Decompose use cases into detailed technical requirements, user stories, edge cases, and validation rules.
• Configure primary platforms and document design rationale.
• Assess build vs buy feasibility and advise Product Manager.
• Lead UAT for features, prep environments, triage defects.
• Write integration-aware test cases and perform end-to-end testing.
• Identify integration impacts and coordinate with engineers.
• Author release notes and document changes and dependencies.
• Perform peer reviews of configuration work and ensure quality.
• Design and implement Workday security models and conduct impact analysis.
• Manage platform release cycles (quarterly/bi-annual).
• Own SOX IT application controls and support audits.
• Participate in backlog refinement and sprint planning.

Skills

Workday configuration

UAT leadership

SOX/compliance

Agile/Scrum

Security framework

Peer reviews

Stakeholder comms

Education

Technical degree

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. in Indianapolis is seeking a Systems Engineer with Workday configuration experience to bridge technical and functional delivery.

You will handle security architecture and administration across Workday HCM and Workday Financials, with requirements breakdown, configuration, testing, and compliance activities. You will lead UAT, assess build vs buy options, and craft release notes while coordinating with product managers and integration engineers.