Senior Workday Security & Access Architect

Cybersecurity Jobs; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage options

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Vacation

Sick pay

Holiday pay

Job summary

Motion Industries, located in Birmingham, AL, is seeking a Senior Workday Security Analyst to strengthen access controls and governance across the Workday platform. This onsite role partners with HR, Internal Audit, Compliance, and IT to ensure secure employee lifecycle processes and audit readiness.

You will configure security domains, implement RBAC, support audits, and develop security reports. Candidates should have 5+ years in Workday security administration, a Bachelor’s degree, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in IS/CS/Business/HR.
• 5+ years of Workday security administration experience.
• Hands-on experience with Security Groups and Domain/Business Process security policies.
• Experience with Role-Based and User-Based security.
• Constrained and Unconstrained Security Groups experience.
• Experience with Workday HCM and at least one additional module.

Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday security domains, policies, and security groups.
• Design and implement RBAC aligned with requirements and standards.
• Troubleshoot Workday security issues and access requests.
• Support rollout of new Workday functionality and security needs.
• Ensure configurations align with security policies and regulatory requirements.
• Review and monitor SoD risks and recommend mitigating controls.
• Assist audits with security docs, reports, and evidence.
• Conduct periodic access reviews and certification processes.
• Manage provisioning, role assignments, changes, and deprovisioning.
• Approve security requests per governance procedures.
• Maintain documentation for roles and access controls.
• Develop and maintain Workday security reports and dashboards.
• Perform impact assessments for security changes and support testing and validation.
• Support Workday implementations/upgrades/releases and integration security implications.
• Collaborate with Workday teams to ensure secure design and audit readiness.
• Recommend improvements to governance processes and automation.

Skills

Workday security administration

Security groups

Domain security policies

Business process security policies

Role-based security

User-based security

Constrained security groups

Unconstrained security groups

SOX/compliance

IAM principles

SAML/SSO/MFA

Workday integrations security

ServiceNow

Audit/testing documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/CS/Business/HR

Workday Pro Security certification or equivalent

Experience with Workday HCM and modules (Payroll/Benefits/Recruiting/Time Tracking/Absence/Financials/Adaptive Planning)

Tools

Workday

Azure Active Directory / Entra ID

Okta

ServiceNow

Microsoft Excel

SAML/SSO/MFA

Job description

Motion Industries, located in Birmingham, AL, is seeking a Senior Workday Security Analyst to strengthen access controls and governance across the Workday platform. This onsite role partners with HR, Internal Audit, Compliance, and IT to ensure secure employee lifecycle processes and audit readiness.

You will configure security domains, implement RBAC, support audits, and develop security reports. Candidates should have 5+ years in Workday security administration, a Bachelor’s degree, and