Senior Workday Security Architect

CVS Health; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Workday Security Engineer to join the HR Technology Workday Security team. This role designs, supports, governs, and optimizes security across the Workday platform, with a primary focus on HCM, Compensation, Reporting, and Access Management.

The role partners with HR, Compensation, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Reporting, and HR Technology teams to protect sensitive workforce data, apply least-privilege access, improve operational controls, and support security

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Workday.
• 3+ years focused on Workday configurable security.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with various Workday security models.
• 3+ years experience with domain security policies and role assignments.
• 3+ years supporting HCM and Compensation security in a complex environment.
• 3+ years with Workday report security and data analysis.
• 3+ years with integration security including ISUs/ISSGs and EIB security.
• 2+ years supporting access reviews, audit evidence, and SOx/privacy controls.
• 2+ years using ServiceNow, Jira, or comparable platforms.
• 2+ years demonstrating analytical, troubleshooting, and stakeholder-communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Workday security groups, roles, domains, and security policies.
• Support security requirements across HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Talent, and Reporting.
• Troubleshoot access issues, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver remediation recommendations.
• Manage Workday security access requests via ServiceNow with full documentation.
• Apply least-privilege and segregation-of-duties; support access reviews and remediation.
• Analyze data sources and field-level domains to prevent exposure.
• Support audit, risk, privacy, and compliance with evidence and control docs.
• Own SOPs, runbooks, security inventories, and change records.
• Track metrics, ticket volumes, SLA performance, backlog trends, recurring issues.
• Support release impact assessments, sandbox testing, migrations, production deployment.
• Contribute to security re-architecture and cross-team documentation.
• Cross-train team members and prepare reusable documentation.
• Design and define architecture for digital solutions; write code and integrate components.
• Execute test cases, review code, and troubleshoot for reliability and quality.
• Participate in agile processes and drive project progress.
• Explore new tools and frameworks to improve security and development.
• Create and maintain documentation for systems, architecture, and code.

Skills

Workday security

ServiceNow

Jira

Security governance

Access management

Root-cause analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Workday

Job description

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Workday Security Engineer to join the HR Technology Workday Security team. This role designs, supports, governs, and optimizes security across the Workday platform, with a primary focus on HCM, Compensation, Reporting, and Access Management.

The role partners with HR, Compensation, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, Reporting, and HR Technology teams to protect sensitive workforce data, apply least-privilege access, improve operational controls, and support security