Senior Workday Security Architect (Remote)

Lineage; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lineage is seeking a highly skilled Senior Workday Security Analyst to support, maintain, and enhance our enterprise Workday ecosystem. This remote role covers HR and Finance security design, configuration, and governance across the Workday platform.

You will lead authentication frameworks, SoD and audit readiness, collaborate with IT, Finance and HR, and drive security improvements while ensuring business continuity and compliance with SOX and GDPR requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related discipline.
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience with Workday Security (Pro certification a plus).
• Experience with internal controls and auditors to support audit requests.
• Proven experience designing and implementing security architectures.
• Experience with SoD, SOX compliance, User Access Reviews (UAR), and GDPR initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of authentication methods, including OAuth, SAML, SSO, and tenant level security configurations.

Responsibilities

• Security Design & Implementation: Architect and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade security frameworks across Workday’s HR and Finance modules.
• Security Configuration & Administration: Lead the configuration and administration of Workday security.
• Security Architecture & Optimization: Mature Workday security architecture, reduce complexity, enhance scalability and least-privilege access.
• Authentication & Integration Security: Design and manage secure authentication frameworks (OAuth, SAML, SSO).
• Issue Resolution & Operational Excellence: Troubleshoot security issues and ensure timely resolution while preserving system integrity.
• Provisioning and deprovisioning users; Managing role assignments; Security group maintenance; Troubleshooting access issues.
• Continuous Improvement & Release Management: Monitor Workday releases and adopt new security features.
• User Access & Provisioning Governance: Establish governance and biannual User Access Reviews (UAR).
• Compliance, Risk & Audit Leadership: Align with SOX, GDPR; support audits and remediation efforts.
• Documentation & Security Governance: Maintain audit-ready security documentation.
• Security Roadmap & Strategy: Define and execute a forward-looking Workday security roadmap.

Skills

Workday Security

SOX Compliance

User Access Reviews

Authentication Methods

Security Architecture

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related discipline

Tools

OAuth

SAML

Job description

Lineage is seeking a highly skilled Senior Workday Security Analyst to support, maintain, and enhance our enterprise Workday ecosystem. This remote role covers HR and Finance security design, configuration, and governance across the Workday platform.

You will lead authentication frameworks, SoD and audit readiness, collaborate with IT, Finance and HR, and drive security improvements while ensuring business continuity and compliance with SOX and GDPR requirements.