Senior Workday Systems Engineer — Security & AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health support

Paid parental leave

Life and disability insurance

401(k)

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a Systems Engineer to bridge technical and functional Workday delivery with a focus on security, compliance, and integration. You will decompose business use cases into technical requirements, configure Workday, and lead UAT while coordinating with SMEs and product managers.

You will oversee security modeling, platform releases, and SOX controls, contributing to AI/Agent build tasks and cross-team collaboration in an Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on configuration/implementation experience with Workday
• Demonstrated ability to independently break down business use cases into detailed technical requirements, configuration specs, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading UAT execution, including defect triage and resolution coordination with business SMEs.
• Working knowledge of platform security frameworks, business processes, and reporting/integration
• Experience with SOX or similar compliance control ownership, including audit walkthrough support.
• Experience conducting peer reviews of configuration work.
• Experience working with Agile/Scrum methodology, including backlog refinement and sprint delivery.
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs and status clearly to Product Managers and stakeholders.
• A related technical degree required.

Responsibilities

• Decompose Product Manager-authored use cases and problem statements into detailed technical requirements, user stories, edge cases, and validation rules.
• Perform hands-on configuration across primary assigned platforms; evaluate design tradeoffs and document the rationale behind configuration decisions.
• Conduct build vs. buy feasibility assessments and surface recommendations to the Product Manager.
• Lead UAT execution for assigned features and coordinate defect triage with business SMEs.
• Write and maintain integration-aware test cases; execute end-to-end regression testing across system boundaries.
• Identify upstream/downstream integration impacts before build begins and coordinate with integration engineers.
• Author release notes documenting changes, tests, and impacts.
• Perform peer reviews of configuration authored by other team members and managed service providers.
• Design and implement Workday security models and platform release management.
• Own SOX IT Application Control mechanics and support audit walkthroughs.
• Participate in backlog refinement and Big Room Planning; ensure Definition of Ready.
• Begin contributing to AI/Agent build tasks within assigned systems.
• Support production triage and root cause analysis with Ops/engineering.

Skills

Workday configuration

UAT leadership

Agile/Scrum

SOX/compliance ownership

Communication of tradeoffs

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Workday

Git

Job description

Salesforce, Inc. seeks a Systems Engineer to bridge technical and functional Workday delivery with a focus on security, compliance, and integration. You will decompose business use cases into technical requirements, configure Workday, and lead UAT while coordinating with SMEs and product managers.

You will oversee security modeling, platform releases, and SOX controls, contributing to AI/Agent build tasks and cross-team collaboration in an Agile environment.