Workday Platform Security & Payroll Specialist

Wellnow; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aspen Group is seeking a Workday Platform Administrator to own security, access, and operational health across our Workday environment. This role partners with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to ensure secure and well-governed systems and will grow into Payroll and Time Tracking configuration and support.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in Workday security, hands-on administration, and a proactive approach to system reliability and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems or related field.
• 3+ years of Workday experience with hands-on security administration (HCM preferred).
• Experience supporting production systems, including incident response and service request management.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize in a high-pressure environment and work independently with remote teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage Workday security configuration and user access across the user lifecycle, including security groups, policies, and permissions, while enforcing segregation of duties.
• Configure and test security changes to ensure they work as intended before and after deployment, including during Workday releases.
• Administer access for internal staff and external vendors across Workday environments and related Workday resources.
• Proactively monitor and remediate access-integrity and account-hygiene issues to protect sensitive data and maintain compliance.
• Partner with identity and IT teams to troubleshoot authentication and access issues.
• Coordinate tenant refreshes, scheduled maintenance, and related communications across business areas.
• Provide first-level response for Workday incidents and outages.
• Maintain foundational organizational data and recurring scheduled processes to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• Manage service requests and work intake through IT service management and work tracking tools, resolving or routing requests within agreed timelines.
• Represent Workday in IT change management and governance forums.

Skills

Workday security

Access administration

HCM knowledge

Incident response

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems

Tools

IT service management tools

Workday integrations

Job description

The Aspen Group is seeking a Workday Platform Administrator to own security, access, and operational health across our Workday environment. This role partners with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to ensure secure and well-governed systems and will grow into Payroll and Time Tracking configuration and support.

Ideal candidates have a strong foundation in Workday security, hands-on administration, and a proactive approach to system reliability and compliance.