Workday Security Analyst

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Montpelier (VT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a skilled Workday Security Administrator to join a visible enterprise applications team. You will administer Workday security, provision users and roles, validate access, and strengthen governance during an upcoming Workday go-live across HCM, Financials, and Supply Chain.

You will support audits, troubleshoot production issues, and establish long-term security standards.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday Security administration and configuration experience.
• Experience provisioning users, security roles, permissions, and functional security groups within Workday.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Workday security configurations.
• Experience supporting multiple Workday domains such as HCM, Financials, Supply Chain.
• Understanding of ERP security models, access governance, and least-privilege practices.
• Experience supporting access reviews, audit readiness, compliance, and ongoing security governance.
• Ability to investigate and resolve user access, role configuration, and permission-related issues.
• Understanding enterprise systems architecture and security policy impact across HR, Finance, and Supply Chain.

Responsibilities

• Administer Workday security and provisioning.
• Validate access and strengthen governance.
• Support audits and troubleshoot production issues.
• Establish long-term security standards for Workday.
• Own security during implementation and stabilization phases.
• Collaborate across multiple business functions and stakeholders.
• Explore integrations, reporting, UKG, and broader enterprise admin as needed.

Skills

Workday security administration

User provisioning & roles

Security governance

Audit readiness & compliance

Security troubleshooting

ERP security models

Access reviews & governance

Issue investigation

Cross-functional collaboration

Go-live support

Security impact awareness

Job description

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing. Join a growing enterprise applications team as it prepares for a major Workday launch across HCM, Financials, and Supply Chain. This highly visible position will help administer Workday security, provision users and roles, validate access, strengthen governance, support audits, troubleshoot production issues, and establish long-term security standards. The role offers immediate ownership during implementation and stabilization, direct collaboration across multiple business functions, and future cross-training opportunities in integrations, reporting, UKG, and broader enterprise application administration. This role is part of a stable team, in a mission critical industry that will allow for you to be part of establishing standards and having a part in shaping security policies as it relates to Workday access.

Required Skills:

• Must have hands-on Workday Security administration and configuration experience
• Experience provisioning users, security roles, permissions, and functional security groups within Workday
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting Workday security configurations
• Experience supporting multiple Workday domains such as HCM, Financials, Supply Chain
• Understanding of ERP security models, access governance, and least-privilege practices
• Enterprise application support experience beyond general security administration
• Experience supporting access reviews, audit readiness, compliance, and ongoing security governance
• Ability to investigate and resolve user access, role configuration, and permission-related issues
• Understanding of enterprise systems architecture and the broader impact of security decisions
• Ability to balance security requirements across HR, Finance, Supply Chain, and technology stakeholders
• Ability to contribute immediately in a Workday implementation and go-live environment
• Strong cross-functional communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to operate within an IT-owned Workday governance model

Desired Skills:

• Experience participating in a Workday implementation, deployment, go-live, or post-production stabilization effort
• Experience supporting security across Workday HCM, Financials, and Supply Chain
• Experience developing security governance, monitoring, and access-review processes
• Experience evaluating Workday releases and identifying potential security impacts
• Security administration experience with another major ERP platform
• Broader ERP or enterprise application administration experience
• General knowledge of platform administration and the software lifecycle
• Scripting or technical backend knowledge
• Experience working directly with Workday support
• Ability to go onsite or work at least once a week in Indianapolis strongly desired
• Long-term tenure and demonstrated stability in previous positions

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile: Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs. Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.

Benefits Information: Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.Beacon Hill. Employing the Future