WORKDAY SECURITY ANALYST III

Moffitt Cancer Center; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Tampa, FL, is seeking a Workday Security Analyst III to lead security processes and governance across multiple platforms. The role involves advising leadership on risk mitigation and security strategy, mentoring security analysts, and ensuring compliance with regulations and organizational goals. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 5+ years of experience in enterprise security, including Workday security, and be ready to obtain Workday Security Certification within 9 months of hire.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in enterprise security roles including architecture, policy, and incident management.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on Workday Security experience.
• Proven experience designing and implementing security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor on security strategy and compliance.
• Contribute to technical roadmap meetings for new features.
• Monitor emerging threats and recommend enhancements.
• Guide and mentor Security Analysts.
• Define role-based access control and maintain security architecture.
• Lead incident response planning for security events.

Skills

Risk mitigation

Compliance

Security architecture

Coaching and mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Security or related field

Workday Security Certification

Job description

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• The Workday Security Analyst III is responsible for leading security processes, governance, and oversight across Workday and related platforms (UKG, Hyland OnBase). This role ensures that security practices align with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, audit standards, SOX and data privacy compliance controls.
• The Workday Security Analyst III serves as the primary escalation point for Workday security analysts, provides coaching and guidance, and acts as a trusted advisor to leadership on risk mitigation and security strategy.
• This role maintains a dotted-line relationship to influence and mentor analysts and to support development and performance feedback.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on security strategy, risk mitigation, and compliance.
• Contribute to technical roadmap meetings to embed security standards into new features and integrations.
• Monitor emerging threats and recommend proactive enhancements to strengthen Workday security posture.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and feedback to Security Analysts on best practices, technical approaches, and issue resolution.
• Mentor and guide Security Analysts across both Governance/Policy and Operations tracks.
• Maintain a dotted-line relationship with Security Analysts: provide input and influence performance without direct management authority.
• Define and maintain role‑based access control, separation of duties, and domain/business process security.
• Design and maintain enterprise security architecture for Workday, UKG, Hyland OnBase and other supported platforms.
• Align Workday security groups with the organization’s identity access management tools (e.g., SailPoint).
• Ensure sensitive data (e.g., SSNs, compensation) is masked or restricted according to policy.
• Ensure Workday roles do not violate separation of duties.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to ensure secure system design and access controls.
• Lead security governance, role‑change approvals, and SOX/privacy compliance controls.
• Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and governance frameworks.
• Oversee security audits, assessments, and readiness for internal and external compliance requirements.
• Support audit processes by providing Workday access logs, while cybersecurity performs cross‑system audits.
• Ensure security practices align with organizational goals and regulatory standards.
• Lead incident response planning, investigation, and resolution for Workday‑related security events.
• Manage oversight of Workday roles and assignments, while cybersecurity manages enterprise‑wide roles.
• Work with cybersecurity to monitor suspicious activity within Workday.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for Workday security analysts on complex or high‑risk issues.
• Lead the execution and oversight of Workday security processes, ensuring compliance with governance and audit requirements.

Credentials and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree: field of study – Information Security, Computer Science or a related field
• Workday Security Certification (within 9 months of hire)
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise security roles, including architecture, policy, and incident management.
• Prior Workday Security experience to include minimum of 3 years hands on with progressive responsibilities.
• Proven experience designing and implementing security frameworks across cloud‑based enterprise applications.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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