Senior IAM Cybersecurity Engineer, Workday
Enterprise Identity
$144.4-258k
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Office located in Pleasanton, CA
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$144.4-258k
More information about location
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related discipline
- 7+ years (with a BS degree) or 4+ years (with an MS degree) of related IT or information security experience
- Proficiency across areas of information security, with familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements
- Experience with Okta (IAM, Workflows, etc.)
- Experience with related IGA tooling (e.g., Okta Identity Governance, SailPoint)
- Experience with identity lifecycle management concepts (source of truth)
- Information Security: Deep understanding of information security concepts, including the ability to implement effective security policies, conduct assessments, and ensure compliance with data protection regulations. You bring hands-on experience protecting data from unauthorized access, disclosure, and disruption across the enterprise
- Security Engineering: Experience in designing and implementing systems, procedures, and protocols to protect information and data. This includes understanding encryption, authentication, intrusion detection, and the ability to assess potential risks and vulnerabilities within identity platforms
- Security by Design: A proactive approach to integrating security measures into the design and architecture of identity systems from the outset, including understanding security principles and controls, risk assessment methodologies, and the ability to design systems that can resist and recover from security breaches
- Threat and Vulnerability Management: Familiarity with identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential risks and weaknesses in identity security infrastructure, including understanding threat landscapes, conducting assessments, and staying current with the latest cybersecurity trends and threats
- Solid understanding of and experience with Zero Trust and Identity concepts and how they can improve security for all areas of identity management
- Broad knowledge of identity access management technologies such as MFA, SSO, SAML, OIDC, and LDAP
- Experience with scripting languages to support identity automation
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style to different audiences and collaborate across teams
- Solid understanding of identity management principles and standard processes
- CISSP or equivalent certifications are a plus
What the job involves
- The Enterprise Identity team sits within Workday's Cyber Security function as a key part of Enterprise Security. We are dedicated to delivering secure identity and access management, lifecycle management, governance and administration, and privileged access management to the entire Workday organization
- We architect business processes, align enterprise tooling, document processes and procedures, and partner with peer organizations to keep Workday secure. Our team collaborates with key partners across the company, including Business Technology (BT), Product & Technology, Legal & Compliance, Internal Audit, and other Security organizations. In the year ahead, we are focused on advancing Identity Governance and driving Zero Standing Privileges initiatives that will help shape the future of identity security at Workday
- We are a team that takes our mission seriously while fostering a collaborative and supportive environment. If you are passionate about identity security and want to make a meaningful impact at a global technology leader, this is the team for you!
- As a Sr. IAM Cybersecurity Engineer on the Enterprise Identity team, you will play a key role in designing and supporting the security of employee and client identities for a global technology leader. This role is essential to ensuring Workday's identity security program remains comprehensive and forward-looking across IAM, ILM, IGA, and PAM
- In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Working with key business leaders and partners to understand business needs and anticipate threats against the organization
- Assisting with cybersecurity risk identification, assessment, and evaluation of projects across the enterprise, collaborating with partners to drive informed decision-making
- Leading and helping maintain a comprehensive Identity program (IAM, ILM, IGA, and PAM), architecting Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) frameworks and dynamic, contextual-based authorization models
- Championing the shift toward Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP) by implementing Just-In-Time (JIT) provisioning, risk-adaptive policies, and contextual access evaluations to eliminate persistent elevated access
- Supporting security and access control processes, elements, and workflows that align enterprise security architecture frameworks and standards with overall business and security strategy
- Collaborating with product owners to develop secure business requirements, support security architecture, and integrate contextual authorization into enterprise identity and governance platforms
- Leading the ongoing evaluation and development of security policies and procedures, driving revisions for modern identity and least-privilege approaches as needed
- Maintaining responsibility for identity cybersecurity across multiple departments organization-wide, requiring interaction at all levels of staff and management
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, Workday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & CEO)Annel began their career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. They then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005.
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