Workday Security Administrator – Modernization Program

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🕒 April 28

⚔️ Virginia, West Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote ⛰️ West Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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WVU Online

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1867

📚 Education

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

Education • B2C • eCommerce

WVU Online is an initiative of West Virginia University that offers flexible online learning opportunities for students seeking to further their education while balancing other commitments. As part of a renowned land-grant institution, WVU Online provides access to a wide range of degree programs, resources, and support tailored to meet the needs of online learners.

📋 Description

• Set up, configure, and maintain security roles, groups, and access controls to align with organizational needs and policies. • Develop, implement, and maintain security policies, procedures, and guidelines. • Maintain awareness of product roadmaps and provide input to strategy discussions by helping translate how Workday can support strategic functional objectives. • Manage authentication policies to define user login methods, including SSO, MFA, IP restrictions, and step‑up authentication, and apply security controls based on the selected login methods. • Liaison with key stakeholders to develop awareness of Workday security capabilities and constraints. • Contribute to IT architecture discussions that impact Workday or are related to security and identity management. • Work with Information Security to define incident response plans for Workday. • Troubleshoot and resolve security-related issues, such as access problems, for end-users. • Work closely with business partners, HR, Finance, IT, and other teams to translate security requirements into best practice solutions. • Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of security configurations, processes, and incident resolutions. • Troubleshoot unexpected results or process flaws and recommend solutions. • Provide internal client support, troubleshooting data access, and system issues, recommending solutions, and implementing enhancements and fixes. • Provides program management assistance on various HR and Finance initiatives, including the rollout and implementation of new and existing programs. • Ensure data integrity within Workday and assist with data audits and security role permissions cleanup. • Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and ensuring compliance with access. • Actively participate in the Workday Community to ensure awareness of current trends and innovation. • Monitor system activity for security incidents, suspicious activities, and vulnerabilities. • Respond to and investigate security incidents, coordinating with Information Security and other relevant departments to mitigate and resolve issues promptly. • Document security incidents, resolutions, and lessons learned to improve future response strategies. • Understands and communicates expectations to all members of the project team. • Establishes positive, professional relationship with staff. • Establishes proper communication channels with project and team personnel and responds appropriately to all concerns. • Ensuring that WVU meets its goals and deadlines for large IT projects and initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. • A minimum of two (2) years of experience in the following: • Configuring security, defining data access controls controlling 3rd party integrations, and business process security and access for large enterprise applications. • Designing, architecting, and implementing secure authentication and authorization solutions using Identity and Access Management (IAM), SSO, OpenID Connect (OIDC), SAML, and Oauth2. • Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered. • Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: • Proficiency in XML, XSLT, SOAP, REST, and other integration technologies. • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. • It is preferred that the Security Administrator have: • Experience with Workday security and business process frameworks. • Workday Pro certification(s) • Familiarity with HR and Finance systems and data structures. • Knowledge of Agile or Scrum methodologies.

🏖️ Benefits

• 37.5-hour work week • 13 paid holidays • 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year or more based on years of service • 18 sick days per year • WVU offers a range of health insurance and other benefits • 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks. • Wellness programs