Workday Security Analyst

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Job Title: Workday Security Analyst
Location: REMOTE
Job Type: Direct Placement or Contract to Hire
Referral Fee:
Employment Eligibility: Gravity cannot transfer nor sponsor a work visa for this position. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer directly

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree:
  Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in IT governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with Workday security and SailPoint access control.
• Knowledge of security frameworks and regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX).
• Experience configuring, maintaining, and auditing Workday security, including domains, business processes, and security groups.
• Hands‑on experience with user provisioning, deprovisioning, and access management in Workday.
• Experience performing security impact assessments for configuration changes and enhancements.
• Managing role‑based access controls and segregation of duties monitoring.
• Troubleshooting SSO/SAML authentication and access issues.
• Conducting security reviews, risk assessments, and remediation planning.
• Experience handling security incidents, escalations, and break/fix support.
• Partnering with HR, Financials and Supply Chain customers for issue resolution.
• Experience monitoring integration and EIB access to ensure data security.
• Building security audit reports and dashboards.
• Supporting Workday releases, feature adoption, and security regression testing.
• Documenting change controls, and approvals for security updates.
• Partnering with stakeholders to prioritize and execute security enhancements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate proof of security controls during internal and external audits.
• Provision and deprovision access in Workday.
• Monitor segregation of duties
• Collaborate with IT and business customers on security‑impacting changes.
• Document change controls for security changes made.
• Support Workday releases with a focus on security impacts and security regression testing.
• Drive continuous improvement in security governance processes.
• Educate business leaders on security policies
• Contribute to any discussions and decisions concerning enterprise application security.
• Monitor emerging threats and recommend proactive security enhancements.
• Proactively stay up to date on Workday releases involving security.
• Champion security feature adoption where beneficial.
• Develop and enforce Workday security governance policies.
• Perform security audits, assessments, and readiness for internal and external compliance requirements.
• Monitor system activity and ensure policy compliance.
• Lead audit readiness efforts and maintain documentation.
• Review security roles and access controls for adherence to policy.
• Develop and maintain awareness of divisional and data security and comply with policies and procedures.
• Ensure alignment of security practices with organizational goals and regulatory standards.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Gravity IT Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.