Workday Solutions Engineer, Technology

Company Description Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before.

We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday – from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution.

From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEX Benefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities – just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

We’re looking for a skilled Workday Solutions Engineer, People Technology to join our growing team. In this hands‑on role, you’ll be instrumental in optimizing, configuring, and maintaining our People technology systems, with a primary focus on Workday. You’ll play a key part in designing solutions that leverage AI and automation to simplify and streamline administrative processes across our global organization.

This is an opportunity to directly impact the future of People technology by driving critical automation initiatives, enhancing core processes through expert Workday configuration, and providing technical guidance to support our People team and the wider organization. This is an in‑office role based at our HQ in Santa Clara, CA.

• Workday Configuration & Solution Design:
  Drive the hands‑on configuration, enhancement, and optimization of our Workday ecosystem, with a strong emphasis on Workday HCM (Core HCM), Workday Recruiting, Workday Dashboards, and Workday Time Off/Absence Management. This includes gathering detailed requirements, designing technical solutions, configuring the system, supporting testing, and assisting with implementation
• Workday Technical Enablement:
  Utilize Workday Extend to enable AI‑integrated solutions with custom external tools and agentic platforms.
• AI, Automation & Innovation:
  Champion an AI‑first mindset to reimagine HR technology solutions, bringing transformative and disruptive innovation that challenges the status quo and deliver next‑generation employee experiences
• Data & Analytics:
  Support the development and maintenance of key metrics and operational dashboards in Workday and Tableau to provide critical insights
• Customer‑Centric Operations Support:
  Provide excellent, timely customer support to our broader People team, acting as a trusted consultant to solve complex business problems related to People technology. You’ll proactively identify opportunities for automation and simplification within existing processes and propose innovative solutions
• People Operations Enablement:
  Partner closely with People Operations teams to design technology that supports their evolving delivery model and be responsive to changing technology to better deliver service. You’ll also help drive AI and automation adoption, improve technical acumen, and enable…