Enterprise Architect, Identity

We’re Workday, a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. We're shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most.

About the Team Workday is strategically expanding into the identity management space to govern access for both employees and AI agents across the enterprise. As a member of our diverse and skilled Identity presales team, you will have the opportunity to communicate and demonstrate the power of Workday's identity governance capabilities to prospects and customers.

About the Role In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Workday customers and prospects, crafting the overall identity governance and access management solution strategy to achieve their business objectives.

What you’ll do:

• Serve as a trusted advisor to prospects and customers on identity governance, authentication, authorization, and access control strategies.
• Architect and deliver technical solutions spanning IGA, IAM, CIEM, and PAM, mapping business requirements into scalable identity architectures.
• Lead workshops, whiteboard sessions, and demos that showcase the business value of identity automation, access governance, and zero trust.
• Design and implement integration strategies across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with a strong understanding of native identity services, policies, and entitlement models.
• Nerd out on protocols and standards like SAML, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SCIM, and FIDO2 , and explain them to both engineers and CISOs.
• Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.
• Stay ahead of industry trends (IGA, CIEM, Just-in-Time access, Zero Trust, identity for machine/non-human accounts) and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect/engineer role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA/AI.
• 1+ years focused on identity governance, identity and access management, cybersecurity, cloud security, or related solutions.

Other Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of authentication, authorization, identity services (Okta, Entra AD, LDAP, Google Workspace), and cloud IAM basics.
• Practical knowledge of directory services (Okta, Entra ID, LDAP, Google Workspace, on-prem AD).
• Hands-on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role-based access models, including how to govern them with IGA.
• Comfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Great communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Curiosity about identity security and drive to deepen technical knowledge over time.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings, partner events, or industry conferences.
• Industry-recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).

Travel is a required element of this role. The position requires up to 25% travel monthly.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.

Primary Location: USA.NY.New York City Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $115,500 USD - $173,300 USD