Enterprise Architect, Identity

We’re Workday, a Fortune 500 company and 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. With expertise in identity and security domains and a strong understanding of enterprise SaaS solutions, you will establish yourself as a leader with a valued point of view on how organizations should govern access for both human workers and AI agents.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Build, test, and troubleshoot custom integrations and workflows using APIs, SDKs, and Terraform/automation frameworks.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and share thought leadership with internal teams and customers.

Requirements

• 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.
• Foundational understanding of authentication, authorization, identity services, and cloud IAM basics.
• Practical knowledge of directory services, hands-on cloud experience with AWS IAM/IAM Identity Center, GCP IAM, and Azure AD/role-based access models.
• 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.

Benefits

• Annualized base salary ranges: $115,500 USD - $173,300 USD
• Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus
• Annual refresh stock grants
• Comprehensive benefits

Travel

• Up to 25% travel monthly