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Senior Solution Architect - Identity Governance

Workday Pleasanton, CA Hybrid senior full-time

Salary

$165,800 USD - $248,600 USD per year

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Description

Workday is looking for an experienced technologist with a focus on Identity Governance to join the Solution Consulting - Global Solution Architecture team.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop compelling demo solutions that showcase the Workday Identity platform
  • Prototype use cases enabled by Workday’s products, tools and technology
  • Proactively learn the functionality of new Workday product updates
  • Deliver enablement/training to our Solution Consultant and Enterprise Architect Solution Consulting teams
  • Present solutions for internal Workday audiences as well as external audiences during marketing events
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and build connections that accelerate the achievement of projects and initiatives
  • See opportunities for operational efficiency to scale the build and deployment process of our demo platform solutions
  • Provide thought leadership, innovation and relevant demo content to the Presales community enabling the delivery of effective, compelling demonstrations for our customers and prospects

Basic Qualifications:

  • 4+ years in a technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, or identity architect role, OR equivalent hands-on experience in IAM/IGA.
  • 4+ years of experience with authentication and authorization frameworks, MFA, step-up auth, conditional access, least privilege, and Zero Trust.
  • Knowledge of directory services (Okta, Azure AD/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.

Other Qualifications:

  • Industry-recognized certifications (CCSP, CISSP, AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
  • Comfort with GO, APIs, SDKs, JSON/YAML, scripting, and automation, Terraform or similar IaC tools.
  • Confident communication (verbally and in writing), collaborating effectively with people at all levels and varying technical ability
  • Strong analytical skills with a high degree of attention to detail, with a passion for troubleshooting and problem solving
  • Love to learn and can effectively absorb new technology and features
  • Self-starter, working autonomously to find workarounds and solutions, but knows when to ask for help
  • Demonstrate resilience when faced with tight resolution timeframes and conflicting/opposing priorities
  • An outstanding teammate who will establish relationships across the organization and company to continue improving the way we serve our customers

Travel: must be open to travel quarterly for team meetings and Presales/Sales events

Salary: $165,800 USD - $248,600 USD

Skills

Required

  • Identity Governance
  • authentication and authorization frameworks
  • MFA
  • Zero Trust
  • directory services
  • cloud experience

Nice to have

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