Lead, Consulting - Workday Security

At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl? We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities.

Join Kyndryl as an Application Consultant - Workday Security and play a critical role in maintaining the security, integrity, and compliance of our global Workday environment. In this role, you will be responsible for administering Workday security, supporting access management processes, implementing security changes, troubleshooting security issues, and partnering with functional and technical teams to deliver secure solutions across Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Compensation, Time Tracking, Benefits, Payroll, and other Workday modules.

As a trusted member of the HR Technology organization, you will collaborate with HR, Compliance, Internal Audit, Product Owners, and Identity Management teams to ensure users have appropriate access based on job responsibilities while maintaining compliance with company policies and security governance requirements. You will support security reviews, segregation-of-duties assessments, audit activities, Workday releases, organizational changes, and transformation initiatives. Through strong analytical and problem-solving skills, you will evaluate business requirements and translate them into secure Workday solutions that balance operational efficiency, data protection, and compliance.

The ideal candidate combines Workday security expertise with strong collaboration, attention to detail, and a customer-focused mindset, ensuring secure and effective business operations across the Workday platform.

• Configure, maintain, and support Workday security groups, domain security policies, and business process security policies.
• Administer role-based, user-based, constrained, and unconstrained security configurations.
• Implement security changes that support business requirements while maintaining compliance with security standards.
• Maintain Workday security documentation, role inventories, and configuration records.
• Support Workday tenant migrations and security-related deployments between environments.
• Perform security testing and validation activities for new configurations and enhancements.

• Analyze, and fulfill Workday access requests in accordance with established governance standards.
• Conduct periodic access certifications and role reviews to ensure users maintain appropriate access.
• Validate security assignments following organizational changes, transfers, acquisitions, and restructures.
• Support internal and external audit activities by providing security documentation, evidence, and access analysis.
• Assist in identifying and resolving security compliance gaps and control weaknesses.
• Participate in security reviews and governance activities supporting least-privilege access models.

• Perform Segregation of Duties (SoD) reviews to identify access conflicts and potential control risks.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Audit teams to evaluate and remediate security findings.
• Assist in developing and documenting mitigation plans for identified access risks.
• Support ongoing monitoring activities to maintain an audit-ready Workday environment.

• Configure and support Integration System Users (ISUs), Integration System Security Groups (ISSGs), and related integration security objects.
• Support security configuration for Enterprise…