Workday Security Engineer, Sr

Overview

As a Workday Security Engineer, Sr., you will play a critical role in ensuring the security and integrity of our Workday system during the implementation phase and planning for production. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security protocols, access controls, and user permissions within the Workday platform to protect sensitive data and mitigate potential risks. Your expertise in Workday security best practices will be essential in ensuring a smooth and secure transition to the new ERP system, enabling our hospital, Research Institute, and foundation to optimize administrative processes and deliver exceptional care to our young patients.

Design, implement, and maintain robust security protocols, access controls, and user permissions within the Workday platform. Provide hands-on configuration support for Workday security build tasks as needed. Support the secure transition to a cloud-based ERP environment and ensure alignment with security best practices during the implementation and production planning phases.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in a technical discipline related to Information Technology. 8+ years of experience in the cybersecurity, IT, or engineering fields; with at least 5 years in a security engineer role. Strong understanding of security controls/services in public, private, and multi-cloud environments. Experience in threat detection, monitoring, log management, incident response, and forensics specific to cloud-based infrastructure.

Experience in IAM, secrets management, encryption technologies, OS security hardening, SaaS services hardening. Experience designing secure networks, systems and application architectures as related to cloud-based technologies. Provide hands-on configuration support for Workday security build tasks as needed.

Required Credentials

N/A

Preferred

Experience with Linux administration, shell scripting, and/or open-source security tools. Professional experience in a system administration role supporting multiple platforms and applications. Experience planning, researching and developing security policies, standards and procedures. Desired

Certifications:

Workday Security Pro, CISSP, GIAC, or CCSP certification preferred. Experience with cloud security tools or products.

Compensation Range
$ - $ per year

Salary Information

This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants

This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors.

Benefits Information

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

About Seattle Children’s

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Are you ready to engage with a mission-driven organization that is life-changing to many, and touches the hearts of all? #HOPECARECURE

Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.

U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas. We are…