Workday Security Consultant

Job Title: Workday Student Security Consultant

Location: Remote

Type: 6+ Months with Possibility of extension

We are seeking a Workday Student Security Consultant for a remote contract engagement with a higher education client through August. This consultant will support the design, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization of security within the Workday Student environment. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on Workday Security experience, direct exposure to Workday Student, and the ability to partner with both functional and technical teams in a higher education setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday Student security
• Support domain, business process, and role-based security setup
• Troubleshoot security issues affecting users, reports, integrations, and business processes
• Partner with student administration, registrar, academic affairs, HRIS, and IT teams to gather and validate access requirements
• Review and refine security roles and assignments
• Support access reviews, audit-related validation, and remediation efforts
• Assist with testing and validation of security changes
• Document security configuration, role design, and governance processes
• Collaborate with functional and technical teams to support secure and efficient tenant operations

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday Security experience
• Hands-on experience with Workday Student security
• Strong knowledge of domain security policies, business process security policies, and role-based security groups
• Experience troubleshooting Workday security issues across reports, integrations, and business processes
• Experience supporting higher education institutions or higher education business processes
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior higher education client experience
• Experience with registrar, advising, student records, or academic operations
• Experience in post-go-live support, optimization, or AMS environments