About the Team
The Enterprise Architect team is a strategic partner to Sales and engages with customers and prospects to help them understand how Workdays platform can vastly improve how they manage their people, money, and processes today. This EA role will support both SLED (State, Local, Higher Education) and Healthcare teams in North America as they evaluate and select Workday as their technology partner. Our team focuses on HOW Workday is a key enabler of change, digital and AI transformation, and can simplifying an organization’s technology footprint to deliver business impact.
About the Role
As a Senior or Principal Enterprise Architect, you will use your deep technology and security expertise to lead strategic conversations and demonstrate the value of Workday’s platform. You will be a trusted advisor who can translate complex technical and risk concepts into clear business outcomes for both technical and non-technical stakeholders across healthcare, higher education, and state and local government organizations.
You will lead discussions on Workday’s SaaS architecture with a particular emphasis on security, cybersecurity controls, identity and access management, data protection, disaster recovery and business continuity, and data privacy and compliance (including HIPAA and the protection of PHI/PII). You will also articulate how Workday’s integration frameworks, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities support secure, compliant, and resilient operations. In turn, you will deliver high-impact presentations that show how Workday’s architecture and delivery model help customers strengthen their security posture, reduce risk, and achieve better business outcomes.
You will build trusted relationships with CIOs, CISOs, security and compliance leaders, enterprise architects, and business executives. At Workday, we’re committed to helping our colleagues grow, so you will also mentor others by sharing best practices and repeatable patterns from your customer engagements. Your experience and feedback will help shape the evolution of Workday’s technology and security strategy over time.
This role is primarily remote and typically travels as necessary, up to 40–50%.
Basic Qualifications
Sr Enterprise Architect
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5+ years Enterprise Software Solution Consulting experience OR hands-on experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise software solutions (SaaS preferred).
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5+ years’ experience delivering compelling presentations and demos to executive and technical audiences, both in person and in virtual meetings, clearly communicating technical concepts, security considerations, and strategic initiatives.
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5+ years applied working knowledge of cloud architecture and security (e.g., identity and access management, encryption, network security, logging/monitoring), reporting/analytics, and integration standards (APIs, web services, event-driven architectures).
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Experience working with customers in regulated environments such as healthcare (including HIPAA and PHI), higher education, and/or state and local government, with the ability to speak credibly about risk, compliance, security, architecture, and governance.
Principal Enterprise Architect
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7+ years Enterprise Software Solution Consulting experience OR hands-on experience designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise software solutions (SaaS preferred).
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7+ years’ experience delivering compelling presentations and demos to executive and technical audiences, both in person and in virtual meetings, clearly communicating technical concepts, security considerations, and strategic initiatives.
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7+ years applied working knowledge of cloud architecture and security (e.g., identity and access management, encryption, network security, logging/monitoring), reporting/analytics, and integration standards (APIs, web services, event-driven architectures).
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Experience working with customers in regulated environments such as healthcare (including HIPAA and PHI), higher education, and/or state and local government, with the ability to speak credibly about risk, compliance, security, architecture, and governance.?
Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
