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