Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - Enterprise Security Architect

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About the Team

Workday’s Cybersecurity & Trust organization exists to inspire confidence and trust in Workday. We safeguard the personal information of 60+ million people and the financial information of some of the largest companies in the world. Cybersecurity is woven into the fabric of Workday and is core to everything we do. We cultivate a security-first mentality and believe that moving with speed and velocity is enabled by building security into the foundation.
The Workday Information Security Organization supports Workday’s critical Business Technology team by providing security risk review and partnership into enterprise efforts around infrastructure, data & analytics, and core enterprise applications. Through this work, the team delivers security architecture assessments, technical recommendations, security tool configuration management, policy and standard support, and overall security partnership to the CIO office.

About the Role

Do you have a passion for enterprise security architecture and artificial intelligence?
 

Workday is seeking an experienced enterprise security architect to lead the design and innovation of secure enterprise cloud, application and AI security architectures, integrating advanced technologies to protect against evolving threats while enabling business agility and growth. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and drive the secure architecture of cloud-based application and AI services models, addressing potential threats+mitigations, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards where applicable. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in enterprise-focused application security, AI technologies and cloud platforms, in addition to secure architecture, security principles and cybersecurity best practices. The architect will report to the Director of Security Engineering, and maintain strong working relationships across security, Business Technology and application development leadership.

• Secure Architecture Design: Define and maintain enterprise-wide security architecture standards and blueprints across infrastructure, cloud, endpoint, application and AI layers. Ensure solutions are securely designed and aligned with business goals, regulatory requirements, and the CISO’s strategic objectives.

• Solution Reviews and Advisory: Provide expert guidance during solution design and implementation. Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments as part of technical intake and governance processes.

• Cross-Functional Engagement: Serve as the security subject matter expert within project and development teams. Partner with Security, Infrastructure, Application Development, and Business Technology teams to ensure secure integration and alignment of technical requirements.

• Security Standards and Frameworks: Develop and maintain reference architectures, secure configuration standards, and solution patterns. Ensure consistency with frameworks such as NIST, FedRAMP, and GDPR.

• Cloud and SaaS Security Enablement: Lead secure d