Workday Student Security Consultant

<p><strong>Job Title:</strong> Workday Student Security Consultant</p> <p><strong>Location:</strong> Remote</p> <p><strong>Type:</strong> 6+ Months with Possibility of extension <br></p> <p> 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.</p> <p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Configure and maintain Workday Student security </li> <li>Support domain, business process, and role-based security setup </li> <li>Troubleshoot security issues affecting users, reports, integrations, and business processes </li> <li>Partner with student administration, registrar, academic affairs, HRIS, and IT teams to gather and validate access requirements </li> <li>Review and refine security roles and assignments </li> <li>Support access reviews, audit-related validation, and remediation efforts </li> <li>Assist with testing and validation of security changes </li> <li>Document security configuration, role design, and governance processes </li> <li>Collaborate with functional and technical teams to support secure and efficient tenant operations </li> </ul> <p><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>5+ years of Workday Security experience </li> <li>Hands-on experience with Workday Student security </li> <li>Strong knowledge of domain security policies, business process security policies, and role-based security groups </li> <li>Experience troubleshooting Workday security issues across reports, integrations, and business processes </li> <li>Experience supporting higher education institutions or higher education business processes </li> <li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills </li> <li>Ability to work independently in a remote consulting environment </li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Prior higher education client experience </li> <li>Experience with registrar, advising, student records, or academic operations </li> <li>Experience in post-go-live support, optimization, or AMS environments</li> </ul>