Identity & Access Management (IAM) Engineer

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team The Enterprise Identity team serves as Workday's first and most critical line of defense. We own, build, and evolve the Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems that govern exactly who gets access to internal resources, what they can do with that access, and why. Operating across one of the most complex enterprise cloud environments in the software industry, our technical scope spans human, non-human, and multi-cloud identity systems. From implementing practical Zero Trust controls and conditional access policies, to engineering automated workflows for seamless onboarding, role transitions, and offboarding across the company, this team is at the forefront of how Workday secures its digital ecosystem. We are also tackling challenges on the AI and agentic frontier, securing autonomous AI agents, non-human identities (NHIs), and service-to-service trust models in production. Our work in privileged access governance focuses on hardening system access, reducing long-lived elevated privileges, and driving the transition toward right-sized entitlements and least-privilege models. At Workday, identity is not a back-office IT support function—it is a core security boundary and engineering enabler. The Enterprise Identity team directly influences how safely Workday builds and ships products, acting as a crucial pillar in protecting the vital data and infrastructure of over 60 million users. If you are energized by meaningful security challenges with real organizational impact, this is the team for you! About the Role We are looking for a skilled Mid-Level IAM Engineer to join our Enterprise Identity team. You will be responsible for the day-to-day configuration, maintenance, and optimization of our identity tools. This role is perfect for a core builder who loves solving technical integration challenges, automating repetitive tasks, and ensuring our employees and systems have the right access at the right time. Responsibilities: • System Integration: Configure, integrate, and maintain connections between our core identity provider (IdP) and various SaaS applications, internal systems, and APIs. • Lifecycle Management: Implement and troubleshoot automated user lifecycle workflows (joiner, mover, leaver) to ensure seamless and secure access transitions. • Operational Support: Act as the initial contact point for identity and access issues in EU Sovereign Cloud, resolving tier-one directory synchronization or authentication failures. Perform regular vulnerability management updates across cloud environments. • Directory Management: Administer and maintain LDAP, Ory Hydr