[Remote] IT Application Security Analyst
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kforce Inc is seeking an IT Application Security Analyst to support security access across enterprise applications. The role designs and maintains role-based security models, collaborates with IT and business stakeholders, resolves access issues, supports audits, and provides security guidance for projects and deployments.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to design, implementation, and maintain role-based security models and access controls across enterprise applications
- Collaborate with IT business partners to analyze security requirements and implement secure access solutions
- Develop, modify, and maintain security roles, profiles, permission structures, and authorization frameworks aligned with business processes and compliance requirements
- Evaluate security requests and recommend solutions that balance operational efficiency, security, audit and regulatory requirements
- Identify and mitigate Segregation of Duties (SoD) conflicts and excessive access risks
- Analyze application security reports and audit findings to identify improvement opportunities
- Troubleshoot and resolve user access issues, security-related incidents, and authorization challenges
- Support periodic audits by gathering evidence, validating access controls, and coordinating remediation activities
- Serve as a primary resource for security administration and configuration
- Assess the security impacts of organizational changes, enhancements, and new functionality
- Support projects, testing initiatives, and production deployments by providing security guidance and configuration expertise
Skills
- • Demonstrate intermediate to advanced level knowledge of Workday Technology
- • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, technical, organizational skills and be detail oriented
- • Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast paced, changing environment
- • Demonstrate peer mentoring, and interpersonal skills
- • Demonstrate ability to work independently with general supervision
- • Ability to self-motivate, set goals, and meet deadlines
- • Ability to identify deficiencies and take corrective action
- • Ability to maintain professionalism when interacting with internal and external customers. Proficient personal computer skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
- • Commitment and adherence to the Firm's Core Values
- • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Business Technology, or equivalent experience
- • 3-7 years of experience supporting application security, access management, or enterprise business applications
- • Experience designing and administering role-based security models and access controls
- • Experience partnering with technical teams and business stakeholders to implement security solutions
- • Strong understanding of security governance, audit controls, access management, and compliance requirements
- • Experience administering Workday security including Security Groups, Domain Security Policies, and Business Process Security Policies
- • Experience supporting ERP, HCM, Financial, Payroll, Recruiting, or other enterprise business applications
- • Experience with identity and access management technologies, single sign-on solutions, and security governance processes
- • Experience supporting audits, access certifications, and Segregation of Duties programs
- • Minimal
- • Workday Pro Security Certification (strongly preferred)
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