Chandu Marru
New York,NY
Summary
Experienced Workday Security Administrator with 5+ years of expertise configuring and maintaining custom security groups, domain/business process policies, integrations, and reporting security across HCM and Financial modules. Proven track record of leading quarterly tenant updates and audits, implementing SSO/MFA, and driving continuous improvements to ensure segregation of duties and data privacy compliance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Workday Security Administrator
Optum
Poughkeepsie, NY
08.2023 - Current
- Configured and maintained custom security groups, domain & business-process security, and report/integration security across HCM and Financial modules
- Developed and upheld a security matrix aligned with State data-privacy standards; conducted quarterly audits and remediations to enforce segregation of duties
- Served as lead for quarterly Workday releases—reviewed release notes, validated sandbox changes, and executed migrations via Workday Object Transporter (OX 2.0)
- Implemented and administered SSO/MFA (Okta & Azure AD); provided end-user troubleshooting and security best-practice guidance
- Produced executive-level reports and presentations summarizing system activity, audit findings, and recommended strengthening measures
Workday Security Administrator
HDFC Bank
Hyderabad, INDIA
09.2018 - 11.2021
- Managed user-provisioning/de-provisioning workflows, ensuring timely access changes and strict adherence to SoD principles
- Partnered with Business Analysts to gather security requirements and translate them into functional configurations with an average SLA of 4 hours for access issue resolution
- Documented security incidents—conducted root-cause analyses, tracked resolutions, and maintained a lessons-learned repository, reducing repeat incidents by 30%
- Assisted in tenant refreshes, integration validations, and policy migrations between Development, QA, and Production environments
- Delivered monthly security-trend briefings to senior leadership, highlighting risk areas and remediation progress
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY05-2023
Skills
- Workday security configuration and administration
- role-based and domain security policies
- user provisioning and de-provisioning
- SSO/MFA integration (Okta, Azure AD)
- release and tenant management (Workday OX 20)
- security audits and compliance (SoD, data privacy)
- incident management and documentation
- stakeholder communication and training
- executive reporting and presentations
- cross-functional collaboration
Certification
- Workday Security Certified Professional
- Workday Fundamentals Certification
- SSO & MFA Configuration Training
Timeline
Workday Security Administrator
Optum
08.2023 - Current
Workday Security Administrator
HDFC Bank
09.2018 - 11.2021
Master of Science - Information Technology
Marist College
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