Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cribl is a company building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era, partnering with IT and Security teams at major enterprises. They are seeking a Senior Systems Administrator to lead the administration of their HRIS application, Workday, ensuring it is configured and maintained to support efficient People business processes.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary administrator for Cribl’s Workday system, including HCM, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits Administration and integrations
- Lead the ongoing configuration, maintenance, upgrades and health monitoring of Workday components based on Cribl’s business and technical requirements
- Lead, document and support business process discovery sessions to play a key role establishing Cribl’s Workday roadmap
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the People Operations, IT and Finance teams to translate business process and reporting needs into secure, stable Workday solutions
- Develop and maintain secure integrations between Workday and other internal/external systems (e.g., payroll providers, organizational data feeds, data governance tooling)
- Maintain data integrity by performing regular audits, managing security roles, supporting compliance efforts and resolving data issues
- Track, triage and resolve defects, including system access, business process and integration issues
- Develop and maintain technical documentation for Workday configurations, integrations and business processes
- Support and coordinate regular Workday updates, enhancements and new feature adoption as Workday evolves
- Train and support end users with Workday access, reporting and functionality; develop documentation to promote self-service and adoption
- Stay current on Workday trends, best practices and product roadmaps to maximize the value of Cribl’s Workday investment
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Systems Administration or HRIS management, with minimum 3 years as a hands-on Workday administrator or lead
- Deep expertise across Workday including, Core HCM, Benefits, Absence, Payroll, Advance Compensation, Time, data governance and integrations
- Experience driving Workday business process mapping, system design, current state/future state documentation and stakeholder alignment
- Proficiency configuring Workday modules, maintaining security roles and permissions and supporting audits/compliance
- Experience with key Workday integration tools (EIB, Studio, APIs) and building / maintaining system integrations
- Excellent stakeholder communication, documentation and training skills
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, manage projects and deliver in a fast-paced, scaling SaaS environment
- Workday certification
- Experience with data analytics and visualization tools
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for analysis
- Understanding of security and compliance considerations related to HRIS and data sharing
- Prior experience scaling People systems in a high-growth SaaS environment
- Excited about the data space
- Good jokes, or maybe better, bad jokes
- A love for goats
Benefits
- Incentive compensation (commission) for sales and some sales-adjacent roles
- Participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program for all other roles
- Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance
- Paid holidays and paid time off
- A fertility treatment benefit
- 401(k)
- Equity
Company Overview
Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, empowers enterprises to manage and analyze telemetry for humans and agents. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.cribl.io.Company H1B Sponsorship
Cribl has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 15 in 2025, 4 in 2024, 6 in 2023, 12 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.