Specialist IS Architect ? Workday Recruiting and Talent Performance

Company Overview

Milestone Technologies is a global IT managed services firm that partners with organizations to scale their technology, infrastructure and services to drive specific business outcomes such as digital transformation, innovation, and operational agility. Milestone is focused on building an employee-first, performance-based culture and for over 25 years, we have a demonstrated history of supporting category-defining enterprise clients that are growing ahead of the market. The company specializes in providing solutions across Application Services and Consulting, Digital Product Engineering, Digital Workplace Services, Private Cloud Services, AI/Automation, and ServiceNow. Milestone culture is built to provide a collaborative, inclusive environment that supports employees and empowers them to reach their full potential.

Our seasoned professionals deliver services based on Milestone's best practices and service delivery framework. By leveraging our vast knowledge base to execute initiatives, we deliver both short-term and long-term value to our clients and apply continuous service improvement to deliver transformational benefits to IT. With Intelligent Automation, Milestone helps businesses further accelerate their IT transformation. The result is a sharper focus on business objectives and a dramatic improvement in employee productivity. Through our key technology partnerships and our people-first approach, Milestone continues to deliver industry-leading innovation to our clients. With more than 3,000 employees serving over 200 companies worldwide, we are following our mission of revolutionizing the way IT is deployed.

Job Overview

Specialist IS Architect - Workday Recruiting & Talent Performance

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy for the Workday and Eightfold platforms, ensuring alignment with business and HR transformation objectives.
• Define and maintain the architectural roadmap for Recruiting, Talent Performance, and related HCM capabilities, ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, design principles, and governance frameworks for Workday configurations, integrations, and workflows.
• Partner with HR, Talent, and IT stakeholders to analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable, configurable Workday solutions.
• Lead end-to-end solution design for Recruiting, Talent, and associated modules - including Job Application, Offer, Employment Agreement, Performance Reviews, Goals, Career Development, and Skills.
• Oversee Workday configuration strategy across Recruiting and Performance, ensuring cross-module integration with HCM, Compensation, and Integrations.
• Evaluate and recommend new capabilities and emerging technologies to enhance the HR and Talent ecosystem, particularly around talent intelligence and automation.
• Identify and mitigate architectural and design risks, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, and compliant with enterprise standards.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation including architectural diagrams, data models, and integration maps.
• Support Workday report and calculated field development, ensuring data accuracy and performance alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement through architectural optimization, configuration reuse, and simplification of complex business processes.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Technical Architects, and HR leaders to ensure seamless delivery of enhancements and new capabilities.
• Guide solution validation, design reviews, and impact assessments for all major releases and platform changes.
• Provide thought leadership on Workday Recruiting and Talent Performance best practices, ensuring the platform evolves with organizational needs.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctorate degree OR
• Master's degree and 4-6 years of IT or Computer Science experience OR
• Bachelor's degree and 6-8 years of IT or Computer Science experience OR
• Diploma and 10-12 years of IT or Computer Science experience

Preferred Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• Strong architectural design and modeling expertise, with ability to translate HR strategies into scalable system solutions.
• Proven experience in solution design and business process reengineering within a regulated environment.
• Hands-on configuration experience with Workday Recruiting and Talent Management processes - Job Applications, Offers, Employment Agreements, Performance Reviews, Goals, Career Development, Talent Reviews, and Skills.
• Expertise in Workday Reporting, including creation of complex calculated fields and data models.
• Cross-functional understanding of Workday HCM, Compensation, and Integrations, ensuring unified data flow and process orchestration.

Business Architecture Competencies

• Business Strategy Alignment: Ensure Workday capabilities support long-term HR and enterprise goals.
• Process Reengineering: Identify inefficiencies and design optimized business processes leveraging platform automation.
• Non-Functional Design: Incorporate scalability, performance, reliability, and security into architectural blueprints.
• Organizational Change Management: Drive adoption and transformation initiatives tied to new HR and Talent capabilities.
• Partner Engagement: Build strong relationships with HR, IT, and vendor partners to ensure delivery success.
• Security and Compliance: Apply deep understanding of API security standards and data privacy requirements.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Strong solution design and problem-solving capabilities across complex HR landscapes.
• Ability to evaluate and integrate emerging HR tech (AI, analytics, talent intelligence).
• Proven experience in developing differentiated, business-ready solutions aligned to enterprise architecture goals.

Professional Certifications

• Workday Certifications in HCM, Recruiting, Integrations, or Talent & Performance (preferred).

Soft Skills

• Excellent analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement across business and technical teams.
• Effective team collaborator with presentation and influencing skills at leadership level.

Compensation

Estimated Pay Range:

Exact compensation and offers of employment are dependent on circumstances of each case and will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, licenses or certifications, and location.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

At Milestone we strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and work with, where we all feel empowered to bring our full, authentic selves to work. We know creating a diverse and inclusive culture that champions equity and belonging is not only the right thing to do for our employees but is also critical to our continued success.

Milestone Technologies provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other category protected by applicable federal and state law, or local ordinance. Milestone also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled applicants and employees.

We welcome the unique background, culture, experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression and perspectives you can bring to our global community. Our recruitment team is looking forward to meeting you.