Workday HCM Architect

Introduction:

The Workday HCM Architect will be responsible for leading Workday HCM solution architecture and design for complex HR and enterprise initiatives. They will analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions, provide architectural guidance across various HR modules, design complex reports and integrations, and ensure solutions comply with enterprise standards.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Workday HCM solution architecture and design for complex HR and enterprise initiatives.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable Workday solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance across Core HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, Payroll, Time & Labor, Learning, and Talent.
• Design and review complex Workday Business Processes, security architecture, reports, and analytics.
• Lead integration architecture between Workday and downstream/upstream enterprise applications.
• Provide technical direction for EIB, Workday Web Services, REST/SOAP APIs, Core Connectors, and Workday Studio integrations.
• Support integration/data reconciliation, troubleshoot production issues, and lead data conversion/migration activities.
• Participate in production support, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain technical design documentation, integration specifications, and architecture standards.
• Provide technical leadership to Workday developers, analysts, functional consultants, and integration teams.

Requirements:

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of Workday experience with strong expertise in Workday Core HCM, architecture, configuration, Business Processes, and Security.
• Strong experience with Workday Reporting, Calculated Fields, dashboards, and data sources.
• Hands-on expertise in Workday Integrations, including EIB, Workday Studio, Web Services/APIs, Core Connectors, SOAP/REST, XML/XSLT.
• Experience integrating Workday with Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Finance, IAM, and other enterprise systems.
• Functional experience with Recruiting, Compensation, Payroll, Time & Labor, Absence, Learning, Talent/Performance, and Benefits.
• Experience with Workday implementation, migration, transformation, optimization, data conversion, reconciliation, and release management.
• PeopleSoft-to-Workday migration experience is highly preferred.
• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise Workday environments and high-volume employee populations.
• Strong troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, solution design, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across HR, HRIS, IT, integration, security, and business teams.