Workday Integration Developer

Location: Washington DC [100% Remote (with slight preference for local candidate to be on campus ~1 day/Month)]

Pay Range: $59/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.

Featured Benefits:

Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA.

401(k).

Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

Summary:

• The Workday Integration Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing integrations between Workday and various external systems.
• This position will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into efficient and scalable integration solutions.
• This role requires a deep understanding of Workday integration technologies, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• This position is part of the Enterprise Application Development team in Solutions Engineering (Office of Information Technology).

Essential Functions:

1. Develop Integrations:

• Collaborate with business analysts and customer stakeholders to gather integration requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy integrations between Workday and external systems using Workday Studio, EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builder), and other Workday integration tools employing an agile delivery methodology.
• Identify and propose optimal integration solutions based on business needs and system capabilities.
• Implement data transformation logic to ensure data is mapped correctly between Workday and other systems, considering data format differences and business logic.
• Conduct design reviews to ensure best practices, scalability, and maintainability.
• Stay up-to-date with Workday integration features, tools, and technologies and make recommendations for process improvements and enhancements.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.

1. Test and Implement Technology Solutions:

• Develop test plans for developed integrations.
• Perform unit and integration testing.
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Validate test results and establish mitigation strategies.
• Ensure that data exchanged between systems is secure and compliant with information security policies.

1. Provide Technical Support to Maintain Operations:

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration issues and provide timely resolution to technical problems.
• Monitor and optimize the performance of integrations to ensure efficient data transfer and minimal system impact.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, system administrators, and business users, to ensure successful integration implementations.
• Contribute to design and code reviews of peers.
• Set up error handling and logging mechanisms to track integration errors and issues.
• Document integration designs, technical specifications, and implementation steps.

Competencies:

• Serving Customers
• Displaying Creativity
• Evaluating and Implementing Ideas
• Prioritizing and Organizing
• Making Accurate Judgments and Decisions
• Acquiring and Analyzing Information
• Driving Continuous Improvement
• Developing Plans

This position requires flexibility as after-hours support may be required for production issues.

Essential personnel designation: OIT staff are expected to work remotely to support the University community, during unplanned closures or emergencies.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• 2-4 years of relevant experience.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent education, training and experience is required.
• Workday Integration Certification(s).
• Experience with Workday HCM, Financials, Student, and/or other modules.
• Experience with Workato or similar integration platform.
• Demonstrated experience developing integrations in the Workday ecosystem, including Workday Studio, EIBs, XSLT, Web Services, APIs, Core Connectors, and Workday Web Services.
• Solid understanding of Workday object model, business processes, and security framework.
• Demonstrated knowledge of core design principles, common data modeling and patterns, data transformation, and data mapping techniques.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a team in a collaborative environment.
• Commitment to customer service in a diverse population is necessary.
• Ability to prioritize improvements to existing solutions versus implementation of new features and capabilities to maximize business value for our customers.
• A self-starter who takes the initiative to create innovative solutions and adheres to best practices to drive solution maturity and user adoption.
• Preferred experience working at or with universities.