Enterprise Architect - Extend (Workday Extend Certified required)
About The Position
At Strada, possibility isn’t just a promise – it’s the foundation of everything we do. We believe in unlocking potential for every colleague, creating a journey of growth, discovery, and impact. With the support, resources, and opportunities we provide, you’ll build a fulfilling future – working on meaningful projects that span industries and regions, contributing to outcomes that matter. Strada is a people, payroll, and technology leader simplifying international workforce management. Operating in 180+ countries, we design and deliver people-first solutions powered by cloud-based technology – helping organizations grow and enabling workforces to perform at their best. The Workday Extend Enterprise Architect is a senior consulting and solution leadership role responsible for defining, designing, and governing enterprise-grade custom applications and extensions built on the Workday Extend platform across Strada 's Global Workday practice. This role is designed as a split role, balancing Sales & Solutions support and Delivery support. The Extend Architect partners closely with Sales, Delivery, Product Leads, Integrations, Change Management, and the Workday Alliance to support growth, ensure high-quality application solutions, and provide architectural and solution road mapping support to both prospective and existing clients.
Requirements
- 8+ years of Workday experience with platform, technical, or development focus.
- Hands-on experience designing and delivering Workday Extend solutions.
- Strong understanding of integrations, APIs, security, and tenant architecture.
- Experience providing client-facing solution architecture and technical leadership.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Workday Extend certification.
- Experience with agile delivery and DevOps practices.
- Prior consulting or technical leadership experience.
- Experience in complex, global Workday environments.
Responsibilities
- Support new and existing clients through Extend strategy and feasibility assessments, including current-state analysis and future-state application roadmaps.
- Participate in presales activities including discovery, use-case qualification, high-level solution design, and estimation.
- Advise clients on when to leverage Workday Extend versus native configuration or integrations.
- Contribute to go-to-market assets such as solution overviews, executive summaries, and architecture diagrams.
- Define and govern end-to-end Workday Extend solution architectures.
- Review and approve Extend designs prior to development and deployment.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex technical, architectural, or performance challenges.
- Support ongoing optimization by recommending enhancements and roadmap updates.
- Ensure solutions align with Strada standards and Workday best practices.
- Develop reusable Extend components, accelerators, and reference designs.
- Support definition of Extend delivery standards and methodologies.
- Mentor Extend developers, technical consultants, and architects.
- Support internal training, certification planning, and capability growth.
- Collaborate with Workday Extend product and alliance teams to stay aligned to platform capabilities.
- Support early adopter programs and innovation initiatives.
- Align Strada Extend offerings with Workday’s platform roadmap.
Benefits
- health coverage
- wellbeing programs
- paid leave (vacation, sick, parental)
- retirement plans
- learning opportunities
- competitive total rewards package
- continuing education & training
- tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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