Enterprise Architect, Workday

Fortra•Eden Prairie, MN

17d•Remote

About The Position

Fortra is seeking an experienced Workday Architect with deep expertise across Workday HCM and Financials to lead the design, governance, and optimization of its Workday ecosystem. The role works across technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and delivery leadership, partnering with HR, Finance, IT, Security, and Data/Analytics stakeholders to keep Workday secure, scalable, and resilient. The architect sets platform guardrails, defines secure integration and data patterns, and guides engineers and administrators in delivering high-quality outcomes. The role provides architectural leadership and governance. Day-to-day administration, provisioning, and routine operational requests are handled by Workday Administrators and IAM Operations. Business process ownership and policy decisions remain with HR and Finance Product Owners; the architect ensures designs are implementable, secure, and supportable.

Requirements

At least 7 years of hands-on Workday experience, with strong expertise in both HCM and Financials.
Proven experience architecting Workday solutions in complex enterprise environments, including security, business processes, integrations, and reporting patterns.
Deep understanding of the Workday security model, business process framework, and integration technologies such as EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, and PECI.
Experience with Workday release management, tenant strategy, and platform governance.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and guide cross-functional teams.
Ability to define scalable architecture patterns, standards, and roadmaps.
Knowledge of least privilege, access governance, segregation of duties, audit readiness, and data protection.
Knowledge of API and integration patterns, monitoring and reliability, and secure data delivery to downstream platforms.
Ability to translate technical concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-technical stakeholders.
Leadership skills in mentoring, decision facilitation, and cross-team coordination in project and operational contexts.
Bachelor’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Typically, five or more years of progressive experience in enterprise applications, architecture, or platform engineering roles, including Workday.

Nice To Haves

Workday certifications in HCM, Financials, Integrations, or Architecture.
Experience with large-scale Workday implementations, multi-phase rollouts, or post-merger harmonization.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and integration middleware or API-based patterns.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end architecture and solution design across Workday HCM and Financials, aligning solutions with enterprise standards and business strategy.
Translate business requirements into scalable Workday configuration, business process, reporting, and integration designs.
Define and maintain architecture roadmaps, reference architectures, and design patterns to support consistent delivery and reduce technical debt.
Define and govern Workday security architecture, including role frameworks, domain and business process security, and least-privilege access models.
Partner with IAM and Security teams on SSO, identity lifecycle processes, and auditable access reviews.
Establish segregation-of-duties principles and controls, and support audit evidence and remediation activities.
Architect and oversee integrations and data flows between Workday and connected enterprise platforms, including IAM, payroll, finance, CRM, ITSM, and data warehouse systems.
Set integration reliability standards for monitoring, error handling, reconciliation, and recovery, and ensure integrations remain supportable through releases.
Define data governance patterns for Workday extracts and feeds, including secure handling of sensitive personal and financial data and alignment with enterprise analytics standards.
Own or co-own Workday tenant strategy, migration approach, and controls for promoting configuration to production.
Lead bi-annual Workday release impact assessments and coordinate technical readiness, including testing strategy, cutover validation, and stabilization.
Establish change governance for Workday platform changes, including documentation, approvals, and operational handoff standards.
Provide architectural oversight across projects, enhancements, and incident and problem remediation as the technical authority for platform decisions.
Drive platform optimization, including performance, configuration rationalization, data quality, and reliability improvements.
Evaluate Workday features, modules, and capabilities and recommend adoption strategies and roadmap enhancements based on business value and risk.
Partner with business and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, scope solutions, and communicate trade-offs and risks.
Guide and mentor Workday engineers, administrators, and analysts, promoting consistent engineering practices, testing discipline, and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with external partners and vendors to support high-quality delivery and adherence to architecture and security standards.