Workday Architect - Jersey City, NJ

Codetech•Jersey City, NJ

10h

About The Position

The Techno-Functional Workday Architect bridges HR business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, owning end-to-end solution design across Workday HCM and integrations. The role combines functional expertise with hands-on technical capability to deliver scalable, compliant, and efficient enterprise solutions. The architect leads solution design across Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Recruiting, Talent, and Payroll; partners with HR teams to turn business requirements into Workday configurations; assesses the impact of releases, enhancements, and regulatory changes; and owns governance frameworks for access, role rationalization, and audit readiness. The position follows an SDLC framework for enhancements and projects. The role designs, develops, and supports integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services, BIRT reporting, XML, and XSLT. It leads integration delivery from requirements and mapping through build, testing, deployment, and post-production support; troubleshoots failures; optimizes performance; oversees vendor integrations; and implements secure authentication protocols. The architect also leads cross-functional workshops, translates BRDs into user stories and technical design documentation, provides executive updates on roadmaps and risks, mentors junior team members, drives release management and regression testing, and maintains project and HR systems documentation and process guides.

Requirements

5+ years of Workday experience in HCM configuration and/or security.
Experience supporting or leading full lifecycle Workday implementations or major tenant refreshes.
Experience operating in regulated or compliance-driven environments.
Strong understanding of data governance and security best practices.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of Workday integration experience with Studio, EIB, and APIs is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead solution design across Workday Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Recruiting, Talent, and Payroll modules.
Partner with HR teams to translate business requirements into scalable Workday configurations.
Conduct impact assessments for releases, enhancements, and regulatory changes.
Own governance frameworks for access, role rationalization, and audit readiness.
Follow the SDLC framework for enhancements and projects.
Design, develop, and support inbound and outbound integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services, BIRT reporting, XML, and XSLT transformations.
Lead integration lifecycle management from requirements and mapping through build, test, deployment, and post-production support.
Troubleshoot integration failures and optimize performance.
Oversee vendor integrations, including payroll providers, benefits vendors, ServiceNow, and background check vendors.
Implement secure authentication protocols, including SFTP, OAuth, certificates, and API security.
Lead cross-functional workshops and discovery sessions.
Translate BRDs into user stories and technical design documentation.
Provide executive-level updates on roadmap, risk, and integration stability.
Mentor junior analysts, integration developers, and functional configurators.
Drive release management strategy and coordinate regression testing.
Maintain project documentation, HR Systems internal documentation and frameworks, and process guides.