Workday Integration Lead

Groundswell•Washington, DC

1d•$103,523 - $200,989•Hybrid

About The Position

Groundswell is seeking a highly skilled Workday Integration Lead to lead the Integration workstream for a complex Workday implementation supporting an Intelligence Community customer. This individual will be responsible for the end-to-end design, development, testing, deployment, and delivery of integrations supporting the Workday solution and its broader enterprise technology ecosystem. The Workday Integration Lead will work closely with the Solution Architect, Workday Delivery Lead, functional leads, Data Conversion team, security teams, customer technical stakeholders, and other implementation workstreams to ensure integrations are scalable, secure, reliable, and aligned with the overall solution architecture. This individual will lead a blended team of Groundswell and subcontractor integration resources and coordinate integration activities across multiple secure customer environments. The ideal candidate will combine deep Workday integration expertise, broader enterprise integration and middleware experience, and strong technical leadership skills to successfully deliver a complex integration workstream within a highly secure Federal environment.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship required per contract requirements.
Ability to obtain and maintain a government Top Secret security clearance with SCI favorability and Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph, as required by contract. Candidates who currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph will receive priority consideration.
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
7+ years of relevant enterprise technology experience with significant experience in HCM, HRIS, enterprise integrations, or related technologies.
5+ years of Workday implementation experience with demonstrated technical and integration leadership responsibilities.
Experience leading the Integration workstream for at least two (2) Workday implementations.
Current Workday Pro Workday Orchestrate Developer Services Certification.
Deep experience designing, developing, testing, and deploying Workday integrations using Workday integration technologies, including Orchestrate, Core Connectors, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Workday Web Services, and APIs.
Experience designing and architecting complex integrations between Workday and external enterprise systems.
Experience translating business and technical requirements into integration architecture, designs, specifications, mappings, and technical requirements.
Experience with enterprise integration patterns, APIs, web services, file-based integrations, event-driven architectures, and related technologies.
Experience coordinating integration activities across multiple systems, technical teams, and implementation workstreams.
Experience planning and supporting integration testing, defect resolution, deployment, and production readiness activities.
Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, including consultants and/or subcontractor resources.
Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills for complex integration issues.
Strong customer-facing, communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and technical dependencies within a complex implementation environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing enterprise integrations using middleware or integration platforms in addition to Workday-native integration capabilities. (e.g. Boomi, Apache Kafka, MuleSoft).
Experience integrating Workday with complex legacy and enterprise systems across HR, payroll, identity, financial, or other business domains.
Experience supporting integrations across multiple secure customer environments.
Experience with Workday Extend and/or Workday Prism.
Additional Workday technical or integration certifications.
Familiarity with Federal enterprise architecture and interoperability requirements.
Familiarity with NIST security controls and Federal cybersecurity requirements.
Experience working with cybersecurity teams to address security requirements associated with system-to-system interfaces and data exchanges.
Experience leading blended teams consisting of employees, subcontractors, and other technology partners.

Responsibilities

Lead the Integration workstream, operating in parallel with Workday Configuration, Data Conversion, Testing, Security, and other implementation workstreams.
Develop and manage the integration strategy, plan, schedule, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables in alignment with the overall Workday implementation.
Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of Workday integrations using Workday integration technologies and tools.
Design and coordinate integrations between Workday and external enterprise systems, applications, data sources, and services.
Develop integration solutions that may leverage both Workday-native capabilities and approved enterprise middleware or integration technologies.
Translate business and technical requirements into integration designs, specifications, mappings, and interface requirements.
Partner with the Solution Architect and customer technical stakeholders to ensure integration designs align with the overall solution architecture, security requirements, and enterprise standards.
Coordinate integration requirements and dependencies with Workday functional, Data Conversion, Security, Testing, and other technical workstreams.
Plan and coordinate integration development, testing, deployment, and validation across multiple secure customer environments.
Identify and resolve integration defects, failures, performance issues, and technical dependencies throughout the implementation lifecycle.
Lead and coordinate Groundswell and subcontractor Integration team members, ensuring quality and timely completion of assigned deliverables.
Identify and manage integration risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies, escalating broader implementation impacts to the Workday Delivery Lead.
Maintain required integration designs, specifications, mappings, interface documentation, test results, and implementation artifacts.
Provide regular status on Integration workstream progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and readiness.