Workday Integration Developer / Workday Consultant (Immediate Joiner)

Role & responsibilities

Job Description

SENIOR WORKDAY INTEGRATION DEVELOPER

Interview Scorecard | Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, SOAP/REST APIs, Orchestrate & Enterprise Integrations

Role Summary: The Senior Workday Integration Developer designs, builds, tests, deploys, and supports scalable integrations across Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, identity/provisioning, data warehouse, and third-party SaaS ecosystems. The role requires strong hands-on Workday integration tooling, modern API patterns, secure production operations, documentation discipline, and cross-functional collaboration.

Role Description

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support Workday integrations using Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, RaaS, custom reports, calculated fields, SOAP/REST APIs, XML, XSLT, XPath, JSON, and scripting where applicable.
• Create technical design specifications, data mappings, transformation logic, test plans, release notes, deployment checklists, monitoring procedures, and production support documentation.
• Build and maintain integrations across HR, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Compensation, Absence/Time, identity/provisioning, data warehouse, and vendor ecosystems, including PECI/PICOF and benefits feeds.
• Apply secure integration controls including ISU/ISSG, domain security, SFTP/HTTPS, PGP/encryption, certificates, OAuth/API clients, logging, alerts, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• Support Workday semiannual release impact analysis, regression testing, incident triage, root-cause analysis, integration monitoring, performance tuning, and continuous improvement.

Behaviors and Competencies

• Critical Thinking: Analyzes integration requirements, data flows, dependencies, and production issues logically before proposing solutions.

• Communication: Explains complex integration patterns, failure points, and risks clearly to HRIS, Payroll, IT, Security, vendors, and business stakeholders.

• Follow-Up and Ownership: Tracks open build, testing, deployment, and production-support items without repeated reminders.

• Problem-Solving: Performs root-cause analysis and resolves complex file, API, transformation, security, and vendor connectivity issues.

• Organization and Documentation: Maintains clear design documents, mapping sheets, runbooks, test evidence, release notes, and operational knowledge articles.

• Detail-Oriented Execution: Identifies data mapping, transformation, security, and configuration inconsistencies before they reach Production.

Skill Level Requirements

• Ability to design, build, troubleshoot, and support Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connector, Cloud Connect, RaaS, SOAP/REST, XML/XSLT/XPath, and calculated-field based integrations - Advanced

• Ability to implement secure file and API patterns including ISU/ISSG, domain security, authentication, encryption, certificate management, logging, alerts, and reconciliation - Advanced

• Ability to create and maintain technical design specifications, data mappings, test plans, deployment checklists, runbooks, and production monitoring procedures - Advanced

• Ability to partner with functional, technical, vendor, and security teams to translate requirements into scalable and maintainable integration designs - Advanced

• Exposure to Workday Orchestrate, Workday Extend concepts, middleware/iPaaS, DevOps/source control, API management, automated regression, and release governance - Moderate to Advanced