Senior Workday Integration Developer

Job Description :

Role : 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.

Skills

Workday, Workday Integration, Workday HCM, REST API, Workday EIB, XML, Workday Implementation