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Fairfield University · 4 hours ago

Workday Integration Developer

Fairfield, CT

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

Fairfield University is looking for a Workday Integration Developer to build and maintain an enterprise class automation platform for the University. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining integrations for Human Resources, Finance, and Student applications while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance reporting capabilities.

Higher Education

Work & Life Balance

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead the research, design, development, testing, and delivery of new Workday and third-party systems integrations

Create technical design specs, perform unit & system integration testing, deploy and support of all Workday and third-party system integrations

Understand the business problems and build efficient solutions using the Workday platform, middleware tools and the related capabilities of source and target systems

Configure and develop technical integrations using Workday Studio, Workday RaaS Integrations, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Complex Calculated Fields, Web Services, Workday Custom Reports, Web Services, XSLT, and xPath

Collaborate with stakeholders to assess document requirements, review design, and define functional specifications

Manage Workday Integration analysis, system configurations, and deployment to production

Lead integration projects with third-party vendors from discovery, design, development, testing and implementation

Actively participate in learning University business processes and how they translate to manual, semi-automated and automated processes

Understand the University enterprise systems portfolio of third-party applications and how they interact with Workday

Be proactive in understanding inbound and outbound data integrations, monitoring system health, scheduled jobs, alerts and notifications

Participate in Workday semi-yearly release reviews and testing by identifying impact/enhancement opportunities associated with new release features/functionality. Coordinate integration testing pre-requisites for releases

Monitor, track progress, and resolve enterprise system support tickets and collaborate and support functional leads with escalated issues

Create detailed integration specifications, field mappings, and designs to support the entire integration deployment life-cycle

Research integration failures, perform root cause analyses, and report back to management and business leaders

Collaborate with functional leads, analysts, and system administrators on system operations, security, business processes and how it relates to integrations

Assist functional leads in configuring complex business processes, including building calculated fields and advanced routing rules

Assume additional responsibilities as required

Maintain current knowledge of Workday products, administration best practices, and agile methodology best practices

Stay current with Workday releases, updates, new features, evaluating their potential impact on the University’s processes

Research new releases and upgrades and collaborate with the Workday team to provide recommendations regarding their use by the organization

Be a strong contributor to the product vision and drive team planning

Serve as the subject matter expert on large collections of Workday integrations

Work with business stakeholders to determine problem areas and overall impact of projects

Develop plans to move forward with the overall end-to-end enterprise systems strategy

Partner with business stakeholders and ITS team members to align on objectives and programs

Help manage the timelines and deliverables within large, multi-month projects

Understand data flows and system usage between internal systems and Workday, driving alignment with other system owners

Be an active participant in enterprise user group meetings and facilitate discussions when needed

Serve as a Workday reporting authority, staying current with Workday roadmap to continuously optimize reporting capabilities, leveraging a deep understanding of Workday's current functionalities, design concepts, and integration points

Translate business requirements into impactful Workday reporting solutions, including the development of discovery boards, reports, dashboards, and insightful analytics

Produce and review audit reports to assess integration performance and error handling

Maintain and enhance reporting frameworks to support operational excellence

Qualification

Workday IntegrationWorkday StudioWorkday EIBSOAPRESTJavaXMLXSLTSQLWQLAnalytical skillsProblem solvingCommunication skillsTeamworkOrganizational skills

Required

2+ years' Workday Finance, HCM or Student experience, report writing and integrations

Experience with highly complex integrations preferably between Finance, Payroll, Admissions, Registration, Advancement and Academic Administration using Workday tools

Good knowledge of Workday HCM, Finance and/or Student module concepts & capabilities

Strong working knowledge of Workday Studio Development

Strong working knowledge of Workday EIB, RaaS, and Web Services

Strong working knowledge of SOAP, REST, XML and XSLT, Java

Workday integrations experience required with a good understanding of integration design and testing concepts and integration frameworks (e.g., middleware, transformation logic)

Knowledge of all phases of system development lifecycle, including production support

Strong analytical skills, problem solving and troubleshooting abilities

Excellent written and verbal communication with a focus on documentation, and interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively while demonstrating a sense of urgency