Specialist IS Architect - Workday Recruiting & Talent Performance

In this vital role you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the overall IT architecture of the organization. This role involves defining the architecture vision, creating roadmaps, and ensuring that IT strategies align with business goals in the Hire to Retire capability and more specifically to Workday HCM and Talent Performance.

You will be working closely with partners to understand requirements, develop architectural blueprints, and ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with enterprise standards. Architects will be involved in defining the enterprise architecture strategy, guiding technology decisions, and ensuring that all IT projects adhere to established architectural principles.

• Develop and maintain the enterprise architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives for Workday and Eightfold platforms.
• Create and maintain architectural roadmaps that guide the evolution of IT systems and capabilities for Workday and Eightfold platforms.
• Establish and enforce architectural standards, policies, and governance frameworks
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the architecture
• Identify and mitigate architectural risks, ensuring that IT systems are scalable, secure, and resilient
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of the architecture, including principles, standards, and models
• Drive continuous improvement in the architecture by finding opportunities for innovation and efficiency
• Work with partners to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that solutions meet both business and technical needs
• Evaluate and recommend technologies and tools that best fit the solution requirements for Human Capital Management processes
• Design systems that can scale to meet growing business needs and performance demands
• Develop and maintain logical, physical, and conceptual data models to support business needs
• Design and manage metadata structures to enhance information retrieval and usability

Basic Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree OR
• Masters degree and 4 to 6 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Bachelors degree and 6 to 8 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience OR
• Diploma and 10 to 12 years of Computer Science, IT or related field experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong architectural design and modeling skills.
• Experience directing solution design, business processes redesign and aligning business requirements to technical solutions in a regulated environment.
• Experience configuring Workday Recruiting and Talent Management business processes (Job Application, Offer, Employment Agreement, Performance, Goals, Career, Talent Review, Skills, etc.).
• Experience with Workday Report development including creation of complex calc fields.
• Functional knowledge that works in conjunction with Workday Recruiting and Performance, including HCM, Compensation, Integrations, etc.

[Business Architect]

• Business Strategy: Alignment of IT capabilities with business strategy.
• Business Process Reengineering: Ability to identify and improve inefficiencies in business processes.
• Non-Functional Requirements: Consideration of factors like performance, scalability, security, and reliability in system design.
• Organizational Change Management: Experience in leading organizational change initiatives driven by business transformation.
• Partner Engagement: Effective communication and collaboration with business partners at all levels.
• Security: Understanding of API security best practices and standards.

• Strong solution design and problem-solving skills
• Solid understanding of technology, function, or platform
• Experience in developing differentiated and deliverable solutions
• Ability to analyze client requirements and translate them into solutions

• Workday HCM, T&A, Recruiting, Integrations (preferred)

• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated awareness of how to function in a team setting
• Demonstrated awareness of presentation skills