Fairfield University
Workday Integration Developer
Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, us, 06828
Job Description:
Position Overview:
Fairfield University is looking for a
Workday Integration Developer
to build and maintain an enterprise class automation platform for the University. This platform will power the key processes in Human Resources, Finance, and Student integrations.
The Workday Integration Developer is a member of the Enterprise Systems team at Fairfield University. In this role, you will support the Director of Enterprise Systems and the cross-functional leads by serving as a technical resource for the Workday HCM, Finance, Payroll and Student applications. You will design, develop and maintain inbound and outbound Enterprise Systems integrations. In addition, with your technical expertise, you will collaborate with functional leads and analysts to develop advanced reports, complementing their efforts and enhancing our overall reporting capabilities.
The ideal candidate will have prior Workday technical experience, and prior software programming experience.
Primary Responsibilities:
Integrations Development
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
Integrations Administration
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
Technical Leadership and Project Management:
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
Reporting & Audits:
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
Qualifications:
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
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Higher Education is a plus
Current or Past Workday Studio Integration Certification will be a plus
Experience with Workday Studio, Orchestrate, Prism
Strong working knowledge of
BIRT
Experience with a programming language: Java, Python
Experience with query languages: SQL, WQL
Knowledge of Kainos automated testing tools.
Education
:
BA degree in technology field or commensurate professional experience
Working Conditions:
On-campus work preferred; remote and hybrid work arrangements will be considered upon request
Some occasional travel to Workday training and annual Workday Rising Conference
May require occasional evening and/or weekend work
This position is not eligible for immigration assistance.
Potential remote work from the following states:
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Maryland
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
Category:
ITS - Admin
Performs such other duties, responsibilities, and activities as required by supervisor and as departmental/University needs indicate.
*Disclaimer
The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain and should not be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, activities, and/or qualifications required or expected of employees assigned to this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change and new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice.
All offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Fairfield University provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Load a resume or CV first, then upload supporting documents including a cover letter at the bottom of the third page under the "My Experience" section where it says to upload a
Resume/CV
. You will be able to upload up to 5 other documents in this section. You will be unable to edit your application, so please have all documents available before applying.
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: If you need to upload more than 5 documents, please either combine them to upload or email the additional documents to the applicable contact in the job description.
Staff positions
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Position Overview:
Fairfield University is looking for a
Workday Integration Developer
to build and maintain an enterprise class automation platform for the University. This platform will power the key processes in Human Resources, Finance, and Student integrations.
The Workday Integration Developer is a member of the Enterprise Systems team at Fairfield University. In this role, you will support the Director of Enterprise Systems and the cross-functional leads by serving as a technical resource for the Workday HCM, Finance, Payroll and Student applications. You will design, develop and maintain inbound and outbound Enterprise Systems integrations. In addition, with your technical expertise, you will collaborate with functional leads and analysts to develop advanced reports, complementing their efforts and enhancing our overall reporting capabilities.
The ideal candidate will have prior Workday technical experience, and prior software programming experience.
Primary Responsibilities:
Integrations Development
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
Integrations Administration
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
Technical Leadership and Project Management:
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
Reporting & Audits:
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
Qualifications:
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
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in Higher Education is a plus
Current or Past Workday Studio Integration Certification will be a plus
Experience with Workday Studio, Orchestrate, Prism
Strong working knowledge of
BIRT
Experience with a programming language: Java, Python
Experience with query languages: SQL, WQL
Knowledge of Kainos automated testing tools.
Education
:
BA degree in technology field or commensurate professional experience
Working Conditions:
On-campus work preferred; remote and hybrid work arrangements will be considered upon request
Some occasional travel to Workday training and annual Workday Rising Conference
May require occasional evening and/or weekend work
This position is not eligible for immigration assistance.
Potential remote work from the following states:
• California
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Maryland
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
Category:
ITS - Admin
Performs such other duties, responsibilities, and activities as required by supervisor and as departmental/University needs indicate.
*Disclaimer
The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain and should not be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, activities, and/or qualifications required or expected of employees assigned to this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change and new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice.
All offers of employment are contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
Fairfield University provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Load a resume or CV first, then upload supporting documents including a cover letter at the bottom of the third page under the "My Experience" section where it says to upload a
Resume/CV
. You will be able to upload up to 5 other documents in this section. You will be unable to edit your application, so please have all documents available before applying.
Faculty Positions
: If you need to upload more than 5 documents, please either combine them to upload or email the additional documents to the applicable contact in the job description.
Staff positions
: If you need to upload more than 5 documents, please either combine them to upload or email them to hr@fairfield.edu