Description
We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our team, focusing on security architecture and administration for Workday HCM and Workday Financials modules within IT Finance and Employee Success. The successful candidate will work independently with minimal supervision, breaking down requirements, configuring systems, testing, and validating results.
Responsibilities:
- Decompose product manager-authored use cases into detailed technical requirements, user stories, edge cases, and validation rules
- Perform hands-on configuration across assigned platforms, evaluating design tradeoffs and documenting rationales
- Conduct build vs. buy feasibility assessments and provide recommendations to product managers
- Lead UAT execution for assigned features, preparing test environments, guiding business SMEs through testing, and triaging/resolving defects
- Write and maintain integration-aware test cases and execute end-to-end regression testing
- Identify upstream/downstream integration impacts and coordinate with integration engineers
- Author release notes documenting changes, testing, and known impacts
- Perform peer reviews of configuration work and manage periodic platform release implementation
- Own SOX IT Application Control mechanics for assigned systems, completing quarterly control certifications and supporting audit walkthroughs
- Participate in backlog refinement and Big Room Planning sessions
- Begin contributing to AI/Agent build tasks, configuring and testing basic Agentforce flows or platform AI features
- Support production triage and contribute to root cause analysis when issues occur
Requirements:
- 3-5 years of hands-on configuration/implementation experience with Workday
- Demonstrated ability to independently break down business use cases into detailed technical requirements
- Experience leading UAT execution and defect triage
- Working knowledge of platform security frameworks, business processes, and reporting/integration
- Experience with SOX or similar compliance control ownership
- Related technical degree required
Nice to Have:
- Basic exposure to configuring or testing AI/agentic features
- Experience managing scheduled Workday platform release cycles
- Familiarity with integration frameworks and coordinating with integration engineers
- Experience with Version Control, Code Collaboration, and Continuous Integration systems
- Exposure to Geo Expansion or M&A system onboarding activities
- Workday Security Pro certified
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary ($117,200 - $223,900 annually)
- Comprehensive benefits package, including time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and employee stock purchasing program