Workday Integration Specialist

Job Description for Workday Integration Specialist

Job Summary:

As a Workday Data & Integration Specialist, you will serve as the senior technical authority for

Workday integrations, advanced reporting, and analytics. This role is responsible for designing,

developing, and optimizing a scalable, secure data ecosystem that supports enterprise HCM,

Payroll, and Financials requirements.

You will partner closely with functional leaders and executive stakeholders to translate business

strategy into effective technical solutions. In this role, you will be expected to author detailed

technical specifications, evaluate existing custom processes in legacy system, and proactively

rework or challenge them to improve efficiency, scalability, and alignment with best practices

while moving those processes to Workday.

Key Responsibilities

1. Workday Integrations & APIs

Design and develop complex Workday inbound and outbound integrations across

HCM, Payroll, and Financials

Strong hands-on experience with Workday Studio, including:

o API orchestration, transformation, sequencing, and error handling

o Inbound integrations consuming data from external systems

o Outbound integrations delivering data to downstream systems

o Implement data validation, reconciliation, and error reporting mechanisms

Expose and consume Workday REST APIs for upstream and downstream systems

Develop integrations using:

o Studio-based integrations using Workday REST and SOAP Web Services

o RAAS-based integrations using Document Transformation

Experience working with Workday Cloud Connect, including extending core connectors

using calculated fields and Studio

2. Reporting & Analytics

Design and Develop scalable reporting using Calculated Fields in Advanced, Composite,

and Matrix Reports

Designs and builds custom business-form layouts using BIRT for high-impact outputs

such as offer letters, invoices, and payslips

Design and Develop advanced reporting solutions using Prism Analytics, Discovery

Boards, and Matrix Reporting

3. Custom Objects & Data Integration

Design and work with Workday Custom Objects

Build Studio-based integrations to:

o Load data from external systems into Custom Objects

o Handle insert, update, and delete operations

Extract Custom Object data for outbound integrations

4. Business Process & Functional Support

Design and build Business Process (BP) definitions

Manage effective-dated BP changes

Coordinate BP regression testing during Workday releases

Hands-on experience with:

o Time Tracking

o Absence Management

5. Security & Integration Governance

Strong understanding of the Workday security model

Configure and manage:

o Integration System Users (ISU)

o Integration Security Groups (ISSG)

Manage domain and Business Process (BP) security for integrations

Ensure secure authentication (OAuth, certificates) and audit compliance

6. Release & Production Support

Troubleshoot integration and reporting issues across environments

Support Workday release updates, including impact analysis and testing

Ensure smooth adoption of new features and enhancements

Provide ongoing production and AMS support

Experience & Qualification:

710 years with strong hands-on Workday Integration experience

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field

Technical Skills

Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, DIS, DT, RAAS

Workday REST API & SOAP Web Services

XSLT, XML, JSON

Integration security and API authentication

Workday Advanced, Composite and Matrix Reports and Calculated Fields

Strong debugging and performance optimization skills