Workday Architect at FirstDay Foundation in San Antonio, Texas

Job Description:

It's a great feeling to work for a company that does so much good for others around the world!



Education: Required-Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.


Experience: Required- A minimum of 5 years of professional Workday solution design and development, with exposure to various Workday modules, such as HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Time Tracking, Talent & Performance, and Advanced Compensation. A minimum of 3 years of leadership experience.


Certifications: Workday certification in one or more of the following areas: Workday Integration, Workday Studio, Workday Report Writer, Workday Calculated Fields, Workday Security, Workday Prism Analytics, or Workday Adaptive Planning



Critical Action Items:

1. Manage and mentor a team of Workday administrators, analysts, and developers, promoting knowledge sharing and skill development.
2. Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Workday support team, ensuring timely resolution of issues and requests.
3. Drive a high-performance culture by setting goals and tracking performance.
4. Ability to work in a fast paced, agile, and reaction-driven technology support role. The ability to manage multiple priorities is a must have.
5. Provide end to end architecture for ERP projects to ensure the detailed design and development processes remain consistent with the overall enterprise architecture.
6. Lead and advise on architect-initiated quality projects (e.g., scalability, maintainability; security; extensibility) to bring successful conclusion and implementation.
7. Identify issues between the architecture and vendor solution implementation.
8. Identify solutions and formulate implementation and migration strategies.
9. Provide expertise in technical knowledge, methodology and framework, data integration and data flows, enterprise architecture, and software development and coding.
10. Communication and presentation skills with a high degree of comfort to large and small technical audiences.
11. Work with the appropriate teams to define strategies for networking, server platform, desktop services, and security required to support relevant technical environments.
12. Understand functionality of various ERP modules and participate in design sessions to determine if customizations are needed to fit the overall requirements.
13. Lead orientation and planning review sessions with the Information Technology Project Management Officer (PMO) project managers.
14. Understand latest technology, solutions, and industry trends and conceptualize functional solutions that address business needs, opportunities, and issues.
15. Collect, analyze, and track data to ensure compliance and implementation of best practices.
16. Develop and implement backup, contingency, and disaster recovery plans for the ERP system, ensuring data integrity and minimizing downtime in the event of system failures or disruptions.
17. Provide guidance and support to the organization in optimizing the utilization of ERP licenses, including monitoring license usage, identifying underutilized licenses, license compliance, and recommending strategies for license optimization.



Requirements:

1. Demonstrated experience leading a team of Workday administrators, analysts, or developers.
2. Ability to work with different teams across organizations to present and communicate analytical findings independently.
3. Experience in restructuring business and IT processes within an ERP framework.
4. Assist in vendor selection process (RFx) and provides recommendations for investment in technology solutions, supported by appropriate ROI, total cost of ownership, and/or cost benefit analyses.
5. Comprehensive expertise in enterprise asset management (EAM), CRM, workforce management (WFM), and human resource management systems (HRMS).
6. Strict adherence to time frames, policy, and procedure.
7. Ability to prioritize duties and multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
8. Excellent organizational, verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
9. Ability to work well independently and in a team.



Other Responsibilities:

1. May assist with compliance audits as required.
2. Perform other job duties as assigned.


FirstDay Foundation is committed to following immunization recommendations produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). As such, our company policy requires that all employees must receive an annual Influenza vaccination or obtain an approved exemption from FirstDay Foundation as a medical or religious accommodation. This is a condition of employment, and all new hires will be responsible for providing proof.


Here at FirstDay Foundation, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Please feel free to apply for this position even if your work experience and education do not align perfectly with every requirement for this job description. You may very well be the perfect candidate for this role or other ones that we have open. Thank you for your interest in joining our mission!


FirstDay Foundation is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Employer. It has been and will continue to be a fundamental policy of FirstDay Foundation, not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, veteran or military status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, demotion, compensation, training, working conditions, transfer, job assignments, benefits, layoff, and termination.

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