Solution Architect – Workday HRIS Transformation

The Recruitment Company Australia; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 100,000 - 131,000; Part time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company Australia seeks a seasoned Solution Architect to lead the HRIS transformation, with a strong focus on Workday and employee-facing platforms. You will own end-to-end solution architecture, drive integration strategy, and collaborate across business, technology and HR stakeholders to deliver scalable, target-state designs.

This long-term contract role emphasises governance, API-led integrations, and a unified HR technology landscape across an enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• Seasoned Solution Architect with HRIS/HR tech experience.
• Strong Workday expertise with multiple modules and deployments.
• Proven record delivering architecture for large HR transformation programmes.
• Deep understanding of APIs and enterprise integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end solution architecture across the HR technology portfolio.
• Develop target-state architectures for Workday and employee-facing platforms.
• Lead architectural decision-making across complex HR technology landscapes.
• Define and oversee integration strategies, including API-led patterns.
• Collaborate with business, technology and HR stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Coordinate with implementation partners and vendors to align with overall architecture.
• Provide governance for identity and access management.
• Support architectural governance, standards and technology decisions across the programme.
• Shape the future technology landscape within a major HR transformation.

Skills

Workday expertise

HRIS transformation

Enterprise integrations

API-led architecture

Identity & access management

SSO/MFA

Entra ID

SailPoint

Stakeholder management

Workday modules

Job description

Solution Architect – Workday HRIS Transformation

• Long Term Contracting role – Up to €625/day
• Hybrid working – occasional days in Central Dublin
• Huge transformation programme with a globally recognised brand

Solution Architect required for a long-term contracting role working on a major transformation programme, helping to overhaul and modernise legacy HRIS technology across a large-scale enterprise environment.

This is a newly created role with a genuine opportunity to influence the direction of the programme. You’ll take ownership of solution architecture across the HR portfolio, working closely with business stakeholders, internal technology teams and third-party implementation partners to define and deliver the target architecture.

The role has a strong focus on Workday and colleague-facing platforms, with the opportunity to shape how HR, Learning, Talent and Workforce Management technologies integrate across a complex enterprise landscape. Exposure to large-scale HR transformation programmes is highly desirable, alongside strong knowledge of multiple Workday modules.

You’ll have significant input into the overall system architecture, integration strategy and target-state design, while also helping to establish architectural governance across a number of internal business units and implementation vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end solution architecture across the HR technology portfolio.
• Develop target-state architectures for Workday and associated employee facing platforms.
• Lead architectural decision-making across complex HR technology landscapes.
• Define and oversee integration strategies, including API-led and enterprise integration patterns.
• Work closely with internal business, technology and HR stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Work with implementation partners and third-party vendors to ensure solutions align with the overall architecture.
• Provide architectural oversight across identity and access management.
• Support architectural governance, standards and technology decision-making across the programme.
• Help shape the future technology landscape as part of a significant HR transformation.

Desired Skills / Experience

• Seasoned Solution Architect with experience working within an HRIS / HR technology environment.
• Strong Workday expertise, ideally with exposure across multiple Workday modules and international deployments
• Proven experience delivering architecture within large-scale HR transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, APIs and API-led architecture.
• Experience with SSO, MFA, Entra ID and/or SailPoint would be advantageous.
• Comfortable defining target-state architecture and leading complex architectural decisions.
• Experience working across internal business units, technology teams and third-party implementation vendors.
• Experience within geographically distributed organisations would be a significant advantage.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate across both technical and business environments.