Applications Engineer

Covenant Living Communities and Services; Skokie (IL); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

PTO & six paid holidays

403(b) with employer match

Fitness center access

Job summary

Covenant Living is seeking an Application Engineer to serve as security architect and administrator for Workday HCM, Payroll, Purchasing, and Finance platforms. You will design, implement, and test access controls, workflows, and data connections with third‑party systems.

You will partner with Strategic Sourcing, Finance, HR, and IT to ensure secure, compliant operations, manage integration connectors, reporting, and release management, and provide training and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Workday Pro Certification preferred.
• Experience with Workday configuration, reporting, and security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Serve as security architect and administrator for Workday platforms.
• Design, build, test data connections between Workday and third parties.
• Manage role-based access control and security policies.
• Administer Workday integration connectors and monitor statuses.
• Develop Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics for stakeholders.
• Coordinate release management and end-user training.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, or related field

Workday Pro Certification

Tools

Workday

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

Job description

We Are Inspired to Serve. Join us! The Application Engineer position serves as security architect and administrator for Covenant Living’s Workday HCM, Payroll, Purchasing, and Finance platforms. This role is primarily responsible for supporting and managing the role based access control, policies, and configurations used to manage access to data and functionality within the Workday platform. Responsibilities also include designing, building, and testing the data connections between the Workday ecosystem and third‑party systems.

The Applications Engineer serves as a hybrid functional-technical partner to Strategic Sourcing, Finance, Human Resources, and IT, ensuring Workday role compliance, vendor integrations, and reporting structures operate efficiently, securely, and in alignment with organizational strategy.

Workday Security & Business Process Management

Configure and maintain security groups, role assignments, and domain security policies. Administer intersection security roles following best-practice minimal-access principles. Maintain and develop Workday business processes supporting enterprise operations.

Workday Integration Administration

Administer Workday Integration connectors, including payroll, benefits, vendor catalogs, punch-outs, user groups, and security settings. Address break-fix issues and monitor integration statuses. Document and publish solutions to common issues.

Reporting, Analytics & Dashboards

Identify reporting needs, analyze procurement trends, and develop Workday reports/dashboards. Provide key metric reporting to stakeholders, highlighting challenges, opportunities, and efficiency improvements.

Workday Release Management & Training

Monitor Workday scheduled releases, test impacts in Sandbox, evaluate new features, and recommend process changes. Facilitate documentation and end‑user training for new capabilities.

Workday Change Management

Helps guide cross functional group and change management process within the Workday platform.

Technical Documentation

Maintain internal trainings, technical documentation, diagrams, and process guides.

Preferred Degree

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Supply Chain, or related field

Preferred Certificate(s)

Workday Pro Certification (Security, Reporting, Procurement, or relevant functional area)

Experience

• 4+ years of working directly with Workday configuration, reporting, and security frameworks
• Official Workday Pro certification is preferred.
• Experience with Workday intersection security and business process modeling
• Experience developing integrations, catalogs, and Workday reports
• Experience in Healthcare, Senior Living, or related field (preferred, but not required)

Knowledge, Skills, And Ability

• Strong problem‑solving and analytical skills
• Ability to apply new technical knowledge quickly
• Deep understanding of Workday Configuration ownership and data knowledge.
• Strong understanding of Workday security architecture, business processes, and integration accounts.
• Strong attention to detail with ability to validate reasonableness of outcomes
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• High learning agility and organizational skills
• Strong proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with limited supervision

Compensation Pay Range

$84,459.00 - $126,687.00 per year

Reasonable Pay Estimate

A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $84,459.00 - $126,687.00 per year. There are numerous factors taken into consideration in determining the actual offered rate of pay, including but not limited to: job‑related qualifications, experience, skills, education, geographic location, and consideration of internal and external equity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer paid group term life and disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO) & six paid holidays
• 403(b) with a 3% employer match
• Fitness center use at most facilities.
• Various voluntary benefits:
• Life, AD&D
• Tuition assistance and scholarships
• Employee assistance program
• Legal services, home/auto insurance, discount purchasing program
• Pet Insurance

For more information about Covenant Living and CovenantCare at Home, please visit www.covliving.org or www.covenantcareathome.org.

Covenant Living and CovenantCare Home Health and Hospice are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances.