HR Integrations IT Specialist / Engineer

McKesson; Richmond (VA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental

Health

401K

Generous PTO

Management incentive program

Job summary

McKesson in Richmond, VA, seeks an HR Integrations IT Specialist/Engineer to design, build, and monitor automated data interfaces between Dayforce HCM and ERP/payroll systems. You will own end-to-end data flows, real-time and batch processing, and ensure security and compliance.

You will work with Dayforce APIs, iPaaS tools, and secure file protocols, partnering with IT security to maintain JML provisioning, 834 EDI feeds, and GL exports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
• 4+ years of hands-on Dayforce HCM integration experience.
• Experience designing, building, testing, and deploying data interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy Dayforce data integrations (XML/XSLT, REST/SOAP, Webhooks).
• Configure iPaaS integrations (Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps, Workato) to connect Dayforce with enterprise systems.
• Build secure file exchanges using SFTP/FTPS with PGP encryption.
• Monitor integration logs, resolve payload failures, and enforce security controls across interfaces.
• Lead SDLC governance and change management for integration builds.

Skills

Dayforce integration

IAM

Data mapping

Security controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

Dell Boomi

MuleSoft

Azure Logic Apps

Workato

SFTP/FTPS

PGP encryption

SQL

Dayforce APIs

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve - we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow's health today, we want to hear from you.

HR Integrations IT Specialist / Engineer

Richmond, VA, USA - 9954 Mayland Drive - hybrid (2-3 times/week)

• dental
• health
• 401K
• generous PTO
• management incentive program

Position Overview

The HR Integrations IT Specialist / Engineer serves as the core technical authority responsible for designing, building, maintaining, and monitoring all automated data interfaces connecting the Dayforce HCM platform with downstream business applications, IT infrastructure, and external third-party vendors.

Leveraging Dayforce's Web Services APIs, XML/XSLT Data Transformations, and secure file protocols, this role ensures seamless real-time and batch data flows for employee lifecycle management (JML/IAM), multi-state payroll, benefit carrier feeds (834 EDI), General Ledger (GL) postings, and enterprise ERP syncs.

Key Responsibilities

Dayforce Integration Architecture & API Engineering

• Design, develop, test, and deploy inbound and outbound data integrations using Dayforce Data Transformations (XML, XSLT, XPath) , Dayforce Web Services APIs (REST/SOAP) , and Webhooks .
• Configure middleware / iPaaS integrations (e.g., Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps, Workato ) to orchestrate data movement between Dayforce and enterprise systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow).
• Build automated secure file exchanges using SFTP/FTPS protocols with mandatory PGP/GPG encryption for sensitive vendor interfaces.

Identity Management (IAM) & Core Business Interfaces

• Partner with IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security to maintain automated Joiner, Mover, Leaver (JML) employee provisioning feeds connecting Dayforce master data to Identity & Access Management (IAM) tools like Okta, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), and Active Directory .
• Build and maintain 834 EDI carrier feeds to health plans, 401(k)/pension provider interface files, timekeeping interfaces, and custom General Ledger (GL) posting exports.
• Build and audit banking/payroll file transformations, ensuring strict adherence to ACH / NACHA and ISO 20012 formats .

Systems Monitoring, Security & Troubleshooting

• Actively monitor Dayforce integration execution logs, establish automated error notification alerts, and resolve payload failures, schema mismatches, or network timeouts.
• Implement strict data security controls across all Dayforce data interfaces to safeguard confidential employee PII, compensation data, and health records in transit (SOC 1/2, HIPAA, GDPR/CCPA).
• Serve as the Tier 3 technical point of contact for integration outages, API endpoint updates, and data synchronization issues.

Dayforce Updates, Testing & Governance

• Lead regression testing and schema validation for all active integrations during Dayforce Service Packs, weekly platform updates, and API version deprecations .
• Maintain comprehensive integration mapping documents, technical specs, data dictionaries, and API endpoint inventories within the IT knowledge repository.
• Enforce IT Change Management procedures and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices across all Dayforce integration builds.

Minimum Qualifications

Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of relevant experience.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience: 4+ years of hands-in-hand integration engineering experience specifically focused on the Dayforce (Ceridian) HCM platform.

Technical Mastery

• Demonstrated proficiency in authoring XSLT, XML, and XPath for Dayforce Data Transformations.
• Hands-in-hand experience building and consuming Dayforce Web Services APIs (REST / SOAP) and Webhooks.
• Experience utilizing enterprise iPaaS tools (e.g., Dell Boomi, MuleSoft, Azure Logic Apps, or Workato ) to integrate Dayforce with third-party software.
• Strong relational database and querying skills ( SQL ) for data validation, testing, and mapping.
• Expertise with secure file transfer protocols ( SFTP/FTPS ) and PGP encryption .

Domain Knowledge

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Preferred Certifications

• Dayforce Integration Specialist Certifica