Remote-Eligible Workday Systems Administrator

Texas State Technical College; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas State Technical College seeks a Workday Systems Analyst, IT to administer and optimize the Workday platform across HCM, Finance, Payroll, and Student. You will configure business processes, manage security, and support continuous improvements while aligning with governance and compliance standards.

The role collaborates with stakeholders and IT teams to ensure secure, reliable operation and timely releases. Telework options may be considered; strong technical troubleshooting is essential.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, and four years of relevant experience in enterprise application administration, including demonstrated hands‑on experience with Workday configuration, security administration, business processes, and technical troubleshooting.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• Six or more years of progressively responsible experience supporting enterprise applications, including advanced Workday administration across multiple functional areas such as HCM, Finance, Payroll, or Student.
• Experience with Workday tenant administration, security frameworks, release management, integrations, reporting tools, and business process configuration.
• Workday Pro accreditation or related technical certifications preferred.
• Experience supporting Workday in higher education or a similarly complex organizational environment.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and optimize Workday applications across HCM, Finance, Payroll, and Student.
• Collaborate with functional departments to configure business processes, approval workflows, notifications, condition rules, calculated fields, and other system functionality.
• Evaluate configuration requests, recommend technical solutions, and implement approved changes consistent with institutional standards and business requirements.
• Administer Workday security groups, security domains, business process security policies, role assignments, and access permissions.
• Coordinate system updates, feature evaluations, testing, and deployment across Workday environments.
• Investigate and resolve incidents, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with Application Engineering and other IT teams to support Workday integrations, APIs, data exchanges, and related technical processes.
• Provide technical guidance on Workday capabilities, security, and configuration best practices.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration records, security procedures, knowledge articles, testing results, and change logs.

Skills

Workday administration

Security administration

Business process configuration

Troubleshooting

APIs and integrations

Data integrity

Documentation

Education

Associate degree in IT/CS/IS

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)

APIs

Job description

Texas State Technical College seeks a Workday Systems Analyst, IT to administer and optimize the Workday platform across HCM, Finance, Payroll, and Student. You will configure business processes, manage security, and support continuous improvements while aligning with governance and compliance standards.

The role collaborates with stakeholders and IT teams to ensure secure, reliable operation and timely releases. Telework options may be considered; strong technical troubleshooting is essential.