Workday AI Solutions Engineer

Cardinal Health; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 125,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401k savings plan

Paid time off

Wages-on-demand via myFlexPay

Job summary

Cardinal Health is hiring a Workday AI Solutions Engineer to turn complex HCM needs into AI-enabled HR applications, automated workflows, and integrations. You’ll collaborate with HR and technology teams to deliver scalable Workday Extend solutions and AI-driven experiences for employees and HR users.

The role requires deep Workday expertise, knowledge of HCM processes, security and data models, and the ability to evaluate opportunities based on business value and feasibility.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, developing, deploying, and supporting Workday Extend applications in production.
• Strong understanding of Workday platform, including security, reporting, data sources, and integrations.
• Experience with Workday integration technologies such as REST and SOAP APIs, Workday Studio, EIBs, Cloud Connect, Workday Orchestrate, or event-driven integrations.
• Ability to translate HCM challenges into technical solutions across Recruiting, Compensation, Talent, Payroll, Core HCM, Benefits, Time, or Absence.
• Experience evaluating solution options and communicating feasibility, complexity, risks, and value.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting across apps, security, integrations, data.
• Experience implementing or supporting Workday AI capabilities, Sana, agents, or related capabilities.
• Experience designing AI-enabled workflows that interact with Workday data securely.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI concepts like LLMs, prompt design, retrieval-augmented generation, governance.

Responsibilities

• Identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities to improve HCM processes using Workday Extend and AI capabilities.
• Design, build, test, and support Workday Extend applications for intuitive employee experiences.
• Evaluate Workday AI capabilities and custom agents based on value, feasibility, security, and adoption readiness.
• Develop proofs of concept and iterate with stakeholders toward production implementations.
• Apply understanding of Workday security, data models, APIs, and integrations to ensure effective operation.
• Design integrations across Workday and third-party platforms using REST, SOAP, Workday Orchestrate, Studio, EIBs.
• Configure permissions and authentication with Workday Security and enterprise teams.
• Establish standards for Extend and AI solutions including deployment, monitoring, and documentation.
• Monitor adoption, performance, API usage, and business outcomes to improve value.
• Stay current on Workday releases and AI offerings; assess opportunities for adoption.
• Communicate options, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Promote responsible AI practices including oversight and data protection.

Skills

Workday Extend

Workday AI

HCM processes

APIs

Integrations

Security

Workday Orchestrate

Workday Studio

Agent management

AI governance

Tools

REST APIs

SOAP APIs

EIBs

Cloud Connect

Job description

Cardinal Health is hiring a Workday AI Solutions Engineer to turn complex HCM needs into AI-enabled HR applications, automated workflows, and integrations. You’ll collaborate with HR and technology teams to deliver scalable Workday Extend solutions and AI-driven experiences for employees and HR users.

The role requires deep Workday expertise, knowledge of HCM processes, security and data models, and the ability to evaluate opportunities based on business value and feasibility.