Workday Architect

Educology Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Educology Solutions in Washington, DC is seeking a strategic Workday architect to influence Finance, SCM, and HCM domains. You will lead enterprisewide solution design, governance, and futurestate architecture, with visibility to executive leadership.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of Workday leadership, deep configuration and governance experience, and a proven ability to translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions across FIN, SCM or HCM.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree OR 10+ years without a degree.
• Proven Workday leadership experience within Finance, Supply Chain, or Human Capital Management.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Deep knowledge of Workday configuration, business processes, security, reporting, and governance.
• Experience creating solution designs, estimates, and delivery plans across multiple workstreams.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities involving integrations, data issues, security access, and performance.
• Experience leading endtoend Workday lifecycle efforts including discovery, design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead design decisionmaking.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops.
• Gather requirements and map futurestate business processes.
• Translate business needs into Workday technical solutions.
• Develop and govern solution designs, business process designs, security models, reporting strategies, testing strategies, and data/worktag strategies.
• Establish configuration standards and architectural guardrails.
• Guide tenant configuration including business processes, security roles, organizational structures, compensation frameworks, eligibility rules, and validations.
• Lead SIT/UAT planning and execution.
• Coordinate defect triage and ensure traceability from requirements through testing.
• Oversee reporting governance.
• Guide inbound/outbound data strategies, conversions, integrations, and data validation activities.

Skills

Executive-level communication

Stakeholder management

Facilitation of requirements workshops

Leadership and decisionmaking

Ability to influence stakeholders and設

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

10+ years experience without a degree

Tools

Workday Pro Certification

Workday Prism Analytics

Workday Extend

EIB

Core Connectors

Studio integrations

Job description

• Strategic architect role with broad influence across Workday Finance, SCM, and HCM.
• Opportunity to lead enterprisewide solution design and governance.
• Visibility with business and technology leadership.
• Ability to shape futurestate Workday architecture and standards across the organization.
• Strong preference for candidates with deep Workday architecture experience across FIN, SCM, or HCM domains.

JOB SUMMARY

• Strategic architect role with broad influence across Workday Finance, SCM, and HCM.
• Opportunity to lead enterprisewide solution design and governance.
• Visibility with business and technology leadership.
• Ability to shape futurestate Workday architecture and standards across the organization.
• Strong preference for candidates with deep Workday architecture experience across FIN, SCM, or HCM domains.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

30% - Business & Solution Architecture

• Lead discovery workshops.
• Gather requirements and map futurestate business processes.
• Translate business needs into Workday technical solutions.

25% - Solution Design & Governance

• Develop and govern solution designs, business process designs, security models, reporting strategies, testing strategies, and data/worktag strategies.
• Establish configuration standards and architectural guardrails.

20% - Workday Configuration Strategy

• Guide tenant configuration including business processes, security roles, organizational structures, compensation frameworks, eligibility rules, and validations.

15% - Testing & Release Readiness

• Lead SIT/UAT planning and execution.
• Coordinate defect triage and ensure traceability from requirements through testing.

10% - Reporting, Integrations & Data Strategy

• Oversee reporting governance.
• Guide inbound/outbound data strategies, conversions, integrations, and data validation activities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor's degree OR 10+ years without a degree.
• Proven Workday leadership experience within Finance, Supply Chain, or Human Capital Management.
• Experience translating business requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
• Deep knowledge of Workday configuration, business processes, security, reporting, and governance.
• Experience creating solution designs, estimates, and delivery plans across multiple workstreams.
• Strong troubleshooting capabilities involving integrations, data issues, security access, and performance.
• Experience leading endtoend Workday lifecycle efforts including discovery, design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and lead design decisionmaking.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders.

Soft Skills

• Executivelevel communication
• Stakeholder management
• Facilitation of requirements workshops
• Leadership and decisionmaking
• Ability to manage competing priorities and tradeoffs

Pluses

• Workday Pro Certification(s)
• Experience with largescale data conversions and cutovers
• Workday Prism Analytics
• Workday Extend
• Payroll interfaces
• Benefits and Finance integrations
• Identity and Access Management / SSO experience
• Experience with EIB, Core Connectors, and Studio integrations
• Advanced reporting and calculated field expertise
• Functional architecture and process design experience utilizing a fittostandard approach

Education Requirements/Experience In Lieu Of

• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Candidates without a degree must have 10+ years of relevant experience.