WORKDAY INTEGRATION DEVELOPER II

Memorial Health System; Springfield (IL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Workday Integration Specialist to design and maintain integrations between Workday and external systems. This remote role requires strong technical expertise in integration development, certifications in Workday, and the ability to collaborate effectively with various stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Workday integration development experience.
• Workday HCM and Integration Certifications required.
• Strong understanding of XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and maintain Workday integrations.
• Manage data flows between Workday and third-party systems.
• Troubleshoot integration failures and ensure data accuracy.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Communication

Project Management

Change Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Workday Studio

EIB

Core Connectors

Cloud Connect

SOAP

REST

Job description

Overview

The Workday Integration Specialist is responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and troubleshooting of integrations between Workday and external systems. This role ensures that data flows seamlessly and securely across platforms, supporting business operations and maintaining system integrity.

**This is a remote role, but you must reside in one of these 8 states Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin**

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Licensure/Certification/Registry:

• Required: Workday HCM Certification, Workday Integration Certification

• Desired: Workday Extend, Human Capital Management, Payroll, Reporting and Analytics, Security, and Platform Administrators Certifications

Experience:

• 3+ years of Workday integration development experience, with hands-on expertise in Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Web Services (SOAP/REST).

• Strong understanding of XML, XSLT, SOAP, and REST-based web services.

• Demonstrated experience supporting integrations for Payroll, Benefits, Financial, Supply Chain, and other HCM-related systems

• Experience troubleshooting complex integrations and working with middleware platforms.

• Ability to document technical processes and communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders.

Other Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Accountability: Ability to hold people accountable to standards of performance or ensure compliance using the power of one’s position or force of personality appropriately and effectively, with the long-term good of the organization in mind.

• Analytical Thinking: Developing a deeper understanding of a situation, issue or problem by breaking it down or tracing its implications step-by-step. It includes organizing the parts of a situation, issue or problem systematically; making systematic comparisons of different feature or aspects; setting priorities on a rational basis; and identifying time sequences, casual relationships, or if-then relationships.

• Change Leadership: Ability to energize stakeholders and sustain their commitment to changes in approaches, processes, and strategies.

• Collaboration: Ability to work cooperatively and inclusively with other individuals and/or teams not formally lead; working together as opposed to working separately or competitively.

• Communication: Ability to use written and spoken communication in formal and informal situations to convey meaning, build shared understanding, and productively move agendas forward.

• Initiative: Ability to identify a problem, obstacle or opportunity and then act to address current or future problems or opportunities. Initiative emphasizes proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future actions.

• Project Management: Ability to plan, execute and oversee a multi-year project involving significant resources, scope and impact.

• Strategic Orientation: Ability to consider the business, demographic, ethno-cultural, and regulatory implications of decisions and develop strategies that continually improve the long-term success and viability of the organization.

• Team Leadership: Ability to lead groups of people toward shared visions and goals, from forming a team that possesses balanced capabilities, to setting its mission, values and norms, and holding colleagues accountable individually and as a group for results.

Responsibilities

Embodies the Memorial Health System Performance Excellence Standards of Safety, Quality, Integrity and Stewardship that support our mission, vision and values:

• SAFETY:Prevent Harm - I will put safety first in everything I do. I will speak up, without fear, on matters of patient and colleague safety. I will take action to create an environment of zero harm.

• QUALITY: Improve Outcomes - I will continually advance my knowledge and skills. I will seek out continuous improvement opportunities. I will deliver evidence-based care that leads to excellence in outcomes.

• INTEGRITY:Show respect and Compassion - I will respect others and show compassion. I will behave honestly and ethically. I will be accountable for my attitude, actions and health.

• STEWARDSHIP: Reduce Waste - I will use resources wisely and maintain financial stability. I will work together to coordinate care and services across the health system. I will promote healthier communities.

Integration Development & Maintenance:

• Design, build, test, and maintain scalable and efficient integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, and Workday Web Services (REST/SOAP APIs).
• Manage both inbound and outbound data flows between Workday and third-party systems, including vendors supporting payroll, benefits, time tracking, and other HCM-related services.
• Implement and support integrations leveraging technologies such as PECI, PICOF, CCB, XSLT, and RaaS.
• Monitor integration schedules, handle error notifications, and ensure data synchronization across platforms.
• Support complex third-party integrations.
• Troubleshoot integration failures, resolve data mismatches, and manage exception handling to ensure accurate data transmission and minimal disruption.
• Maintain reusable integration components and adhere to Workday development best practices for long-term sustainability.

Data Management & System Optimization:

• Ensure the integrity, security, and accuracy of data exchanged between Workday and external systems.
• Continuously evaluate and optimize integration performance, reliability, and automation opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal teams (HR, Payroll, Finance, IT) and external vendors to streamline data exchange and improve end-to-end workflows.
• Support integrations between tools, with an emphasis on optimizing performance and enforcing single source of truth design principles.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of integration designs, architecture diagrams, use cases, error handling, and resolution procedures.
• Support data transformation efforts using XSLT, MVEL, and calculated fields within integrations.
• Participate in efforts to simplify integration of architecture and reduce technical debt across the Workday ecosystem.

Technical Support & Collaboration:

• Act as the subject matter expert for all Workday integrations, providing technical consultation and support to cross-functional teams.
• Partner with business analysts and Workday system administrators to gather integration requirements and translate them into scalable, secure technical solutions.
• Ensure integrations are aligned with internal data governance, security standards, and compliance requirements (e.g., PII handling, audit controls), quality of the program code and operational effectiveness.
• Assist with Workday releases and feature updates, conducting impact assessments and performing necessary regression testing for integrations, ensuring all deployment and rollback steps are documented & tested, and plans are coordinated.
• Contribute to agile planning and project execution using tools such as JIRA and Asana, supporting multiple concurrent integration projects and change requests.
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior developers or team members as needed.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.