Workday Senior Engineer

MissionSquare; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 107,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive total rewards

Hybrid work schedules

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development opportunities

Wellness programs

Volunteerism initiatives

Equal Employment Opportunity

Job summary

MissionSquare is seeking a Senior Engineer for the Workday Platform to govern, configure, and enhance the Workday system across HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning. You will collaborate with HR, Finance, and Tech leadership to ensure aligned, scalable solutions and oversee release management and change control.

The role requires 7–10 years of enterprise SaaS/Wokday experience, strong governance skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple functions and

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of progressive experience supporting, administering, configuring, and governing enterprise SaaS applications, including substantial Workday experience across multiple functional areas.
• Experience with SaaS governance, release management, change control, enhancement intake, and cross-functional impact assessment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Workday module experts, integration developers, project managers, security engineers, business stakeholders, external service providers, and senior management.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical owner for Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning, ensuring consistent configuration and platform stability.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and Technology leaders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Lead the Workday change control process, including assessment of impacts, dependencies, security and integration implications, testing, deployment, and validation.
• Develop and maintain the Workday platform roadmap and configuration standards aligned with business objectives.
• Lead planning and execution of Workday biannual releases and other upgrades, including impact assessments and training.

Skills

Workday

HCM

Payroll

Financials

Procurement

Governance

Change control

Security

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday integrations

Job description

Join a great place to work with MissionSquare, a financial services corporation with approximately $79 billion in assets under management and administration and over 600 employees. Founded in 1972, MissionSquare is dedicated to the retirement needs of public sector employees. We focus on delivering results-oriented retirement and retiree health savings plans, education, investment options, personalized guidance, and related services to public sector participants in more than 9,200 plans and nearly 2 million participant accounts. We strive to make the administration of retirement programs as easy and cost-effective as possible. We have an extraordinary talent base and invite you to consider joining MissionSquare.$107,070.00 - $171,320.00The Senior Engineer, Workday Platform is responsible for the governance, configuration, support, enhancement, stability, and strategic administration of the organization's Workday platform, including Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning. This role coordinates and oversees configuration completed by module experts and partners closely with HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, Technology, and external service providers to ensure changes are aligned across the Workday platform, business processes are effectively enabled through technology solutions, and potential downstream impacts are identified and addressed.Essential Functions for this role include:Serve as the primary technical owner for Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning, ensuring consistent configuration, ongoing system effectiveness, stability, and business alignment across the platform.Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and Technology leaders to understand business priorities and translate requirements into scalable system solutions.Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, software vendors, managed service providers, and Technology teams.Manage relationships with Workday and third-party support providers, including service delivery oversight, issue escalation, performance management, and periodic service reviews.Oversee application support activities and ensure internal and external support resources meet service level commitments.Coordinate and govern the intake, evaluation, prioritization, and approval of enhancement requests across HR, Payroll, Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and Planning functions, ensuring proposed solutions are aligned across Workday modules.Lead the Workday change control process, including assessment of business and technical impacts, cross-module dependencies, security and integration implications, prioritization, resource allocation, testing, scheduling, deployment, and post-deployment validation activities.Develop and maintain the Workday platform roadmap and configuration standards aligned with business objectives, technology strategies, and vendor product direction.Lead planning and execution of Workday biannual releases and other platform upgrades, including cross-module impact assessments, regression testing coordination, stakeholder communications, training activities, deployment readiness, and post-deployment validation.Evaluate new Workday and Adaptive Planning functionality and recommend adoption opportunities that improve business processes, controls, reporting, platform stability, and user experience.Manage and deliver Workday enhancement initiatives and projects, including scope definition, requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, coordination and review of configuration completed by module experts, resource planning, budget management, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.Performs other duties as assignedIf you have the following skills, we encourage you to apply:Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Human Resources, Finance, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.7 to 10 years of progressive experience supporting, administering, configuring, and governing enterprise SaaS applications, including substantial Workday experience across multiple functional areas.SaaS application governance, configuration, release management, change control, enhancement intake, and cross-functional impact assessment.Experience troubleshooting technical, security, integration, configuration, and functional issues across the Workday platform.Workday administration, configuration, and governance across HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, Adaptive Planning, Security, Reporting, and Integrations.Business process analysis, requirements translation, solution design, testing/UAT coordination, deployment validation, and stakeholder communication.Strong understanding of finance, accounting, payroll, HR, procurement, planning, and reporting processes including cross-functional dependencies across the Workday platform.Access controls, role/security governance, Workday configuration standards, SOC/CUEC coordination, audit evidence support, and compliance-related controls.Ability to communicate effectively with Workday module experts, integration developers, project managers, security engineers, business stakeholders, external service providers, and senior management.Experience evaluating and coordinating configuration changes across multiple Workday modules to ensure consistency, alignment, and minimal downstream impact.Experience leading Workday releases, upgrades, regression testing, deployment readiness activities, and change governance processes.Ability to assess business and technical impacts of proposed configuration changes, including security, integrations, reporting, payroll, and financial dependencies.Ability to establish and maintain Workday governance standards, documentation, and platform best practices. To benefit your career and support your wellbeing, we offer:Competitive Total Rewards package , including base pay, incentive programs, benefits, and a 401(k) plan with matching contributionsFlexible and hybrid work schedules to support work-life balanceTuition reimbursement to support continued educationProfessional and career development opportunities , including courses and certificationsComprehensive wellness programs promoting physical, mental, and emotional healthVolunteerism initiatives to encourage community engagementEqual Employment OpportunityAs a company, MissionSquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create an environment that reflects the value and diversity of our employees and fosters respect among them. We believe that talent from diverse backgrounds will further enhance our ability, and mission, to serve those who serve their communities.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected classifications under any applicable law.This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.