Senior Workday Integration & Reporting Specialist

Senior Workday Integration & Reporting Specialist
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Workday Integration Specialist to lead the design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise-wide Workday integrations across HR, Payroll, Finance, Benefits, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, and third-party applications. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Workday integration technologies, enterprise architecture, middleware platforms, data transformation, security, and cloud integration best practices. This role will partner with business stakeholders, functional consultants, technical teams, and external vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing integration solutions that support global HR and digital transformation initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Integration Strategy & Solution Design
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of end-to-end Workday integration solutions.
Define integration frameworks, standards, governance, and best practices for enterprise deployments.
Collaborate with business and functional teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Design real-time, event-driven, batch, and API-based integrations between Workday and external systems.
Workday Integration Certification
Develop and maintain Workday integrations using: Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, Workday Extend integrations, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs) and Workday Messaging and Event Framework
Build complex inbound and outbound interfaces for employee, payroll, benefits, recruiting, talent, learning, and finance data exchanges.
Develop reusable integration components and accelerators.
Implement secure file transfers, API management, web services, and message-based integrations.
Support hybrid cloud and multi-system integration landscapes.
Security & Compliance
Implement Workday security best practices for integrations, APIs, and service accounts.
Configure and maintain authentication mechanisms including OAuth, SAML, certificates, and encryption protocols.
Ensure compliance with GDPR, SOX, HIPAA, and organizational security standards.
Conduct security reviews and risk assessments for integration solutions.
Testing & Release Management
Lead unit, system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing activities.
Develop test strategies, test cases, and integration validation frameworks.
Support Workday bi-annual releases by performing impact assessments and remediation activities.
Manage deployment processes across tenant environments.
Production Support & Optimization
Provide Level 3 support for integration issues and critical production incidents.
Monitor integration performance and proactively address failures and bottlenecks.
Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventive measures.
Optimize integration architecture for scalability, reliability, and performance.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and business leaders to align integration solutions with organizational objectives.
Coordinate with third-party vendors and implementation partners.
Mentor junior integration consultants and developers.
Support pre-sales, solution demonstrations, estimations, and project planning activities.
Workday Integration Expertise
Workday Studio
Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
Core Connectors
Cloud Connect
Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST)
Workday Extend
Workday Messaging Framework
Report-as-a-Service (RaaS)
Calculated Fields
Workday Business Process Framework
Preferred Skills
Workday Extend application development.
Experience with AI-driven HR automation and intelligent workflow solutions.
Experience Requirements
8+ years of enterprise integration experience and 5+ years of hands-on Workday integration development and architecture experience.
Proven experience delivering multiple full lifecycle Workday implementations.
Experience supporting global and multi-country Workday deployments.
Strong experience with complex payroll, benefits, recruiting, talent, and finance integrations.
Additional Requirements
Must be willing to work from the office 5 days a week.
Must be able to work from Bengaluru, Noida, or Hyderabad.
Flexibility to support business-critical activities, including financial close cycles, production deployments, and system upgrades outside regular business hours when required.