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Senior Workday Architect

Waterloo, Ontario, CanadaFull-time$104k–$130k2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design authority for the University's Workday platform, establishing architecture, configuration principles, integrations, security, and reporting standards for HCM, Payroll, and Financial Management.

Role type

Senior Workday Architect

Builds

Workday target state architecture, integration patterns, security models, and reporting standards for a university enterprise system.

Domain

Higher Education / Enterprise HR & Finance Systems

Required skills

Workday architecture, cross-module design, integration patterns, security design, reporting architecture, data governance, enterprise application experience, cloud applications, APIs, middleware, identity and access management

Preferred skills

Higher education experience, public sector experience, Canadian payroll experience, unionized environment experience, research administration experience, Azure Integration Services

Technologies

Workday, Azure Integration Services

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain Workday target state architecture and design principles; Review and approve material designs within delegated architectural authority; Define Workday integration patterns and non-functional requirements; Define Workday security architecture principles and review processes; Guide solution design across HCM, Payroll, and Financial Management; Mentor Workday analysts, configurators, and integration developers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC