Workday Systems Engineer - Absence & Time Tracking
Core
Techno-functional Systems Engineer designing and delivering scalable Workday Absence and Time Tracking solutions for Salesforce's Global Employee Success organization.
Role type
Senior techno-functional Workday Systems Engineer
Builds
Configurable absence plans, accruals, leave rules, time-entry processes, work schedules, and payroll-impacting calculations within Workday.
Domain
Human Capital Management (HCM) / Workday Platform / Payroll Integration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Workday Absence and Time Tracking configuration, Workday Payroll logic and integration, requirements translation to functional specs, test strategy design, production deployment leadership, root-cause analysis, SOX compliance controls, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Workday certification or Pro accreditation, multi-country leave policy experience, integration tooling (EIBs, APIs, Studio, Extend), automated testing and monitoring
Technologies
Workday, Workday Absence, Workday Time Tracking, Workday Payroll, Workday Studio, Workday EIBs, Workday APIs
Responsibilities
Lead requirements elaboration with Product Management, Payroll, and HR stakeholders; Translate business use cases into detailed functional/technical requirements and acceptance criteria; Design, configure, and test time-off plans, accruals, eligibility rules, and time-entry processes; Partner with Payroll to validate time-calculation outputs and payroll-impacting changes; Define and execute functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing; Coordinate release-impact assessments, production deployments, and post-deployment validation; Lead technical triage and root-cause analysis for complex production issues; Execute SOX, audit, security, and change-management controls; Identify opportunities to automate testing and reconciliation processes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC