Workday
Sr. Solution Architect, Enterprise Applications
USA, CA, Pleasanton · Senior
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About the role
- As a Senior Architect on the Digital Employee Experience team, you will be a key driver in shaping the future of our employee-facing technology landscape.
- You will be responsible for defining the architectural vision, strategy, and roadmap for our endpoints (Windows, Mac) collaboration and productivity tools.
- This role requires a blend of deep technical expertise, critical thinking, and strong social skills to translate business needs into robust, scalable, and user-centric solutions.
Responsibilities
- Architectural Leadership: Define and maintain the overall technical architecture for the digital employee experience portfolio, in partnership with the BT architecture team, ensuring alignment with business objectives, security standards, and IT methodologies.
- Solution Design and Guidanc e: Lead the design and implementation of end-to-end solutions for new initiatives and enhancements across our collaboration and productivity tools, considering scalability, performance, security, usability, and integration with other enterprise systems.
- Technology Strategy: Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to find opportunities to improve our DEX solutions and drive innovation. Develop and maintain technology roadmaps for the DEX portfolio.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business stakeholders, product managers, and engineering teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical architectures.
- Technical Governance: Observe Workday's architectural standards, design patterns, and best practices to ensure consistency and quality across DEX solutions.
- Integration and Interoperability: Design integration strategies between various DEX tools and other enterprise applications, ensuring seamless data flow and user workflows.
- Security and Compliance: Ensure that all architectural designs adhere to security standard methodologies and compliance requirements.
- You possess a strong architectural mentality, a deep understanding of modern collaboration and productivity tools, and a proven ability to design and deliver complex, enterprise-scale solutions.
- Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in IT, with a focus on enterprise architecture, solution design, and implementation.
- 8+ years of technical expertise in at least three of the following:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with work management/PPM tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira)
- Experience working in Agile development environments.
- Strong understanding of AI and cloud computing concepts and architectures (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).
- Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF)
- We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).
- Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Solutions Architect).
- Excellent communication, presentation, and social skills.
- Proven ability to lead and influence technical teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Skills
- Your work days are brighter here.
Compensation
- $155,900 USD - $233,900 USD
- $131,600 USD - $233,900 USD
- In addition, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
Benefits
- Communication and Influence: Optimally communicate architectural vision, designs, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
- You thrive in a dynamic environment and are committed to continuous learning and innovation.
- Our Approach to Flexible Work
- This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together.
- Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
Company info
- The Digital Employee Experience team, part of the Business Technology (BT) at Workday, is responsible for delivering innovative and engaging digital experiences for our global workforce.
- Our team is dedicated to understanding the needs and challenges of our employees, creating solutions that improve their productivity, engagement, and satisfaction.
- We work closely with cross-functional teams across the organization, including Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, HR, Employee Communications, and other departments, to deliver seamless and integrated digital experiences that support our business operations and empower our employees to be their best.
- We are a collaborative and dynamic team that values creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Join us and shape the future of the digital employee experience at Workday!
Equal opportunity
- Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
- If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email accommodations@workday.com, as far in advance as possible.
- Please see below for more details including how to request an accommodation as a qualified veteran, due to a disability or for religious reasons, or as otherwise provided under applicable law.
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