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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Trident Consulting is seeking a Workday Integration Engineer for one of their direct clients in California. The role involves supporting payroll and benefits integration issues, ensuring operational stability of Workday integrations, and managing production incidents while collaborating with various stakeholders.ResponsibilitiesServe as the first point of contact for payroll and benefits integration issues, providing day-to-day support to Payroll, Benefits, and HR stakeholdersProactively monitor existing Workday integrations with payroll and benefits systems to ensure operational stability and catch failures earlyRespond to production incidents and resolve integration failures in a timely manner, meeting agreed SLAs, and perform root cause analysis to implement preventive measuresManage and triage the support queue in Jira, prioritizing incoming integration issuesTroubleshoot, debug, and maintain integrations between Workday and downstream payroll and benefits systems built with Workday Studio and PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface)Maintain and optimize existing EIBs, Core Connectors, calculated fields, custom reports, and integration configurationsSupport and maintain bi-directional data flows between Workday and payroll/benefits systems using vendor REST and SOAP APIsDesign and build new integrations between Workday and payroll or benefits systems as business needs evolve, including targeted solutions for complex scenarios and edge casesSupport recurring payroll cycles, providing hands-on coverage during payroll processing windows and resolving production issues with urgencyPartner with Payroll Operations and Benefits to validate integration outputs and reconcile discrepanciesMaintain runbooks, technical documentation, and support materials for all supported and newly built integration points, and contribute to knowledge transfer with the People Technology teamSkills5+ years of experience building and supporting Workday integrations, specifically in Payroll and Benefits domainsStrong hands-on experience building, troubleshooting, and maintaining integrations built with Workday StudioDeep knowledge of Workday PECI (Payroll Effective Change Interface)Experience building and maintaining Workday EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builder) and Workday Core ConnectorsStrong proficiency in developing and maintaining Workday calculated fields and custom reportsWorking knowledge of payroll and benefits system APIs (REST and SOAP) including authentication, endpoints, and data modelsKnowledge of payroll and benefits system architecture and core modules (Payroll, Benefits, Tax, Time & Attendance)Solid understanding of API design principles, RESTful services, OAuth 2.0, and API security best practicesExperience with API testing tools (Bruno, Postman, SoapUI) for building and debugging integrationsProficiency in XML, JSON, XSLT, web services, and API integration patternsUnderstanding of API rate limiting, error handling, and retry mechanismsExperience with Jira, Confluence, or similar ticketing and documentation toolsFamiliarity with SOX compliance requirements for payroll systemsExperience with Dayforce and/or ADP Payroll, Time & Attendance modules for North American and EU countriesWorkday certification in Integration, Payroll, or Benefits modulesKnowledge of Workday Orchestrations for IntegrationsKnowledge of Workday Security and business process configurationsExperience delivering integration builds in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environmentCompany OverviewTrident Consulting expertise in big data, AI & analytics, cloud, infrastructure, ERP, Java frameworks and technologies, Engineering and R&D. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in San Ramon, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.tridentconsultinginc.com.Company H1B SponsorshipTrident Consulting has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 2 in 2022, 7 in 2021, 15 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply To this Job .
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